Warning: 79% of S&P 500 Companies Issue Negative 2Q Guidance

The disconnect between the stock market and the U.S.economy continues to grow, as the key stock indices run way ahead of reality.

Private Rocket Successfullly Launched in US

A privately owned rocket which was built in partnership with NASA in order to transport cargo up to the International Space Station successfully completed its first test flight on Sunday, blasting off from a new commercial spaceport in Virginia, USA. The Antares rocket, owned by Orbital ...

Antarctic Ice Melt Fastest in 1000 Years

New research conducted by a team of British and Australian scientists and published in the journal 'Nature Geoscience' shows that the ice of Antarctica is melting at a quicker rate than at any other time in the last 1000 years. The team used deep ice cores ...

Hawking Gives Humans 1,000 Years to Escape Earth

By VOA News Stephen Hawking (Photo credit: alvherre) Famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking warns that humans will need to go beyond the planet Earth if they are to survive as a species. “We must continue to go into space for humanity,” Hawking told a gathering this week in ...

New Strain of Bird Flu Kills 2 in China

The provincial government in Shanghai, China, confirmed on Sunday that 2 people have died from a new strain of bird flu. The two patients suffered the symptoms of pneumonia and died in March. Tests have now revealed that they were infected by the H7N9 virus, a strain of ...

President Obama Announces Funding for Brain Mapping Project

"As humans we can identify galaxies light-years away. We can study particles smaller than an atom, but we still haven't unlocked the mystery of the three pounds of matter that sits between our ears," said US President Barack Obama as he announced that he has ...

Drug Maker Fails to Halt Production of Cheap Generic Drugs in India

Supreme Court Denies Novartis Patent for Cancer Drug In a move which could save thousands of lives, the Indian Supreme Court has rejected a patent claim which could have restricted access to a cheap generic cancer drug. Supreme Court Denies Novartis Patent for Cancer Drug by tvnportal Drug ...

Major Advance Made in Biological Computing

By Art Chimes from VOA News ST, LOUIS, MISSOURI — Researchers at Stanford University in California have taken the next step in genetically engineering a computer in a living cell’s DNA. Making cells “smarter” could have a wide range of medical and industrial applications. Today’s electronic computers ...

In-Car Gaming: Joyride Brings Gaming Inside Cars

Liz Gannes from AllThingsD takes a ride with Jeff Chen from Joyride, to see if his new in-car gaming platform is as crazy as it sounds:

Saudi Arabia Threatens to Block Skype and WhatsApp

Saudi Arabia, an Enemy of the Internet, is threatening to block a number of popular communication tools, such as Skype and mobile messaging service WhatsApp, unless the operating companies agree to infringe on the privacy of users and monitor them.

Egypt Defines Principles and Concepts of Digital Freedom

Global Voices Advocacy, in collaboration with the Egyptian Institute for Freedom of Thought and Expression, issued its first statement on digital freedom, a simplified research paper to propose definitions for digital rights and related principles which the paper summarised as: universal access, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to privacy, and the right to creativity, development and innovation.

Former President of Google China Reveals Censorship Statistics

Kai-Fu Lee, former president of Google China, published a chart on Twitter showing how often his micro-blog was deleted by the Chinese government's censorship arm. Lee regularly blogs about cultural and technology issues in China on Sina Weibo, the most influential micro-blogging platform in the country. The Chinese government regularly censors...