Congress gives final OK to banning local Internet taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress voted Thursday to permanently bar state and local governments from taxing access to the Internet, as lawmakers leapt at an election-year chance to demonstrate their...
View ArticleMyspace still exists? Yes, and now Time Inc. owns it
NEW YORK (AP) -- Myspace still exists?...
View ArticleUber to pay $28.5M to settle safety ad lawsuits
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Uber says that it will pay $28.5 million to settle two lawsuits that said the ride-hailing firm misled customers about its safety procedures and fees....
View ArticleDocuments show Volkswagen resisted Takata air bag recall
DETROIT (AP) -- Volkswagen resisted U.S. government efforts to recall more cars and trucks to fix potentially deadly Takata air bags - telling safety regulators that a recall isn't...
View ArticleVisa discloses stake in Dorsey's company, Square
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares in the mobile payment services company Square rose sharply Friday after Visa disclosed the details of its ownership stake in the company....
View ArticleFacebook nude-painting case can face trial in France
PARIS (AP) -- If you post a 19th-century nude painting on Facebook, is it art or impermissible nudity? That question is now cleared for trial in France, after an appeals court there ruled that an...
View ArticleWhat Facebook's policy on nudity means in practice
NEW YORK (AP) -- What are Facebook's rules for posting nude images?...
View Article1,000 pages of Clinton emails released; 84 classifications
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department has released more than 1,000 new pages of Hillary Clinton's emails....
View ArticleHong Kong hosts Valentine's Day with 25,000 LED roses
HONG KONG (AP) -- It's like a romantic scene out of one of South Korea's sappy soap dramas - tens of thousands of illuminated roses forming an impressive backdrop for the lead actor...
View Article1930s electricity co-ops take Internet initiative
DENVER (AP) -- When sisters Caroline Clark and Dianne Rissman set up their quilt shop in the house on their family farm in Iowa 2004, vendors they would call about fabric or thread would helpfully...
View ArticleProfessor designs explosives detector to rival a dog's nose
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- A University of Rhode Island professor has developed a sensor that detects the kind of explosive used in the Paris bombings, to try to stop future attacks....
View ArticleCovertly, Israel prepares to fight boycott activists online
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Israel is using its world-leading expertise in cyber security to take on the growing threat of the global pro-Palestinian movement to boycott Israel....
View ArticleDirector hopes 'Zero Days' will spark debate on cyberwarfare
BERLIN (AP) -- When machines at a nuclear plant in Iran suddenly began spinning out of control six years ago, suspicion quickly fell on the United States and Israel, especially after a sophisticated...
View ArticleHow to catch up on Oscar nominated flicks online _ sort of
NEW YORK (AP) -- The good news for those trying to catch up on Oscar-nominated flicks: A little more than half are available for streaming online....
View ArticleQ&A: A look at the Apple vs Justice Dept. court fight
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. magistrate judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI break into a work-issued iPhone used by a gunman in the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Apple CEO Tim Cook...
View ArticleMusic video service Vevo aims to launch paid service
DANA POINT, California (AP) -- Vevo, the music video service owned by major labels Sony and Universal, is working on launching an ad-free subscription service with original content later this year....
View ArticleObama creates cyber panel, says long-term vigilance needed
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday appointed his former national security adviser, Tom Donilon, to lead a new commission on cybersecurity that will make detailed recommendations on...
View ArticleApple could bypass iPhone security, experts say _ but won't
NEW YORK (AP) -- Faced with a federal judge's order to help investigators break into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters, Apple may well argue that the request...
View ArticleHow Apple ended up in the government's encryption crosshairs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- As the maker of trend-setting gadgets like the iPhone and iPad, Apple has changed the way people use technology in their daily lives. Now, after positioning itself as a champion...
View ArticleHospital pays thousands to end attack known as 'ransomware'
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A large Los Angeles hospital chose to pay hackers who were holding its computer network hostage, a move its CEO said was in its best interest and the most efficient way to end the...
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