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  • Banking by smart speaker arrives, but security issues exist

    Banks start to offer banking through virtual assistants like Amazon's Alexa, but security experts express worry

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• Jun 19

  • California lawmakers move closer to regional electric grid

    A California Senate panel has narrowly advanced a contentious proposal to link oversight of California's electric grid with other states in the U.S....

    Jun 19

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  • Mobile carriers cut off flow of location data to brokers

    Mobile carriers are cutting off the flow of location data to middleman companies

    Jun 19

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  • Idaho family sues US after child sprayed by cyanide trap

    An Idaho couple who says their teenage son was sprayed with cyanide by a predator-killing trap that federal workers mistakenly placed on U.S. land...

    Jun 19

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  • Google, Facebook, others speak out against child separation

    CEOs of Facebook, Google, Apple and others speak out against child separations at the border

    Jun 19

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  • Trump signs 10 millionth patent for Raytheon employee

    A Raytheon Co. employee from California who found a new way to get real-time readings from large laser radars now holds the nation's 10 millionth...

    Jun 19

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  • Book excerpt: Jaron Lanier's 'Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts'

    An excerpt from author Jaron Lanier's new book.

    Jun 19

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  • The Latest: Western electric grid bill clears hurdle

    A California Senate panel has narrowly advanced a contentious proposal to link oversight of California's electric grid with other western states

    Jun 19

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  • 4 new mountain lion kittens found in California mountains

    Four new mountain lion kittens have been found by researchers studying the wild cats living in Southern California's Santa Monica Mountains

    Jun 19

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  • IBM computer proves formidable against 2 human debaters

    IBM is pitting a computer against two human debaters in the first public demonstration of artificial intelligence technology it's been working on for...

    Jun 19

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  • The Latest: AT&T also vows to cut off location-data brokers

    The Latest: AT&T also vows to cut off location-data brokers

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  • Meat 2.0? Clean meat? Spat shows the power of food wording

    Fight over who gets to use "meat" shows the power of words in shaping appetites

    Jun 19

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  • A look at how "cultured" meat works

    A look at how "cultured" meat works

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• Jun 19

  • Looking for signs of global warming? They're all around you

    It's been 30 years since much of the world learned that global warming had arrived, but climate isn't the only thing that's changing: Nature itself is...

    Jun 19

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  • The Associated Press has learned that Verizon will end sales of phone-location data through intermediaries

    The Associated Press has learned that Verizon will end sales of phone-location data through intermediaries

    Jun 19

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  • Merkel says climate change is a fact, laments US stance

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris accord Tuesday, calling the move "very...

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  • Allergies, glaciers, and pikas: climate change in action

    Not just heat: Climate change signs can be seen all around

    Jun 19

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  • Uber testing ways to reduce fares

    Plus, World Health Organization says compulsive video game playing is a mental health risk.

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  • IBM pits computer against human debaters

    IBM is pitting a computer against two human debaters in the first public demonstration of artificial intelligence technology it's been working on for...

    Jun 19

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  • Alexa, send up breakfast: Amazon launches Echo for hotels

    Amazon launches Alexa for hotels that orders room service

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • IBM pits computer against human debaters

    IBM is pitting a computer against two human debaters in the first public demonstration of artificial intelligence technology it's been working on for...

    Jun 19

• Jun 18

  • Some Amazon investors side with ACLU on facial recognition

    Some Amazon company investors are siding with privacy and civil rights advocates who are urging the tech giant to halt a powerful face recognition...

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  • Trump announces plans for Pentagon to create 'Space Force'

    President Donald Trump is announcing that he is directing the Pentagon to create a new "Space Force" as an independent service branch aimed at...

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  • Warned 30 years ago, global warming 'is in our living room'

    Thirty years ago a NASA scientist said global warming was here in what was called the opening salvo of the age of climate change

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • 2 federal agencies take closer look into Tesla fire

    The National Transportation Safety Board has sent a technical specialist to Southern California to look into a battery fire in a Tesla

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • The Latest: Trump signing directive to clean up space junk

    President Donald Trump is signing a new space policy directive at the White House that aims to reduce satellite clutter in space

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Apple aims to solve problems locating 911 calls for help

    Apple will try to drag the U.S.'s outdated 911 emergency calling system into the 21st century

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Germany will fail 2020 climate goals, now eyes 2030 target

    Germany's environment minister says the country will likely miss its target of cutting carbon emissions by 2020, an embarrassment for a government...

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• Jun 18

  • Supreme Court to take up iPhone app lawsuit

    The Supreme Court will consider whether the purchasers of iPhone can sue Apple over allegations it has an illegal monopoly on the sale of iPhone apps

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Apple to unveil 3 new iPhones

    The tech giant plans to showcase the new smartphones in the fall, according to leaked specifications.

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• Jun 18

  • Portuguese regulators thwart Altice bid for media company

    Telecoms company Altice has given up its attempt to buy control of Portugal's Media Capital after failing to win approval for the deal from regulators

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Google to invest $550 million in Alibaba rival JD.com

    Google says it will invest $550 million in Alibaba's main rival JD.com as the U.S. tech giant seeks to expand in fast-growing Asian e-commerce markets

    Jun 18

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  • AP Was There: The age of climate change begins

    AP Was There: The age of climate change begins

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• Jun 18

  • James Hansen wishes he wasn't so right about global warming

    Thirty years after his historic testimony saying global warming is here and a problem, scientist James Hansen wishes he was wrong about climate change

    Jun 18

• Jun 17

  • Autonomous Waymo vehicle involved in 5-car crash in Arizona

    Police say a self-driving vehicle was among five cars involved in a collision in Arizona

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• Jun 17

  • Bumblebee blues: Pacific Northwest pollinator in trouble

    A three-year project to get a better understanding of the distribution of nearly 30 bumblebee species in the Pacific Northwest and why some appear to...

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  • Congo's Ebola outbreak poses challenges for bush meat

    'Really, really bad:' Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak challenges popularity of bush meat

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  • Investigators say DNA database can be goldmine for old cases

    Some private investigators and genealogy experts want to use the same DNA-tracking system that identified the suspected Golden State Killer to solve...

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  • In South Africa, plans for a refuge for pangolins in peril

    In South Africa, plans to build refuge for pangolins in peril as illegal trafficking increases

    Jun 16

• Jun 16

  • California moves to clear coffee of cancer-risk stigma

    California officials, having concluded coffee drinking is not a risky pastime, are proposing a regulation that will essentially tell consumers of...

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• Jun 16

  • Radio reporter regains a voice with new technology

    Longtime radio reporter Jamie Dupree had to switch to text-based journalism after he lost his voice two years ago

    Jun 16

• Jun 15

  • California moves to declare coffee safe from cancer risk

    California health officials are proposing a regulation change that would declare coffee doesn't present a significant cancer risk

    Jun 15

• Jun 15

  • Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes charged with criminal fraud

    Federal prosecutors indict Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her second-in-command with criminal fraud charges

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  • Sneak peek at the upcoming 'Spider-Man' game for PlayStation 4

    The game takes place after Peter Parker graduates from college, eight years after being bitten by a radioactive spider.

    Jun 15

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• Jun 15

  • North Korea's hacking fails to make summit talking points

    North Korea's cyberattacks against US and its allies fails to make Singapore summit talking points 3 years after crippling Sony attack

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• Jun 15

  • AP: Trump 2020 working with ex-Cambridge Analytica staffers

    The AP has learned that Donald Trump's campaign is secretly working with former employees of disgraced political consultancy company Cambridge...

    Jun 15

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  • NASA's record-breaking spacewoman retires as astronaut

    NASA's record-breaking astronaut, Peggy Whitson, is retiring; has spent more time off the planet than any other American

    Jun 15

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  • Lawsuit over white nationalist's Twitter ban clears hurdle

    A California judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses Twitter of violating the free speech rights of a leading figure in the white...

    Jun 15

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  • Germany wants EU-wide safety system for truck 'blind spots'

    Germany's transport minister wants trucks fitted with compulsory 'blind spot' safety systems to prevent pedestrians and cyclists from being killed by...

    Jun 15