Latest Technology Headlines

• Mar 20

  • California National Guard to leave border, help stop fires

    From the border to the woods: California is pulling National Guard troops off protection duty on the U.S.-Mexican boundary to help communities prepare...

    Mar 20

• Mar 19

  • US official declares drought plan done for Colorado River

    Seven states that rely on a major waterway in the U.S. West have finished a yearslong effort to create a plan to protect the Colorado River amid a...

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • FBI tracked Michael Cohen's phones with controversial device

    The FBI used highly secretive and controversial cellphone sweeping technology to zero-in on President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer when...

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • The Latest: US official declares Colorado River plan done

    Reclamation commissioner declares yearslong, multistate effort to protect key Western river done

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Trump: Social media sites discriminate against conservatives

    President Donald Trump is directing his ire at the nation's major social media companies

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Why Facebook didn't block live New Zealand shooting video

    Facebook says no one flagged New Zealand shooting livestream, underlining tech companies' challenge policing content

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • In end of 20th Century Fox, a new era dawns for Hollywood

    After more than eight decades of supremacy, the Hollywood's 'Big Six' major studios will be down one when the Walt Disney Co.'s $71.3 billion...

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Sub makes rapid ascent in Indian Ocean; crew safe

    Sub makes emergency ascent in Indian Ocean; 2-person crew is safe

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Court tosses $4 million copyright award against Zillow

    A federal appeals court has thrown out a $4 million copyright infringement ruling against the Seattle-based online real estate company Zillow

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Court: Online free speech rights trump stalking conviction

    A man imprisoned for stalking had his conviction overturned when North Carolina's Court of Appeals ruled the social media posts underpinning the...

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • NASA's plan to scoop up dirt from asteroid hits a snag

    NASA's plan to scoop up dirt and gravel from an asteroid hits a snag

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Heat records falling twice as often as cold ones, AP finds

    An AP data analysis shows that in weather stations across America, hot records are being set twice as often as cold ones

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Google to launch video-game streaming platform Stadia

    Google says it will launch a video-game streaming platform called Stadia, positioning itself to take on the traditional video-game business

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Facebook settles five lawsuits alleging that its ad systems enabled discrimination in housing, credit and employment

    Facebook settles five lawsuits alleging that its ad systems enabled discrimination in housing, credit and employment

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Fish in river that famously caught fire now OK'd for dinner

    Federal environmental regulators say fish living in an Ohio river that became synonymous with industrial pollution when it caught fire in 1969 are now...

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Dartmouth professor wins top religion prize

    A Dartmouth College professor of physics and astronomy has won one of the world's leading religion prizes for blending hard science and deep...

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • How diet affects the way you speak: Study

    Eating softer processed foods changed the position of humans' adult teeth.

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • SEC says Musk's contempt defense 'borders on the ridiculous'

    U.S. securities regulators are fighting back against Tesla CEO Elon Musk, arguing that he should be held in contempt for brazenly violating a federal...

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Norwegian aluminum producer hit by cyberattack

    Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro says it has been a targeted by "an extensive cyberattack" through a ransomware virus impacting its key...

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Fox Corp. begins trading as Disney completion looms

    Fox Corp., the Fox assets that are not part of Disney's $71.3 billion acquisition of Fox's entertainment assets, debuts Tuesday with new board

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • US professor is first woman to be awarded math's top prize

    An American professor has become the first woman to be awarded the Abel Prize, one of the world's most prestigious international mathematics awards.

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Lyft seeks IPO before rival Uber

    The ride-sharing company would be the first to debut on the Nasdaq.

    Mar 19

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• Mar 19

  • Asia bracing for destruction by alien pest: fall armyworms

    Fall armyworms invade corn fields, turning cobs to mush.

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Report: National Enquirer paid $200K for private Bezos texts

    The Wall Street Journal reports that the National Enquirer's publisher to paid $200,000 to obtain intimate texts between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his...

    Mar 19

• Mar 19

  • Orangutan mother blinded by air gun pellets in Indonesia

    An orangutan mother has been blinded after being shot with at least 74 air gun pellets on Indonesia's Sumatra island, where threats to the endangered...

    Mar 19

• Mar 18

  • Lyft opens its IPO road show, to offer more than 30M shares

    Ride-hailing app Lyft says it will offer more than 30 million shares of its common stock for between $62 and $68 per share

    Mar 18

• Mar 18

  • Foxconn says Wisconsin factory will be operational in 2020

    Foxconn Technology Group says it will start building a manufacturing facility in Wisconsin no later than this summer, with production starting at the...

    Mar 18

• Mar 18

  • Woman sues hospital she says stored frozen embryo for years

    A Massachusetts woman has filed a lawsuit against a Rhode Island hospital she says froze her embryo and kept it in storage for 13 years without her...

    Mar 18

• Mar 18

  • Thousands of dead menhaden wash up in New Jersey shore town

    State environmental officials say thousands of dead fish have washed up in a New Jersey shore community

    Mar 18

• Mar 18

  • Apple refreshes iPad lineup, with larger entry-level model

    Apple has unveiled a new iPad that's thinner and slightly larger than its current entry-level tablet.

    Mar 18

• Mar 18

  • UN hosts powers to discuss preventing an arms race in space

    Government experts from 25 countries have opened off a meeting to look at ways of preventing an arms race in space, amid uncertainty whether some of...

    Mar 18

• Mar 18

  • Japan to make crater on asteroid to get underground samples

    Japan's space agency says its Hayabusa2 spacecraft will follow up last month's touchdown on a distant asteroid with another risky mission _ dropping...

    Mar 18

• Mar 18

  • Facebook says service hindered by lack of local news

    Facebook says that a service it established last year to provide users with local news has been hindered by cutbacks in the news industry

    Mar 18

• Mar 18

  • Lyft hopes for big boost from upcoming IPO

    The ride-share company may be valued at $23 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.

    Mar 18

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• Mar 17

  • Police issue 'virtual kidnap' alerts to California schools

    Police in California issue alerts to schools about two 'virtual kidnap' cases in Laguna Beach

    Mar 17

• Mar 17

  • Nevada considers technology to scan cellphones after crashes

    A legislative proposal could make Nevada one of the first states to allow police to use a contentious technology to find out if a person was using a...

    Mar 17

• Mar 16

  • Virginia county approves Amazon incentives despite protests

    Protesters repeatedly shouted "shame" as a northern Virginia county board unanimously approved a $23 million incentives package for Amazon to build a...

    Mar 16

• Mar 16

  • Apple Watch may spot heart problem but more research needed

    Study: Apple Watch sometimes can detect a worrisome irregular heartbeat, but more research is needed

    Mar 16

• Mar 16

  • Correction: Chile-Floating Solar Island story

    Correction: Chile-Floating Solar Island story

    Mar 16

• Mar 16

  • Climate protests: First the students, now adults in France

    A day after worldwide student climate protests, families and activists are marching in France to demand faster government action against global...

    Mar 16

• Mar 15

  • New Zealand shooter steeped attack in dark internet culture

    The suspected New Zealand shooter modeled his attack for an internet age

    Mar 15

• Mar 15

  • Students globally protest warming, pleading for their future

    From the South Pacific to the edge of the Arctic Circle, students are skipping classes to protest what they see as the failures of their governments...

    Mar 15

• Mar 15

  • The Latest: 16 arrested at NYC student climate protest

    Police say 16 people have been arrested for blocking traffic during a climate protest in front of New York City's American Museum of Natural History.

    Mar 15

• Mar 15

  • US eases land restrictions meant to protect bird in West

    The Trump administration has finalized changes to sweeping federal land use plans for Western states to ease energy industry restrictions in a way...

    Mar 15

• Mar 15

  • Gore: US getting close to political shift on climate change

    Former Vice President Al Gore is praising the Democrats' 2020 presidential field for its emphasis on combating climate change

    Mar 15

• Mar 15

  • Disease may be killing California desert bighorn sheep

    A new survey has found a sharp decline in desert bighorn sheep in Southern California, and biologists suspect the cause is a disease contracted from...

    Mar 15

• Mar 15

  • Jury rules Apple owes Qualcomm $31M for patent infringement

    Apple ordered to pay $31 million to Qualcomm for stealing some of the technology used in iPhones

    Mar 15

• Mar 15

  • US eases land restrictions meant to protect bird in West

    The Trump administration has finalized changes to sweeping federal land use plans for Western states to ease energy industry restrictions in a way...

    Mar 15

• Mar 15

  • Sound may float up in Earth's gravity instead of fall down

    New findings suggest that ordinary sound has negative gravitational mass.

    Mar 15

• Mar 15

  • Tech companies scramble to remove New Zealand shooting video

    The gunman who killed 49 people live-streamed his attack.

    Mar 15