US House speaker Pelosi warns allies against using Huawei
BRUSSELS — No NATO ally should succumb to the temptation of letting Chinese tech giant Huawei into their next-generation cellular networks, U.S. House...
Shift to digital census raises fear of Iowa-like breakdown
ORLANDO, Fla. — The stakes are high when a major civic exercise involves a large population, new technology that has not been thoroughly tested and an...
US stocks post small gains, major indexes up for the week
Stocks are closing slightly higher on Wall Street Friday, as technology shares rise along with lower-risk sectors. The major stock indexes finished wi...
Zuckerberg accepts that Facebook may have to pay more tax
LONDON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to throw his support behind international reforms that would require Silicon Valley tech giants to pay mor...
India keeps lid on Kashmir’s internet 6 months into lockdown
NEW DELHI — Six months after India's government stripped restive Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and enforced a total communications blackout, it is hera...
Asian stocks rebound from early losses as virus toll grows
Shares rebounded in Asia on Friday after an early sell-off, though Japan's benchmark declined as investors reacted to news of a growing number of case...
Ex-Waymo driver accused of deliberately causing crash
PHOENIX — A man described as a disgruntled former Waymo driver has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately crashing a passenger car into one of the...
Nevada Democrats unveil new caucus plan after Iowa chaos
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Democrats have released a revamped plan for the Feb. 22 caucuses, adding measures intended to avoid a repeat of problems that ensna...
New exhibit examines ballet’s lasting influence on fashion
NEW YORK — A crowning jewel of the new exhibit at the Fashion Institute of Technology is a feathered white tutu. It may look, to the untrained eye, li...
Virus worries force cancellation of major tech show in Spain
LONDON — Organizers of the world’s biggest mobile technology fair are pulling the plug over worries about the viral outbreak from China.
White House claims Huawei equipment has backdoor for spying
WASHINGTON — The Chinese company Huawei can secretly tap into communications through the networking equipment it sells globally, a U.S. official charg...
Report: Census Bureau at risk of not being ready for count
With the start of the 2020 census just a month away for most U.S. residents, the U.S. Census Bureau is behind in recruiting workers and establishing ...
Iranian minister apologizes over mock spacesuit post
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s information minister apologized Wednesday for posting a photo on Twitter of what appeared to be a Halloween-type costume represe...
SoftBank’s profit drop amid WeWork worries, Sprint approval
TOKYO — Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. said its profit for last quarter dropped amid worries about the perceived risk of its in...
Asian shares rise despite worries about virus outbreak
TOKYO — Asian shares were higher Wednesday, although the outbreak of a new virus in the region continued to weigh on investor sentiments.
Businesses struggle to fix supply chains disrupted by virus
WASHINGTON — Chinese authorities are struggling to strike a delicate balance between containing a viral outbreak and restarting the world’s second-big...
Equifax hack highlights China interest in U.S. personal data
BOSTON — In 2014, the Obama administration accused five Chinese military agents of targeting Pittsburgh-area industrial companies including Westinghou...
Samsung’s new foldable phone: Cheaper, but still a novelty
SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung on Tuesday unveiled a new foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Flip, its second attempt to sell consumers on phones with bendable scre...
Price worries remain after judge OKs T-Mobile’s Sprint deal
NEW YORK — A federal judge has cleared a major path for T-Mobile to buy Sprint for $26.5 billion, citing T-Mobile's track record in promoting competit...
NTSB releases details in 2 crashes involving Tesla Autopilot
DETROIT — An Apple engineer who died when his Tesla Model X slammed into a concrete barrier had previously complained about the SUV malfunctioning on ...
Virus fears play out ahead of shrinking global tech event
LONDON — The impact on travel and commerce from the viral outbreak in China is playing out ahead of one of the world's biggest technology fairs schedu...
London police deploy face scan tech, stirring privacy fears
LONDON — London police started using facial recognition cameras on Tuesday to automatically scan for wanted people, as authorities adopt the controver...
US says Chinese military stole masses of Americans’ data
WASHINGTON — Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency an...
Can’t touch this: Real slot machines controlled online
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Slot machines, the bread and butter of the casino industry, long ago lost their nicknames as “one-armed bandits” when manufactur...
Trump budget targets loan program that could help Lordstown
DETROIT — The Trump administration’s budget proposal scraps a loan program that could help an upstart electric vehicle company’s plans to reuse the no...
Melania Trump asks governors’ spouses to tackle cyberassault
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump on Monday cited the influence of “Achy Breaky Heart” singer Billy Ray Cyrus as she asked spouses of the nation's governors ...
Amazon wants to question Trump over losing $10B contract bid
Amazon wants President Donald Trump to submit to questioning over the tech company's losing bid for a $10 billion military contract.
Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture 1st look at sun’s poles
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter rocketed into space Sunday night on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of t...
Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal
CHICAGO — Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been tagged in Facebook photos at some point in the past dec...