by Administration | Apr 24, 2019 | Monthly Topics
Technology Ethics Campaigners Offer Plan to Fight ‘Human Downgrading’Technology firms should do more to connect people in positive ways and steer away from trends that have tended to exploit human weaknesses, ethicists told a meeting of Silicon Valley...
by Administration | Apr 23, 2019 | Emerging Markets
China navy celebrates 70th anniversaryChinese officers referred to past foreign invasions, a source of ‘deep wounds’, as motivation for boosting its military. China’s navy is celebrating its 70th anniversary by showing off the first of a new generation of guided...
by Administration | Apr 22, 2019 | Emerging Markets
Sri Lanka bombings: All the latest updatesDeath toll soars to 290 as South Asian nation reels from attacks that targeted churches and hotels across the country. A series of coordinated bombings has rocked churches and hotels in Sri Lanka killing almost 300 people on...
by Administration | Apr 21, 2019 | Monthly Topics
Ford Unveils New Electric FleetFord is showing off its new fleet of electric vehicles. Some of the standouts include a new hybrid plug-in and the promise of a new, all-electric model by 2022. The U.S. automaker plans to have a fleet of 40 different electric vehicles...
by Administration | Apr 20, 2019 | Monthly Topics
The Future of Farming: Robots Tend Crops and Bovines Go 5GBritish agriculture is going high-tech. Farmers recently tested cutting-edge technology like robots that autonomously tend fields and wireless cattle that may connect faster to the farm than you to your...
by Administration | Apr 19, 2019 | Emerging Markets
Algerian protesters keep up pressure on old political guardDemonstrators gather for ninth successive Friday in cities across Algeria to call for root-and-branch political reform. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets for a ninth successive...
by Administration | Apr 18, 2019 | Monthly Topics
Google: Android Users Get Browser, Search Options in EU CaseLONDON — Google said Thursday it will start giving European Union smartphone users a choice of browsers and search apps on its Android operating system, in changes designed to comply with an EU...
by Administration | Apr 17, 2019 | Monthly Topics
Human Tissue Used to Create 3D Printed HeartScientists in Israel have revealed what they say is the world’s first 3D-printed heart using human tissue. It’s hoped the small heart will pave the way for transplants without donors, when every hospital might...
by Administration | Apr 16, 2019 | Emerging Markets
Bill Weld challenges Trump in 2020 Republican presidential raceWeld enters as a long-shot candidate against an incumbent president who has remained popular within his party. Former Massachusetts Governor William Weld announced his candidacy on Monday to challenge US...
by Administration | Apr 15, 2019 | Monthly Topics
Tech Program Turns Low Income S. Africa Girls Into High AchieversWomen are woefully underrepresented in technology, science, engineering and mathematics jobs in South Africa. But for the last decade, a homegrown, UNICEF-supported program has worked to bring 11,000...
