Facebook wants to make it easier for people to find low-skilled jobs online. After testing the new software in U.S. and Canada since last year, Facebook added job postings Wednesday in another 40 countries across Europe and elsewhere. The software works with both Apple and PC operating systems. Users can …
your ad hereMoon to Get Its Own Mobile Network
Several high-tech companies are teaming up on a plan to put a mobile phone network on the moon next year. Vodaphone Germany, Nokia, and Audi are working on a mobile network and robotic vehicles that are part of a private expedition to the moon, timed to coincide with the 50th …
your ad hereUS Olympic Committee Chief Steps Down Amid Abuse Scandal Fallout
U.S. Olympic Committee Chief Executive Scott Blackmun is resigning for health reasons, the organization said Wednesday, following months of sustained criticism in the wake of the sex abuse scandal involving former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. In a statement, the USOC cited Blackmun’s “ongoing health issues” related to prostate cancer, …
your ad hereFacebook: No New Evidence Russia Interfered in Brexit Vote
Facebook Inc has told a British parliamentary committee that further investigations have found no new evidence that Russia used social media to interfere in the June 2016 referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union. Facebook UK policy director Simon Milner in a letter Wednesday told the House …
your ad hereISS Astronauts Will Soon Get a Personal Assistant
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will soon get a personal assistant, similar to Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri, but so smart that astronauts prefer to call it a “colleague.” Its official name is CIMON, short for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, and it will partially live in a five-kilogram ball …
your ad hereCould Winning Super Bowl Play Be Winning Marketing Ploy?
A company’s value is often tied to the message it portrays to customers. But what happens when other companies try to take advantage of your brand? Take the Philadelphia Eagles, for instance. The American football team wants to exclusively own the phrase: “Philly Special.” That was the trick play that …
your ad hereReport: Harper Lee Estate Transferred to Trust
The will of “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee is public following a lawsuit by The New York Times, but details on her estate remain a secret. The Times reports the will unsealed Tuesday shows most of Lee’s assets were transferred into a trust days before her death two …
your ad hereArtificial Intelligence Poses Big Threat to Society, Warn Leading Scientists
Artificial Intelligence is on the cusp of transforming our world in ways many of us can barely imagine. While there is much excitement about emerging technologies, a new report by 26 of the world’s leading AI researchers warns of the potential dangers that could emerge over the coming decade, as …
your ad hereWalmart, Dick’s Sporting Goods Crack Down on Gun Sales
Two major U.S. retailers changed their gun sales policies Wednesday in the fallout over a Florida high school massacre. Walmart, the country’s biggest retailer, announced it is raising the age restriction for buying guns and ammunition to 21. “We take seriously our obligation to be a responsible seller,” it said …
your ad hereIOC Reinstates Russia’s Membership
The International Olympic Committee has reinstated Russia’s membership after suspending it over state-sponsored doping allegations. “The Russian Olympic Committee has had its rights fully restored,” said Alexander Zhukov, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee. The IOC had banned Russian athletes from competing under the country’s flag during the 2018 …
your ad hereIndians Pay Tribute to Bollywood Icon Sridevi
A sea of mourning fans turned out in Mumbai Wednesday to bid an emotional farewell to famed Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor, four days after she drowned in a hotel bathtub in Dubai, where she had gone to attend a wedding. The sudden death of the 54-year-old actress, who won the …
your ad hereNative American Actor Wes Studi Relishes Rare Oscar Invite
Wes Studi will take the stage at Sunday’s Oscars to present an award. But as one of the few Native Americans to be included in the ceremony’s 90-year history, he has reason to feel like a winner. Studi says he sees the invitation as recognition of his work over the …
your ad hereRefugee Women Get a Taste of Entrepreneurship
When refugees arrive in a new country, they bring little to no material possessions. But many bring something more valuable: their talent and skills. Twenty refugee women and asylum seekers from different parts of the world recently came together at a pop-up store in Phoenix, Arizona, to display their homemade …
your ad hereNew Operating Systems, Improved Cameras on Display at Barcelona’s Mobile Phone Congress
The world’s biggest mobile phone trade fair, the Mobile World Congress, or MWC, opened earlier this week in Barcelona, Spain. Except for Apple, which traditionally stays away, all other big and small phone manufacturers and developers are displaying their wares as they continue to battle a market valued at $478 …
your ad hereU.S. Attorney General Announces New Task Force to Combat Opioid Epidemic
Joined by several state attorneys general and the acting DEA administrator, U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions announced a new task force to crack down on opioid manufacturers and distributors. He also announced the hiring of a federal prosecutor to lead anti-opioid efforts at the Department of Justice. From Washington, VOA’s …
your ad hereIndexes Point to Cooling Growth in China This Year
Growth in China’s manufacturing sector in February cooled to the weakest in more than 11/2 years, raising concerns of a sharper-than-expected slowdown in the world’s second biggest economy this year as regulators tighten the screws on financial risks. The weakness was driven by disruption to business activity by the Lunar …
your ad hereUS Proposes Anti-dumping Duties on Chinese Aluminum Foil
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday recommended raising import duties on Chinese-made aluminum foil it said is being sold at unfairly low prices due to improper subsidies to producers. The ruling was praised by the Aluminum Association, a trade group that pressed the case and said cheap imports were …
your ad hereThree Astronauts Back on Earth After Space Station Mission
Three astronauts returned from the International Space Station to the snowy, bitingly cold flat lands of Central Asia, ending a 5½-month mission highlighted by robotic renovations, schoolteacher pep talks and heavenly greetings from Pope Francis. The two Americans and one Russian landed in a Soyuz capsule shortly after sunrise Wednesday, …
your ad herePlan to Privatize US Air Traffic Control Lacks Support, Lawmaker Says
The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said Tuesday that there was not enough support in Congress to move forward with a plan backed by President Donald Trump to privatize the air traffic control system. Republican Representative Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania said in a statement that the …
your ad hereLong Kryptonite to Superheroes, the Oscars Begin to Relent
Aside from the posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) and best animated film for The Incredibles, no superhero film has ever penetrated the top categories of the Academy Awards. Though regular honorees for their bombastic visual effects or thunderous, wall-to-wall sound, comic-book movies have been denied the upper …
your ad hereUS Task Force Will Target Opioid Crisis ‘at Its Root’
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new initiative Tuesday that will target painkiller manufacturers and distributors who overprescribe and allow the misuse of prescription drugs by addicts. The initiative, Sessions said, will tackle the opioid crisis “at its root.” The Prescription Interdiction and Litigation (PIL) Task Force will “use criminal …
your ad hereDeluge of Oscars Politics Began With Brando
Should any of this year’s winners at the Oscars use the occasion to promote a political cause, you can thank — or blame — Marlon Brando. Brando’s role as Vito Corleone in The Godfather remains a signature performance in movie history. But his response to winning an Academy Award was truly …
your ad hereWhite House: Senior US, Chinese Officials to Meet This Week on Trade
Three of President Donald Trump’s senior economic aides are expected to meet this week with a top Chinese economic official to discuss trade disputes between the United States and China. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told Reuters that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Trump’s …
your ad hereWTO Chief Reacts Coolly to Trump’s Criticism of Trade Judges
The head of the World Trade Organization diplomatically took issue with U.S. President Donald Trump’s description of the WTO as a catastrophe on Tuesday, pointing out that the United States actually had a better deal than other countries in the club. “World Trade Organization — a catastrophe,” Trump said on …
your ad hereVenezuela Says US Sanctions Hampering Debt Renegotiation
Venezuela’s foreign minister said Tuesday that U.S. sanctions against the ailing oil nation were making foreign debt renegotiation more difficult and causing “panic” at global banks. Venezuela is undergoing a major economic crisis, with millions dealing with food and medicine shortages, and President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government is late in …
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