Canada to Seek Court Order to Force Facebook to Follow Privacy Laws

Canada to Seek Court Order to Force Facebook to Follow Privacy Laws

Facebook Inc broke Canadian privacy laws when it collected the information of some 600,000 citizens, a top watchdog said on...

US Adds Chinese e-commerce Site to ‘Notorious’ List for IP Protection

US Adds Chinese e-commerce Site to ‘Notorious’ List for IP Protection

The U.S. Trade Representative said on Thursday it has added Pinduoduo.com, China’s third-largest e-commerce platform, to its “notorious markets” list...

Irish Regulator Opens Inquiry Into Facebook Over Password Storage

Irish Regulator Opens Inquiry Into Facebook Over Password Storage

Facebook’s lead regulator in the European Union, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, on Thursday said it had launched an inquiry into...

Brent Oil Hits $75 For First Time in 2019 as Russian Exports Cut

Brent Oil Hits $75 For First Time in 2019 as Russian Exports Cut

Brent oil rose above $75 per barrel on Thursday for the first time this year as quality concerns forced the...

South Korean Economy Shrinks Unexpectedly in 1st Quarter

South Korean Economy Shrinks Unexpectedly in 1st Quarter

South Korea’s economy unexpectedly shrank in the first quarter, marking its worst performance since the global financial crisis, as government...

Facebook Beats Profit Estimates, Sets Aside $3B for Privacy Penalty


Facebook Beats Profit Estimates, Sets Aside $3B for Privacy Penalty


Facebook on Wednesday blew away Wall Street profit estimates in the first quarter as it kept a lid on the...

Microsoft Surges Toward Trillion-Dollar Value as Profits Rise

Microsoft Surges Toward Trillion-Dollar Value as Profits Rise

Microsoft said profits climbed in the past quarter on its cloud and business services as the U.S. technology giant saw...

Boeing Reports Lower Profits Amid 737 MAX Crisis

Boeing Reports Lower Profits Amid 737 MAX Crisis

Boeing reported lower first-quarter profits Wednesday as the global grounding of its 737 MAX plane following two crashes hit results....

Technology Ethics Campaigners Offer Plan to Fight ‘Human Downgrading’

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...

Multisensory VR Allows Users to Step Into a Movie and Interact with Objects

Multisensory VR Allows Users to Step Into a Movie and Interact with Objects

Imagine stepping into a movie or virtual world and being able to interact with what’s there. That’s now possible through...

Apparel Sector a Reminder That Vietnam and China Must Get Along

Apparel Sector a Reminder That Vietnam and China Must Get Along

Vietnam this week just celebrated the fact it has survived nearly a millennium of independence from China, which previously ruled...

New Zealand, France Plan Bid to Tackle Extremism on Social Media

New Zealand, France Plan Bid to Tackle Extremism on Social Media

In the wake of the Christchurch attack, New Zealand said on Wednesday that it would work with France in an...

Treasury’s Mnuchin Fails to Meet Deadline to Hand Over Trump Tax Returns

Treasury’s Mnuchin Fails to Meet Deadline to Hand Over Trump Tax Returns

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday failed to meet a final congressional deadline for turning over President Donald Trump’s...

Trump Adviser Kudlow ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ on Trade Deal with China

Trump Adviser Kudlow ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ on Trade Deal with China

A top White House economic adviser said on Tuesday the United States and China were making progress in trade negotiations...

US Charges 2 Chinese Engineers with Stealing Trade Secrets

US Charges 2 Chinese Engineers with Stealing Trade Secrets

The Justice Department on Tuesday announced indictments against two Chinese nationals accused of working together to steal trade secrets from...

Will Smith, NASA, Fortnite Among 2019 Webby Award Winners

Will Smith, NASA, Fortnite Among 2019 Webby Award Winners

Actor Will Smith, NASA, Fortnite and Disney are among the 2019 Webby Award winners for internet excellence. The International Academy...

EU Wary of Fake Online Accounts as Europe Elections Approach

EU Wary of Fake Online Accounts as Europe Elections Approach

The European Union is praising Facebook, Google and Twitter for tackling disinformation while urging the social media giants to do...

Crisis-hit Greeks Foot Steep Bills for Health and Education

Crisis-hit Greeks Foot Steep Bills for Health and Education

Every month, when his respiratory medicine runs out, Dionysis Assimakopoulos heads to the most unlikely pharmacy in Athens. Amid derelict...

Samsung Delays Launch of Folding Galaxy Smartphone

Samsung Delays Launch of Folding Galaxy Smartphone

Samsung said Monday it was delaying the launch of its folding smartphone after trouble with handsets sent to reviewers. Some...

Seeds of Discontent: Argentina’s Farmers Turn Cool on Their Man Macri

Seeds of Discontent: Argentina’s Farmers Turn Cool on Their Man Macri

Argentine President Mauricio Macri rode to power in 2015 promising to bolster the farming sector and cut back taxes that...

Sri Lanka Shuts Down Social Media After Terror Attack

Sri Lanka Shuts Down Social Media After Terror Attack

People in Sri Lanka are experiencing a second day without access to some of the most popular social media sites...

Melinda Gates Talks ‘Brash’ Microsoft Culture in New Book

Melinda Gates Talks ‘Brash’ Microsoft Culture in New Book

Looking back at her time as an early Microsoft employee, Melinda Gates said the brash culture at the famously tough,...