FCC proposes fines for phone companies that shared user data
NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has proposed roughly $200 million in fines combined for the four m...
Census hiccups in Alaska may offer preview for rest of US
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — More than a month into the start of the 2020 census in rural Alaska, some workers going door to...
Teens love the video app TikTok. Do they love it too much?
From the perspective of teens, TikTok is a major new outlet for self-expression, one proudly home to the silly, the loud...
Markets down, Facebook cancels show: Virus hits businesses
The spread of the new coronavirus around the world is hitting companies hard as they suspend production, meetings, event...
Judge refuses to let Assange leave secure dock in courtroom
LONDON (AP) — A British judge refused Thursday to let WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange move from a glass-enclosed dock a...
Asian shares slump after Trump announcement on virus plans
Shares fell in Asia on Thursday after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. was stepping up its efforts to combat th...
Bloomberg’s online campaign tests Facebook, Twitter rules
Mike Bloomberg’s stockpile of cash, swarm of employees and paid social media influencers are testing the abilities of on...
Panasonic scraps solar panels partnership with Tesla
TOKYO (AP) — Panasonic is pulling out of its partnership with Tesla to produce solar panels at a factory in New York sta...
Asian shares slide on fears virus will stunt global economy
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares slid Wednesday following another sharp fall on Wall Street as fears spread that the growing vi...
NTSB: Tesla Autopilot, distracted driver caused fatal crash
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tesla’s partially automated driving system steered an electric SUV into a concrete barrier on a Silico...
Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down in surprise announcement
NEW YORK (AP) — Disney CEO Bob Iger, who steered the company’s absorption of Star Wars, Pixar, Marvel and Fox’s entertai...
Dow drops over 1,000 as outbreak threatens global economy
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped more than 1,000 points Monday in the worst day for the stock market in two year...
Hero or criminal? Court hears 2 views of WikiLeaks’ Assange
LONDON (AP) — Truth-telling journalist or reckless criminal: A British judge was given two conflicting portraits of Juli...
China’s Huawei debuts latest version of folding phone
LONDON (AP) — China’s Huawei unveiled its latest folding smartphone Monday and its first such device to be available int...
Reliability of pricey new voting machines questioned
In the rush to replace insecure, unreliable electronic voting machines after Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. pres...
Marchers support Assange ahead of London extradition hearing
LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of Julian Assange marched through London on Saturday to pressure the U.K. governmen...
Looking to Nevada, will Dems avoid mistakes of Iowa?
UNDATED (AP) — Nevada Democrats are hoping to avoid a repeat of the chaos that ensnared the Iowa caucuses, as voters gat...
For-profit firm seeking to run .org names makes concessions
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A private equity firm seeking to buy rights to operate the internet’s .org suffix said Friday it will...
Infighting and online hoaxes mar Democrats’ campaign
RINDGE, N.H. (AP) — A group of Los Angeles artists were awaiting the results of the Democratic Party’s Iowa caucuses, ho...
Computer scientist who pioneered ‘copy’ and ‘paste’ has died
NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Tesler, the Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as “cut,”...
New Mexico sues Google over collection of children’s data
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegal...
Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street rises to record
TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mixed Thursday in Asia after Wall Street recovered to record highs, but worries persist about d...
Democrats won’t commit to same-day release of Nevada results
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democrats won’t commit to releasing the unofficial results of Saturday’s Nevada caucuses on the day of ...
Devices found in missiles, Yemen drones link Iran to attacks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil in...
In the spirit of Whitney: Houston Hologram tour set to begin
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again. Eight years after her death, a hol...
Asian shares mostly rise despite continuing virus fears
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street and continuing fears about an o...
Europe resists mounting US pressure on Huawei 5G technology
LONDON (AP) — The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on European allies to ban Chinese tech firm Huawei from s...
Insider Q&A: Facebook VP of Messenger discusses privacy
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At Facebook, Stan Chudnovsky oversees the Messenger chat app that’s used by well over 1 billion peo...
Spain looks to adopt digital tax that has angered the US
LISBON, Portugal — Spain’s government approved Tuesday the introduction of new taxes on digital business and stock market transactions, following simi...
Tech-starved government seeks industry’s best, brightest
Denver — In this post-impeachment era of divisiveness and deadlock in the nation’s capital, Uncle Sam has a message for top U.S. technologists: