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• Apr 21

  • After Facebook scrutiny, is Google next?

    Facebook has taken the lion's share of scrutiny from Congress and the media about data-handling practices that allow savvy marketers and political...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Robot designed for faster, safer uranium plant pipe cleanup

    Autonomous robot created to roll through pipes as high-tech helper in uranium plant cleanup

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • DOJ looks into how AT&T, Verizon handle defecting customers

    The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into whether AT&T and Verizon and a standards-setting group worked together to hinder...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • California regulators investigating worker safety at Tesla

    Workplace safety regulators say they are investigating two incidents at automaker Tesla's factory in Northern California

    Apr 21

• Apr 20

  • Environmentalists ask court to restore oil-gas emission rule

    Environmentalists are asking an appeals court to reinstate a rule restricting harmful methane emissions on U.S. lands, at least temporarily

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • Legendary scientist at lab that developed atomic bomb dies

    Scientist Nerses "Krik" Krikorian, who became a legend in the once-secret New Mexico city where the atomic bomb was developed, has died

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • Science Says: Amount of straws, plastic pollution is huge

    Cities and even countries now such as Great Britain are looking at banning straws because plastic pollution is a huge global problem

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • UK teen gets 2 years for targeting CIA chief's phone, email

    A British teenager has been jailed for two years for compromising the email and phone accounts of senior U.S. government officials in what a judge...

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • Audit clears Facebook despite Cambridge Analytica leaks

    Audit of Facebook's privacy practices found no problems, though company knew a data-mining firm improperly obtained private data from millions of...

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • Netflix may be expanding to the big screen

    Reports say Netflix is considering buying and owning movie theaters.

    Apr 20

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• Apr 20

  • Volcano in southern Japan erupts for 1st time in 250 years

    A volcano in southern Japan has erupted for the first time in 250 years, and the authorities have set up a no-go zone around the mountain

    Apr 20

• Apr 19

  • As doors close in the US, China's Huawei shifts to Europe

    As doors close in the US, Chinese telecoms and smartphone giant Huawei shifts focus to Europe

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Social media helps fuel teacher activism across the country

    Social media is helping fuel activism by teachers seeking better wages and improved funding for education across the country

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Cybersecurity expert's case delayed as new details emerge

    Attorneys for a British cybersecurity expert credited with stopping a computer virus got more time to prepare for arguments on whether to suppress...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • The Latest: British cybersecurity expert's US case delayed

    Attorneys for a British cybersecurity expert credited with stopping a computer virus got more time to prepare for arguments on whether to suppress...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Trump's divisive pick to run NASA wins narrow confirmation

    The Senate narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump's choice of a tea party congressman to run NASA

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Officials eye ways to protect squirrels near Idaho dam

    Officials are eyeing ways to protect a threatened squirrel species amid plans to expand a dam in western Idaho

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Los Angeles port commission approves SpaceX rocket facility

    Los Angeles harbor commissioners have approved a permit for Space Exploration Technologies to build a facility to manufacture a Mars rocket that will...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Furniture-building robot assembles IKEA chair in less than 9 minutes

    Scientists in Singapore designed the robot to do the delicate work quickly.

    Apr 19

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• Apr 19

  • Musk's LA transport tunnel proposal takes step forward

    A Los Angeles City Council committee has approved an environmental review exemption for a tunnel Elon Musk wants to dig to test a novel underground...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Maryland bill seeks transparency in online political ads

    A measure approved by Maryland lawmakers would create more transparency for online political ads on social media platforms like Facebook to help stop...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Hubble's 28 years marked by shot of wild stellar nursery

    NASA marks Hubble Space Telescope's 28th launch anniversary with peek into a wild stellar nursery

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Amazon reveals it now has more than 100 million Prime members

    Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos revealed for the first time a specific number of Prime memberships.

    Apr 19

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• Apr 19

  • Belarus to require internet comments to be authorized

    The parliament in Belarus has passed a measure prohibiting internet users from commenting on forums without authorization and requiring online...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • China: Qualcomm plan 'has difficulty' resolving concerns

    The Chinese government says Qualcomm Inc.'s plan for its $44 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors 'has difficulty' resolving concerns of...

    Apr 19

• Apr 18

  • Team backed by Microsoft co-founder locates USS Helena wreck

    Nearly 75 years after the USS Helena was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the waters off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, an expedition team...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • NASA's Tess spacecraft embarks on quest to find new planets

    NASA's Tess spacecraft embarks on quest to find planets around neighboring stars that might support life

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Amazon's reveals its Prime service has 100 million members

    Amazon has persuaded more than 100 million shoppers to subscribe to its Prime service as its empire and ambitions expand

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • The Latest: SpaceX rocket booster lands on floating platform

    NASA's newest planet-hunting spacecraft rockets away; SpaceX booster lands on floating platform

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Russia takes heavy hand to internet to block messaging app

    The chief of the Russian communications watchdog has admitted to blocking access to millions of IP addresses in a so far futile attempt to block a...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Brain science institute at Brown receives $100M gift

    Brown University's brain science institute has been given $100 million to advance the understanding of the brain and what causes Lou Gehrig's disease,...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Facebook adds privacy settings to comply with European rules

    Facebook is introducing more privacy safeguards to users in Europe to comply with new rules meant to make it easier for consumers to give and withdraw...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • EU renews call for Zuckerberg to testify over data scandal

    The European Parliament is repeating a call for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about the internet giant's data privacy scandal, after...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Parenting of the future: Many embryos, each with DNA profile

    A prominent biomedical ethics expert has a startling prediction about how children will be conceived in the future: Couples will choose from among...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Iran bans government bodies from using foreign message apps

    Iranian state TV says government bodies have been barred from using foreign messaging apps

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Iceland: Bitcoin heist suspect has likely fled to Sweden

    A man suspected of masterminding the theft of about 600 computers used to mine bitcoins and other virtual currencies has likely fled to Sweden after...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Wayfair follows Amazon with its own made-up holiday: Way Day

    Wayfair follows Amazon with its own made-up holiday: Way Day

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Google ready to take action against apps that violate safety policies

    A University of California study finds that 57 percent of popular Android apps may be illegally tracking children.

    Apr 18

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• Apr 18

  • Going deep to study exercise's molecular nitty-gritty

    About 120 scientists from around the country are in Louisiana as part of a six-year, $170 million program to study the down-deep molecular...

    Apr 18

• Apr 17

  • TaskRabbit offline after security breach

    TaskRabbit says it's investigating a cybersecurity incident that has caused it to shut down its online on-demand services platform

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Trump administration defends Obama's Atlantic monument

    The federal government wants to judge to toss a lawsuit from fishermen trying to eliminate former President Barack Obama's Atlantic Ocean monument

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Mudslide survivors find hope in recovered belongings

    A Facebook page is helping connect Southern California residents with family photos, jewelry and other items they lost when mudslides nearly wiped out...

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Suspect in Iceland's 'Big Bitcoin Heist' escapes prison

    A prisoner in Iceland suspected of masterminding the theft of about 600 computers used to mine bitcoin has managed to escape custody and flee the...

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Russia denies 'feeble' US, UK charges of internet tampering

    Russia denies 'feeble' US, UK charges of subverting internet equipment for espionage, possible attacks

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Cambridge Analytica ex-CEO refuses to testify in UK

    The British Parliament's media committee says Cambridge Analytica's former CEO, Alexander Nix, says he'll no longer testify at an upcoming session on...

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Tracking the river: Mississippi model may help save coast

    Scientists working on new ways to battle the erosion that threatens Louisiana's coastline have a dramatic new tool

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Study: Diamond from the sky may have come from 'lost planet'

    Scientists say fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth about a decade ago provide compelling evidence of a lost planet that once roamed our solar...

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Bat key to tequila trade gets off US endangered species list

    Wildlife managers in the American Southwest say a once-rare bat important to the pollination of plants used to produce tequila has made a comeback and...

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Online charter school heads back to court in funding case

    Ohio online charter school makes another appeal to the state Supreme Court over order to repay $60 million in state aid

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Supreme Court dismisses Microsoft search case

    The Supreme Court has dismissed a dispute between the Trump administration and Microsoft over emails the government as part of a drug trafficking...

    Apr 17