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  • Twitter to add special labels to political candidates in US

    Twitter says it's adding special labels to tweets from some U.S. political candidates ahead of this year's midterm elections.

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  • Study offers new look at why our brains evolved to be so big

    A new study suggests our brains evolved to be so big largely to cope with the environmental demands our ancestors faced

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  • FBI overstated encryption problem with cell phones

    FBI officials say a programming error led them to vastly overstate the number of cell phones that investigators could not access because of encryption

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  • Governor: Hurry up on getting election security grant money

    Florida Gov. Rick Scott has ordered state officials to hurry up on acquiring a $19 million federal grant aimed at protecting the state's election...

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  • Mississippi: Up to 7,000 bodies from asylum may be in field

    Officials in Mississippi believe the remains of as many as 7,000 former patients at an asylum could be lying in an empty, grassy field on a university...

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  • France's Macron takes on Facebook's Zuckerberg in tech push

    France's Macron takes on Facebook CEO in push for stricter rules on data privacy, taxes

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  • Correction: Science Says-Green-Blooded Lizard story

    Correction: Science Says-Green-Blooded Lizard story

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  • Digital Life: Cutting back on a constant smartphone habit

    For many of us, a smartphone addiction is not so much a debilitating disease but a constant, nagging inconvenience we can't seem to shake

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• May 23

  • UK law chief: Treat cyberattacks the same way as bombs

    Britain's attorney general says cyberattacks on key infrastructure could be just as deadly as armed attacks, and should be treated in the same way...

    May 23

• May 23

  • Concerns grow over Amazon's facial-recognition software

    Two advocacy groups have called for ending the software's usage because of privacy issues.

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• May 23

  • Wyoming makes rush for hyped new tech, results still virtual

    Companies flock to register in Wyoming after bold push for hyped new technology but results remain virtual

    May 23

• May 23

  • Drought on tap to intensify over US Southwest

    Rivers are drying up, popular mountain recreation spots are closing and water restrictions are in full swing as a persistent drought is intensifying...

    May 23

• May 23

  • Energy wells plugged as Hawaii's volcano sends lava nearby

    Production wells at a geothermal plant under threat by lava flowing from Hawaii's volcano have been plugged to prevent toxic gases from seeping out

    May 23

• May 22

  • Amazon urged not to sell facial recognition tool to police

    Privacy advocates want Amazon to stop pushing police to buy and use its facial recognition tool

    May 22

• May 22

  • Experts disclose new details about 300-year-old shipwreck

    The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution says it's uncovered new details about a 300-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Colombia that experts believe...

    May 22

• May 22

  • Science and commercial satellites launched from California

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has launched two U.S.-German science satellites and five commercial communications satellites after blasting off from...

    May 22

• May 22

  • The Latest: Commercial satellites deployed by SpaceX rocket

    A SpaceX rocket launched from California has successfully deployed 5 communications satellites after releasing after 2 science satellites

    May 22

• May 22

  • Facebook chief faces EU grilling over his 'digital monster'

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced tough questions from European Union lawmakers about what one of them called Zuckerberg's "digital monster."

    May 22

• May 22

  • APNewsbreak: Pentagon adopts new cellphone restrictions

    APNewsBreak: The Defense Department has approved new restrictions for the use of mobile phones and some other electronic devices in the Pentagon where...

    May 22

• May 22

  • Branson-owned health company to merge with its rival

    British billionaire Richard Branson's company Virgin Pulse to merge with its rival and use Providence as corporate headquarters

    May 22

• May 22

  • The Latest: Zuckerberg tells EU lawmakers 'I'm sorry'

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is apologizing for the internet giant's failure to prevent some of the internet tools it has developed from being...

    May 22

• May 22

  • Siri gets a new voice

    Apple says the voice assistant will also be getting smarter, but haven't released details.

    May 22

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• May 22

  • Experts: China far side lunar mission potentially historic

    Experts say China's ambition to soft-land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon later this year faces considerable challenges but if successful,...

    May 22

• May 22

  • Indonesia raises alert for Merapi volcano, sets no-go zone

    Indonesian authorities raised the alert for the country's volatile Mount Merapi volcano, located on the densely populated island of Java, and ordered...

    May 22

• May 21

  • UK lawmakers appeals to EU to help in Facebook probe

    The head of Parliament's media committee has appealed to European lawmakers to put questions to Mark Zuckerberg on his behalf when the Facebook chief...

    May 21

• May 21

  • Microsoft pledges to extend EU data rights worldwide

    Microsoft says it's committing to giving users worldwide the same data and privacy rights being offered to Europeans under new regulations there

    May 21

• May 21

  • Man dies after Tesla crashes into San Francisco area pond

    Authorities in the San Francisco Bay Area are investigating the death of a man after a Tesla car he was driving veered off a road and crashed into a...

    May 21

• May 21

  • Consumer Reports raises concerns over Tesla Model 3 braking

    Long emergency stopping distances, difficult-to-use controls and a harsh ride stopped Tesla's Model 3 mass-market electric car from getting a...

    May 21

• May 21

  • Social media under microscope in emotive Irish abortion vote

    Debate is raging in Ireland over whether to lift the country's decades-old ban on abortion

    May 21

• May 21

  • Humans account for little next to plants, worms, bugs

    Scientists now can estimate how much the different types of life on Earth weigh and humans don't nearly measure up to plants, bacteria or even...

    May 21

• May 21

  • From airlines to pizza parlors, EU businesses adopt data law

    Businesses from pizza parlors to airlines across the EU's 28 countries are bombarding customers with emails seeking consent to use personal data as...

    May 21

• May 21

  • Jupiter's backward-flying asteroid from another star system

    An asteroid orbiting backward out near Jupiter actually hails from another star system

    May 21

• May 21

  • NASA shipper Orbital ATK launches space station supplies

    One of NASA's prime shippers, Orbital ATK, has launched a fresh load of supplies to the International Space Station

    May 21

• May 21

  • Zuckerberg meeting with EU parliament leaders to be webcast

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to have Tuesday's meeting with the leaders of the European parliament about the data protection scandal that...

    May 21

• May 21

  • China launches relay satellite for far side moon landing

    China has launched a relay satellite as part of a groundbreaking program to land a probe on the far side of the moon this year

    May 21

• May 21

  • Indonesia's most volatile volcano erupts again

    Indonesia's most volatile volcano spews smoke and ash in the latest of several eruptions in less than two weeks

    May 21

• May 20

  • US, China putting trade war on hold after progress in talks

    Progress made in talks aimed at bringing down America's massive trade deficit.

    May 20

• May 20

  • Cyclists tried to scare cougar but it attacked, killing 1

    The two mountain bikers did what they were supposed to do when they noticed a mountain lion tailing them on a trail east of Seattle

    May 20

• May 20

  • The Latest: Cougar that attacked cyclists was underweight

    Authorities say the cougar that attacked two cyclists east of Seattle, killing one of them, appears to have been emaciated

    May 20

• May 20

  • NRA links school violence to Ritalin but experts deny link

    The National Rifle Association's incoming president is linking school shootings to using medications such as Ritalin

    May 20

• May 20

  • Database will give police info on people with disabilities

    A new database will alert Ohio law enforcement officers about motorists and passengers with communication disabilities who could be mistaken for...

    May 20

• May 20

  • Rural Hawaii communities face various volcano threats

    Lava has destroyed four homes and left dozens of others in the shadow of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano isolated, forcing more residents to plan for a...

    May 20

• May 19

  • Hawaii lava flow ramps up as new magma mixes with old

    Lava has destroyed four homes and left dozens of others in the shadow of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano isolated, forcing more residents to plan for a...

    May 19

• May 19

  • Experts: Dead whale that washed up in NY likely hit by boat

    Experts from a wildlife conservation group say a dead whale that washed up on a New York beach was likely hit by a boat

    May 19

• May 19

  • The Latest: Hawaii lava flow may cross highway within hours

    Two fissures that opened up a rural Hawaii community have merged to produce faster and more fluid lava

    May 19

• May 19

  • Scholar: Dumping fossil fuels by 2050 needed to save climate

    A prominent American economist says getting rid of fossil fuels by mid-century and switching to renewable energy sources and nuclear power offers the...

    May 19

• May 19

  • Scientists unsure when Hawaii's Kilauea volcano will quiet

    Experts remain flummoxed about when Hawaii's Kilauea volcano will calm down

    May 19

• May 18

  • The Latest: More dead whales found in San Francisco Bay Area

    A second dead whale has been found in the San Francisco Bay Area, and experts will try to determine what killed the animals discovered Friday

    May 18

• May 18

  • Phone data-leak company: No record of location-data abuse

    Phone data-leak company: No record of location-data abuse

    May 18

• May 18

  • Gay-friendly Apple weighs North Carolina despite LGBT laws

    Gay-rights advocates are divided on a potential marriage between one of the corporations most friendly to LGBT workers and causes and North Carolina,...

    May 18