Italy's unemployment rate 11.5%, lowest since December 2012
Unemployment rate in Italy dropped to 11.5 percent in October, the lowest since 2012, reported the national statistics agency Tuesday.
Dec 02, 2015 10:41 PM EST
Medical Experts project 800,000 lung cancer cases a year in China by 2020
Cases of lung cancer in China will rise to 800,000 by 2020 with 700,000 deaths a year due to air pollution, according to Medical experts.
Victoria's Secret lingerie maker Regina Miracle soared 71 percent giving $1.1B fortune to owner
Victoria's Secret owner became a billionaire as his company soared 71 percent after its initial public offering in the Hong Kong exchange in October.
Google to stop supporting 32-bit Linux, Ubuntu Precise, Debian 7 by March 2016
Google will no longer give Chrome support for 32-bit Linux, Ubuntu Precise (12.04), Debian 7 (wheezy) by March 2016.
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Oil prices up as traders mull outcome of OPEC meeting on Friday
U.S. oil futures nudged a bit higher Tuesday as traders anticipate the outcome of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) meeting on Friday.
Dec 02, 2015 9:57 PM EST
New technology that transforms smartphone into high-powered microscope can diagnose malaria
Scientists at Texas A&M University has developed an add-on to transform smartphone's camera into a polarized microscope that will be able to diagnose malaria. The add-on device, called MOPID, will be on a field test in Rwanda next year.
Dec 02, 2015 9:48 PM EST
Chinese shoppers spend $55 million on sales events from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday
Though Black Friday and Cyber Monday are from the United States, $55 million of the sales come from Chinese buyers through online transactions.
Dec 02, 2015 7:51 PM EST
Switzerland sentences the "Edward Snowden of Tax Evasion" to 5 years in prison
After a six year investigation by the Swiss authorities, Herve Falciani was sentence to five years imprisonment for corporate espionage.
Dec 02, 2015 9:36 AM EST
Apple Store's new products are opening up the kitchen for automation
The Apple Store is selling products that are helping consumers improve or automate certain tasks like drinking water or sous-vide cooking.
Dec 02, 2015 9:29 AM EST
Washed Ashore, an Oregon NGO, takes advantage of too much plastic in the ocean - You can too
The Washed Ashore Project is a nonprofit organization in Oregon that is trying to raise awareness of the increasing problem of plastic in the world's oceans. The sculptures they create are made from plastic found in the ocean, showing visitors how much is in the ocean and encouraging them to help reduce their plastic consumption.
Dec 02, 2015 9:23 AM EST
Nokia's OZO is the Finnish Company's 8 Camera Step into the Virtual Reality Market
Nokia Technologies has announced that it will start selling its OZO virtual reality camera in Q1 2016.
Dec 02, 2015 8:42 AM EST
Vintage Electric comes out with its more efficient and powerful e-bike, the 2016 Tracker
Vintage Electric just released an update to their old E-Tracker e-bike, giving some poweful upgrades to the battery and motor as well as some updates to their 1990's style design.
Dec 02, 2015 8:37 AM EST
UN, UNICEF report hidden epidemic of HIV among young gay dating app users in Asia-Pacific
The United Nations and UNICEF have collaborated on a report that exposes the increase in HIV among young gay men that use mobile dating apps for casual sex.
Dec 02, 2015 8:32 AM EST
Government Development Bank's $72 billion in debt is making Puerto Rico possibly America's Greece
Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank is struggling to manage $72 billion in debt, the majority of which is from its own making. The first payment of $355 million of the general obligation debt is due December 1, but the country seems that it will have to default on that payment and subsequent payments. The debt was created from excessive lending and now the governor has asked the help of the US government to allow the country to file Chapter Nine bankruptcy.
Dec 02, 2015 8:29 AM EST
New York program to teach English by means of phone calls and text messages
New York state is offering a unique pilot English language learning program that works through phone calls and text messages.. Candelaria Lopez a Mexican immigrant, living in the United States for 20 years, was pretty much only comfortable saying “Hi”. It was hard for her to find the energy to sit throuh a 3 hour session after her long days as a farmworker in a New York’s Hudson Valley region.
Dec 02, 2015 8:11 AM EST
'Not Actively Looking' makes perfect matches for executives and search firms
Looking for a job is a very daunting process, especially for senior executives. Positions in at this level are rarely advertised or posted publically. Joseph Blass and Anthony Harling founded “Not Actively Looking” to solve this problem. Not Actively Looking is a global “matchmaking” platform that enables to make perfect matches between senior executives and executive search firms.
Dec 02, 2015 6:29 AM EST
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