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  • AT&T, Verizon under investigation

    The New York Times reports the Department of Justice is investigating AT&T and Verizon for alleged wireless collusion.

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  • EU launches probe of Apple's takeover of digital app Shazam

    The European Union is opening a probe into the acquisition by Apple of song-recognition app Shazam because it wants to make sure consumers will still...

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• Apr 23

  • Financial expert taking Facebook to UK court over fake ads

    A personal finance expert is suing Facebook at Britain's High Court, claiming the social media company is allowing the publication of scam ads...

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Mideast ride-sharing app Careem says it was hacked

    Mideast ride-sharing app Careem says it was hacked, with customers' names, emails and phone numbers compromised

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • A Cold War poison resurfaces in a quiet English town

    A scientist who says he developed the nerve agent that apparently turned up in an English town and nearly killed a former Russian spy and his daughter...

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • A Cold War poison resurfaces in a quiet English town

    A scientist who says he developed the nerve agent that apparently turned up in an English town and nearly killed a former Russian spy and his daughter...

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Census finds increase in Mekong River's Irrawaddy dolphins

    Cambodia's government and a major conservation group say the number of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins along a stretch of the Mekong River...

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Icelandic fugitive in bitcoin heist arrested in Amsterdam

    Police in Amsterdam have arrested an Icelandic fugitive suspected of masterminding the theft of hundreds of computers used to mine bitcoins and other...

    Apr 23

• Apr 22

  • Shanghai gets automated bank with VR, robots, face scanning

    Shanghai gets automated "unmanned bank" equipped with facial recognition software, a virtual reality room and talking robots

    Apr 22

• Apr 22

  • Russia adds Google IPs to registry of banned sites

    Russia's communications watchdog agency says it is adding some Google IP addresses to the state register of banned sites, as a dispute over a banned...

    Apr 22

• Apr 22

  • UK calls on social media firms to better protect children

    Britain's health secretary has threatened to introduce new laws targeting online social media companies if they don't do more to protect children

    Apr 22

• 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.

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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