SINGAPORE – U.S. President Donald Trump fired off a volley of tweets on Monday venting anger on NATO allies, the European Union and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of a divisive G7 meeting over the weekend. The escalating clash over trade between Washington and some of its closest global partners cast a […]

The Swiss city of Zug, known for its proactive support of the blockchain industry, is launching a voting pilot that will base both polling system and residents’ IDs on blockchain technology. The e-voting pilot, which will take place between June 25 and July 1, has been developed as part of the city’s efforts to adopt […]

As any business moves beyond the milestone of hiring that first employee along the path of building out your full-time team, it’s important to strike a balance between bringing on extra help and committing to a new hire. Sometimes what you need is just someone to help with a project with a clear end date. Other times, that […]

The Moscow Exchange, Russia’s largest stock exchange operator, is reportedly preparing the infrastructure to publish ICO (initial coin offering) information for investors this year. Moscow Exchange (MOEX) chief executive Alexander Afanasiev told Reuters that the bourse is preparing the “basic” infrastructure to enable companies display their tokens alongside other relevant details in a service that […]

From the mists of ideation, a first wave of ethereum dapps is starting to emerge. Launched in 2015 with the promise that developers could use its technology as a “secure backbone” for a new kind of software application, ethereum has long held the promise of enabling such innovations, all “without any possibility of downtime, censorship or third-party […]

Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed overhaul of the country’s banking system that had been described as “dangerous” by its critics. Over 75% of voters rejected the “sovereign money” proposal in a referendum on Sunday, according to provisional results published by the government. The initiative would have prohibited commercial banks from lending more money than they […]

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have arrived in Singapore for their historic summit. Mr Trump flew in aboard Air Force One, a few hours after Mr Kim touched down with his entourage. The two men are staying in separate hotels, not far from each other, and are preparing for Tuesday’s […]

By Alex Mardikian Digital signage has appeared as a boon for places of worship trying to get people to pay a visit. Churches need money to function. People are stressed for time. Getting them to visit a place of worship, regardless of religion is a no mean task. The manner in which digital signage can […]

Was this the week that we woke up to our addiction to smartphones? That is just one of the topics we discuss in a special edition of Tech Tent live from the Cheltenham Science Festival. This week, Apple spent quite a lot of the opening keynote speech of its Worldwide Developers Conference talking about ways […]

WASHINGTON – Nearly 1,800 immigrant families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border from October 2016 through February of this year, according to a senior government official, as President Donald Trump implemented stricter border enforcement policies. The numbers are the first comprehensive disclosure by the administration of how many families have been affected by the policies. […]