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  • Emails show cooperation among EPA, climate-change deniers

    Newly released emails show senior political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency working closely with a think-tank that dismisses...

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  • Source: Trump administration has cut deal with China's ZTE

    Source: US has cut deal with China's ZTE, drawing fire but clearing way for more trade talks with Beijing

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  • Problem with container spurs evacuation at nuke waste dump

    The U.S. government's only underground nuclear waste repository was evacuated after a drum of waste was found to be misaligned inside its packaging

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  • Wolf-like animal shot in central Montana, DNA tests underway

    A central Montana rancher shot a wolf-like animal after it was spotted in a pasture with livestock, but a closer look prompted state wildlife...

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  • AP Explains: What's changing under new data privacy rules

    New data and privacy rules take effect in Europe on Friday, clarifying rights that people have over how companies around the world collect and analyze...

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  • Alexa sends family's private conversation to random contact

    Amazon chalked up its voice-controlled speaker's error to an "extremely rare occurrence."

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  • APNewsBreak: Tesla in Autopilot mode sped up before crashing

    A new police report says a Tesla that crashed in Utah while in Autopilot mode accelerated just before it smashed into a stopped fire truck.

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  • London police seize bitcoin worth $667,000 from hacker

    London's Metropolitan police seized half a million pounds ($667,000) worth of Bitcoin from a prolific computer hacker in a case described as the first...

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  • New accusations against Facebook

    Facebook faces new allegations of illegally gathering data for commercial reasons.

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  • The Latest: Complaints vs Google, Facebook under new EU law

    A group that campaigns for data protection rights in Europe says it's filed legal complaints against Google, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp over the...

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  • Amid confusion, EU data privacy law goes into effect

    Ready or not, companies that collect or process the personal information of EU residents must now start complying with stringent new EU data rules.

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  • APNewsBreak: Tesla in Autopilot sped up before Utah crash

    A new police report says a Tesla that crashed in Utah while in Autopilot mode accelerated just before it smashed into a stopped fire truck.

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  • California court: Defendants get crack at some social media

    California's highest court ruled that Facebook and other social media companies can be compelled to turn over to criminal defendants preparing for...

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  • Jury says Samsung must pay $539M for copying parts of iPhone

    A jury has decided Samsung must pay Apple $539 million in damages for illegally copying some of the iPhone's features to lure people into buying its...

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  • Feds: Uber self-driving SUV saw pedestrian, did not brake

    Federal investigators say the autonomous Uber SUV that struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March spotted the woman about six seconds before...

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  • Amazon: Echo device sent conversation to family's contact

    Amazon says an "unlikely" string of events prompted its Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation and...

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  • Trump aims to make it easier for companies to get to space

    President Donald Trump is asking the government to make it easier for companies to get to and from space.

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  • Facebook to label election-related 'issue ads' in US

    Facebook to label election-related 'issue ads' in US

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  • The Latest: Twitter to verify US political advertisers

    Twitter to verify US political advertisers, joining Facebook and Google.

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  • The Latest: Court says defendants could get Facebook info

    The California Supreme Court has ruled that social media companies could be required to turn over user content that is public to criminal defendants

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  • Gut check: Swallowed capsule could spot trouble, send alert

    Scientists develop a swallowed capsule that might someday be used to spot health problems from inside the gut

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  • South Carolina plans to use drones to remotely watch inmates

    After spending years fighting to keep drones from flying over prisons, South Carolina corrections officials now plan to use the small unmanned...

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  • Officials: Efforts failing to save US West sagebrush land

    Officials say they're losing the battle against a devastating combination of invasive plant species and wildfires in the vast sagebrush habitats in...

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  • Macron wants to make France gateway to Europe for tech firms

    Macron wants to make France gateway to Europe for tech firms; country is 'changing like crazy'

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  • Facebook won't pay compensation for Cambridge Analytica case

    Facebook says it will not compensate users in the scandal over the misuse of their personal data by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica

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  • China's Tencent: Tech world must tackle privacy concerns

    China's biggest tech company says the industry needs to tackle users' privacy concerns head-on, amid growing anger about abuse of personal data

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  • Company: Industrial hacking group has targets beyond Mideast

    Industrial hacking group has targets beyond the Middle East, cybersecurity company warns

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  • Autonomous Uber spotted pedestrian 6 seconds before fatal strike; didn't stop because emergency braking was disabled

    Autonomous Uber spotted pedestrian 6 seconds before fatal strike; didn't stop because emergency braking was disabled

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  • Space station accepts special delivery from Virginia

    The International Space Station has accepted delivery of more than 7,000 pounds of supplies from Virginia

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  • Hawaii volcano produces methane and 'eerie' blue flames

    Scientists in Hawaii have captured rare images of blue methane flames burning from cracks in the pavement as Kilauea volcano gushes lava in the...

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  • Uber ends self-driving program in Arizona after fatal crash

    Uber's self-driving cars won't return to streets of Arizona following crash that killed woman crossing a darkened street

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  • Experts: 'Alarming' drought conditions hit 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...

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  • Amid debate, Wyoming approves Yellowstone-area grizzly hunt

    Wyoming to allow grizzly bear hunting for first time in decades, will be biggest hunt in lower 48 states since delisting

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  • New US weather satellite can't keep cool, could hurt photos

    New US weather satellite has a serious cooling problem that could affect picture quality

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

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

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  • The Latest: US Southwest victim of dryness, rising temps

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

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  • Arizona educators consider altering evolution references

    The Arizona Department of Education is considering changes to school science standards, including instances when it may remove or alter references to...

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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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  • Estimated 7,000 bodies may be buried at former asylum

    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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  • 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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  • Wyoming courts tech behind cryptocurrency to entice business

    Wyoming hopes being friendly to tech underlying cryptocurrency entices business

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  • US tech firm: Possible cyberattack on Ukraine being prepared

    Cisco says that a hundreds of thousands of routers have been compromised in preparation for what could be a major cyberattack against Ukraine

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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...

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