Verizon a leading contender to buy Yahoo: reports
US telecoms giant Verizon has emerged as a leading contender to take over struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo as other big names reportedly drop out, US financial media said ahead of quarterly results...
View ArticleFeeding frenzy in Spain's renewable energy sector
A wind of change is blowing on Spain's renewables: companies and investment funds have been on a buying spree, taking advantage of the know-how and growth prospects of a sector still limping out of a...
View ArticleMan claiming to be bitcoin founder to provide further proof
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, the man who came forward this week as bitcoin's founder, says he will provide further proof in the coming days to back up his claims.
View ArticleFacebook tells Thai users their data not given to government
Facebook is seeking to reassure Thai users that it safeguards their private data, after a series of arrests raised concerns the social network had failed to protect personal information from Thailand's...
View ArticleDelay in getting driving licenses opens door to more sustainable travel
In early 2015, I wrote about the significant declines in the proportion of young people with a driving licence. However, at the time, significant questions remained unanswered. Were young adults...
View ArticleDubai to build 1,000-megawatt solar power plant
Dubai on Thursday announced plans to build a 1,000-megawatt solar power plant by 2030, the year it aims to turn to renewable energies for 25 percent of electricity needs.
View ArticleWill Uber's cash path spur others?
Startups have long been the domain of venture capitalists. But with last week's staggering $3.5 billion investment in Uber from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, the tech world has been put on...
View ArticleResearch shows private school principals report strong influence
New research from doctoral students at the University of Arkansas suggests that principals of private schools report having more influence over their schools than principals of public schools do.
View ArticleSoftBank clears founder's heir apparent of misconduct claims
Japanese mobile giant SoftBank has cleared a former Google executive—seen as heir apparent to its billionaire founder Masayoshi Son - after an investor group accused him of misconduct and called for...
View ArticleSoftBank's founder reverses retirement plans, says heir apparent 'victim'
The boss of SoftBank Group on Wednesday admitted his desire to hang on to power a little longer had pushed away the former Google executive seen as his heir apparent.
View Article'Pokemon Go' fans play in India despite no official launch
"Pokemon Go" has yet to officially arrive in India, but that's not stopping people there from playing the highly addictive online game.
View ArticleUS company gets historic nod to send lander to moon
US startup company Moon Express said Wednesday it had received approval from the government to send an unmanned lander to the moon next year, in a first for private industry.
View ArticleBitcoin users largely shrug off latest $69m Bitcoin exchange heist
Hong Kong Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex announced that it had been hacked and 119,756 Bitcoins stolen which at current prices represents nearly US $69 million. Bitcoin prices dropped 20% after word of the...
View ArticleiPhone spyware spotlights Israel's secretive surveillance industry
The discovery of sophisticated spyware to infiltrate and remotely take control of iPhones without leaving a trace has put a spotlight on Israel's secretive surveillance industry, considered among the...
View ArticleOpinion: SpaceX explosion shows why we must slow down private space...
The recent explosion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a test on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral may have opened a Pandora's box of legal problems previously only discussed with hushed voices in space...
View ArticleSelf-driving cars coming sooner than you think: Lyft
The move to self-driving cars is coming faster than most people think, says the head of ridesharing giant Lyft.
View ArticleForeign hacker who aided Islamic State gets 20 years in US
A computer hacker who helped the Islamic State by providing names of more than 1,000 U.S. government and military workers as potential targets was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.
View ArticleDespite state barriers, cities push to expand high-speed internet
Websites take minutes to load and photos take hours to upload at Ryan Davis' home in the small southern Tennessee city of Dayton. If Davis gets in his car and drives about half an hour south to...
View ArticleVerizon: Call records of 'fewer than 500' customers breached
A Verizon Wireless spokeswoman says it appears that "fewer than 500 customers" had their private information accessed in 2014 in a federal computer breach case involving a former Verizon Wireless...
View ArticleSatellite scheduling—solving equations to capture the world
Roughly 1,400 satellites surround the word today, with 500 of those launched by the United States. While they all have various duties and capabilities, it is of utmost importance to correctly and...
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