The first American commercially built-and-operated crew spacecraft in eight years docked successfully Sunday at the International Space Station. There was, however, no crew aboard the spacecraft, just a test dummy named Ripley, in a nod to the lead character in the Alien movies. The docking was carried out autonomously by the Crew Dragon capsule, as …
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Silicon Valley Skeptical of Washington’s China Concerns
With the U.S. and China still negotiating a trade deal, and ongoing concerns in the U.S. about China’s technology goals, Silicon Valley is caught between two superpowers. Michelle Quinn reports. …
Smog-Fighting Shingles Helping to Clean California Air
Northern California is famous for many things, the sun, the surf, the wine, but it has also been infamous for its smog. Smog is a noxious collection of nitrogen and sulfur oxides, along with smoke and dirty particles, which all combine to form a foglike haze in the air. But some new technology is promising …
SpaceX Tests Crew Capsule in Flight to Space Station
America’s newest capsule for astronauts rocketed Saturday toward the International Space Station on a high-stakes test flight by SpaceX. The only passenger was a life-size test dummy, named Ripley after the lead character in the “Alien” movies. SpaceX needs to nail the debut of its crew Dragon capsule before putting people on board later this …
White House Worries Too Few American Kids Study Science & Math
White House officials are worried that unless more American students study math and science the United States won’t be able to compete with China, India and other nations. The U.S. administration has just published a five-year plan to boost the number of kids who go into Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM subjects. VOA’s …
US Stocks Rise as Trade Optimism Counters Weak Data
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average snapped a three-day run of losses on Friday as optimism about the prospects for a U.S.-China trade agreement countered downbeat U.S. and China manufacturing data. The Nasdaq, meanwhile, marked its longest streak of weekly gains since late 1999. Following President Donald Trump’s announcement last weekend of a delay in higher …
Гривня розпочала весну курсом 26,86 за долар
Національний банк України встановив на 4 березня курс 26 гривень 86 копійок за долар США. Це на одну копійку більше, ніж станом на 1 березня. Як інформує профільний сайт «Мінфін», НБУ продовжує викуповувати надлишок доларів на міжбанківському валютному ринку, намагаючись не допустити надмірного зміцнення гривні. За підрахунками експертів, 1 березня регулятор викупив близько 15 мільйонів …
Понад півмільярда євро: Україна залучила два транші від Deutsche Bank на 4 та 10 років
Україна залучила кредит у розмірі 529 мільйонів євро, повідомляє 1 березня міністерство фінансів України. Згідно з повідомленням, цей фінансовий інструмент наданий Deutsche Bank під гарантію на підтримку державної політики у сфері економічного зростання та фіскально стійких послуг від Міжнародного банку реконструкції та розвитку (МБРР). «Deutsche Bank надав кредит у розмірі 529 мільйонів євро двома траншами: …
US Consumer Spending Fell 0.5 Percent in December
U.S. consumer spending tumbled 0.5 percent in December, the biggest decline in nine years, as the holiday shopping season ended in disappointment. Meanwhile, incomes rose sharply in December but edged down in January. The fall in consumer spending followed sizable gains of 0.7 percent in October and 0.6 percent in November, the Commerce Department reported …
Фахівці МВФ відвідають Київ у березні – представник Фонду
Технічна команда Міжнародного валютного фонду приїде до Києва 5 березня для обговорення реформ, пов’язаних із програмою стенд-бай. Про це повідомив постійний представник МВФ в Україні Йоста Люнгман 1 березня. «Технічна команда у складі кількох фахівців МВФ відвідає Київ упродовж 5-13 березня 2019 року для обговорення подій в економічній сфері та прогресу у напрямі запровадження реформаторських …
Oregon OKs 1st Statewide Mandatory Rent Control Law in US
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed the nation’s first statewide mandatory rent control measure on Thursday, giving a victory to housing advocates who say spiraling rent costs in the economically booming state have fueled widespread homelessness and housing insecurity. Brown, a Democrat, said the legislation will provide “some immediate relief to Oregonians struggling to keep …
Tesla to Close Stores, Take Orders for $35,000 Model 3
Tesla says it is now taking orders for the long-awaited $35,000 Model 3, will close stores and move to online orders. Tesla says it is now taking orders for the long-awaited $35,000 Model 3, a car for the masses that is essential for the company to survive. The company says to reach the lower price, …
Gap to Separate Old Navy, Close Stores; Shares Jump
Gap Inc. said Thursday that it would separate its Old Navy brand into a publicly traded company in order to focus on its struggling namesake apparel business, sending its shares up 18 percent. Old Navy has had a better success than the Gap brand in recent years as a wide range of budget apparel has made it more appealing to …
YouTube to Block Comments on Most Videos Showing Minors
YouTube said Thursday it will disable user comments on a broad array of videos featuring children to thwart “predatory behavior” after revelations about a glitch exploited for sharing of child pornography. The Google-owned video sharing service announced further steps to crack down on inappropriate comments a week after an investigation showing how comments and connections …
US Craft Marketplace Makes Plans to Go Green by Offsetting Emissions
Online crafts retailer Etsy Inc will go green by offsetting planet-warming carbon emissions from its shipping activities, the U.S. company said Wednesday, joining a host of companies making public moves to battle climate change. Etsy will buy clean energy certificates supporting tree conservation in the United States, wind and solar power in India and clean …
Thai Lawmakers Approve Controversial Cybersecurity Act
Thailand’s legislature has passed a cybersecurity bill that would allow authorities access to people’s personal information without a court order. The Cybersecurity Act addresses computer hacking crimes, but activists fear it will allow the government sweeping access to people’s personal information. The National Legislative Assembly, which passed the bill in its final reading Thursday by …
US-China Trade Talks ‘Not Close’
The top U.S. trade official said Wednesday that a new trade agreement with China is not yet close to being completed. State Department correspondent Nike Ching reports from Washington on the latest in the talks and how U.S. concerns over high-tech issues remain a key point of friction. VOA Mandarin reporter Yihua Lee contributes. …
Walmart Is Eliminating Greeters, Worrying Disabled Workers
As Walmart moves to phase out its familiar blue-vested “greeters” at 1,000 stores nationwide, disabled workers who fill many of those jobs say they’re being ill-treated by a chain that styles itself as community-minded and inclusive. Walmart told greeters around the country last week that their positions would be eliminated on April 26 in favor …
World Bank: Women Have Just 75 Percent of Men’s Legal Rights
Women around the world are granted only three-quarters of the legal rights enjoyed by men, often preventing them from getting jobs or opening businesses, the World Bank said in study published Wednesday. “If women have equal opportunities to reach their full potential, the world would not only be fairer, it would be more prosperous as …
TikTok Fined in US for Illegally Gathering Children’s Data
The fast-growing, Chinese-owned video sharing network TikTok agreed to pay a $5.7 million fine to U.S. authorities to settle charges that it illegally collected personal information from children, officials said Wednesday. The Federal Trade Commission said the penalty for the social network, which had been known as Musical.ly, was the largest ever in a children’s privacy …
Fed to Stop Shrinking Portfolio This Year, Powell Says
The Federal Reserve will stop shrinking its $4 trillion balance sheet later this year, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday, ending a process that investors say works at cross-purposes with the Fed’s current pause on interest rate hikes. “We’ve worked out, I think, the framework of a plan that we hope to be able to announce soon that will light …
Meet Elon Tusk: Tesla Chief Changes Twitter Display Name
Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk changed his Twitter display name to “Elon Tusk” in another late-night flurry of tweets on Wednesday, which also promised news from his electric carmaker Tesla Inc later this week. In a series of tweets to his 25 million followers following charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this …