Technology

March 11, 2019

Furious Venezuelans have been lining up to buy water and fuel as the country continues to endure a nationwide blackout that has left already-scarce food rotting in shops, homes suffering for lack of water and cell phones without reception.

Conflict & Justice

China and Indonesia halt Boeing 737 MAX 8 after Ethiopia crash

Reuters

March 11, 2019

China, Indonesia and Ethiopia grounded their Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 fleets on Monday after a crash that killed 157 people in the second disaster involving that airplane model in six months.

Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier

Antarctica Dispatch 7: Under Thwaites Glacier

PRI's The World

March 06, 2019

The World's Carolyn Beeler has her latest dispatch from a research trip to Antarctica. Climate change researchers aboard the icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer sent a robotic submarine for the first look ever at the seafloor under the massive Thwaites Glacier.

Health & Medicine

London HIV patient becomes world's second AIDS cure hope

Reuters

March 05, 2019

An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV-resistant donor, his doctors said.

Chinese innovation makes the 'Chinese Dream' real for many

Innovation Hub

March 04, 2019

As China and the US negotiate a trade deal, it's a strategy — not intellectual property theft — that is boosting China's innovation, argues an economics professor.

Chinese internet users turn to the blockchain to fight against government censorship

The Conversation

February 25, 2019

Thanks to blockchain, internet users have achieved some victories in the fight against China’s strict internet censorship.

Controversial Saudi app that allows male guardians to track their wives may actually help some women escape

PRI's The World

February 15, 2019

In 2015, the Saudi government launched an app called Abhser — which roughly translates to “yes sir” — that allows men to grant some of those permissions through clicks and swipes. But the app is also helping some Saudi women escape the country.

Technology

A new book suggests AI and robots will take jobs — but make the world better

PRI's The World

February 13, 2019

A new book theorizes that technology will cause a massive upheaval and a loss of jobs at nearly every level — but argues it will ultimately will be better for the world.

Business, Economics and Jobs

Architecture's 'Lego' trend: Build rooms halfway across the world, then snap together

PRI's The World

February 12, 2019

With improved technology and logistics, developers are increasingly turning to a borderless new movement in modular construction, possibly disrupting the hotel and apartment building industry.

Zimbabwe’s internet crackdown shows the ‘economic sabotage’ of shutdowns

GlobalPost

February 12, 2019

The government of Zimbabwe shut down the internet last month to quell dissent. But the move cost the nation $5.7 million per day and set Zimbabwe's growing "technopreneur" business back during the blackout.

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