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  • EPA chief signs proposal limiting science used in decisions

    EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has signed a proposed rule that seeks to restrict the types of scientific studies that regulators can use to determine...

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  • Inmate: Prison officers complicit in cellphone problem

    South Carolina prison officials have for years blamed cellphones for contributing to inmate violence

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  • House Democrats talk to Cambridge Analytica whistleblower

    House Democrats have held the first of what they hope to be several interviews with witnesses who have not been called in Republican-led Russia...

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  • Fingerprints lead to arrest in 1986 California killing

    Authorities have arrested a suspect in the stabbing death of a 75-year-old retiree more than three decades ago in Southern California

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  • Ex-Yahoo paying $35M to settle SEC charges over 2014 hack

    The company formerly known as Yahoo is paying a $35 million fine to resolve federal regulators' charges that the online giant deceived investors by...

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  • Senate confirms new director of National Security Agency

    Senate votes to confirm Paul Nakasone to lead National Security Agency.

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  • The Latest: Ex-Yahoo settles SEC charges over 2014 hack

    Prosecutors say two Russian intelligence agents used the information they stole from Yahoo to spy on Russian journalists, U.S. and Russian government...

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  • Leader of German governing party backs Amazon protest

    The new leader of one of Germany's governing parties planned to join a protest against working conditions at Amazon during CEO Jeff Bezos' visit to...

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  • Mysterious mummy found in Iran could be father of last shah

    Discovery of mummified body in Tehran raises speculation it could be missing remains of former monarch Reza Shah Pahlavi

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  • Cambridge Analytica fights back on data scandal

    A Cambridge University professor at the heart of the Facebook privacy scandal says that the suspended CEO of data firm Cambridge Analytica lied to a...

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  • Facebook rules at a glance: What's banned, exactly?

    Facebook has revealed for the first time just what, exactly, is banned on its service in a new Community Standards document released on Tuesday

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  • Committee hits pause on solar project over visual concerns

    A regional planning committee has refused to sign off on a proposed solar project in Rutland amid concerns over visuals

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  • Ireland to collect billions from Apple in back taxes

    Ireland will start collection more than 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back taxes from Apple some 19 months after the European Commission decision...

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  • AP-NORC Poll: For many online Americans, Facebook is a habit

    Nearly half of Americans who use the internet say they use Facebook at least several times a day, with Facebook-owned Instagram coming in No. 2 among...

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  • Supreme Court upholds challenged patent review practice

    The Supreme Court has upheld a challenged practice that is used to invalidate patents without the involvement of federal courts

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  • AP-NORC poll: Privacy debacle prompts social-media changes

    AP-NORC poll: Facebook's privacy debacle prompts social-media cutbacks

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  • Get Into My Car ... Amazon begins delivery to vehicles

    Amazon begins delivering packages to newer General Motors and Volvo vehicles owned by Prime members

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  • Twitter blocks Israeli lawmaker for wishing Palestinian shot

    Hard-line Israeli lawmaker mocks Twitter, says it highlighted his stance on teen Palestinian protester as 'terrorist'

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  • Asian elephants said at risk from Chinese demand for skin

    A report by a British-based conservation group says rising Chinese demand for products made from elephant skin is driving poaching and posing an even...

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  • For the first time, Facebook spells out what it forbids

    For the first time, Facebook spells out how it decides whether to delete your posts

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  • Power-sucking Bitcoin 'mines' spark backlash

    Power struggle: Bitcoin 'mines' in upstate New York are sucking up so much electricity that rates have spiked for ordinary customers

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• Apr 23

  • Chipmaker SK Hynix reports 64 percent jump in 1Q earnings

    SK Hynix Inc. says its first-quarter net profit has surged 64 percent over a year earlier thanks to robust memory chip prices

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  • Strong ad sales boost Google parent Alphabet's 1Q earnings

    Google parent Alphabet has reported a jump in first-quarter net income on the back of further strong digital ad sales and an accounting adjustment

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  • New NASA boss gets 'hearty congratulations' from space

    NASA's new boss is already getting cheers from space

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  • Researcher in Facebook data scandal apologizes

    A researcher at the center of the Facebook privacy scandal apologized, but added that he didn't think he did anything wrong

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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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  • 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...

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  • 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

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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

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  • 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...

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  • 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

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  • 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...

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  • Robot designed for faster, safer uranium plant pipe cleanup

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

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  • 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...

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  • California regulators investigating worker safety at Tesla

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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • Netflix may be expanding to the big screen

    Reports say Netflix is considering buying and owning movie theaters.

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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