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  • O'Rourke might halt new oil and gas drilling on federal land

    Former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke said Thursday he's willing to consider a moratorium on new leases to drill for oil and gas on federal lands to...

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  • Musk still working on pact with SEC to avoid contempt ruling

    Elon Musk and U.S. securities regulators say they are still trying to work out an agreement that would avoid the Tesla CEO from being held in contempt...

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  • California governor signs internet sales tax law

    California's Democratic governor has signed a law requiring companies like Amazon and eBay to collect sales taxes on behalf of some out-of-state...

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  • Canada privacy watchdog taking Facebook to court

    Canada's privacy czar is taking Facebook to court after finding that lax practices at the social media giant allowed personal information to be used...

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  • Europe's privacy watchdog opens 11th investigation into Facebook

    Canadian authorities also said they would take the company to court.

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  • Google updates misconduct reporting amid employee discontent

    Google says it has updated the way it investigates misconduct claims, changes it pledged to make after employees called for action last fall

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• Apr 25

  • Video game effort could help regulate future drone traffic

    Drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could one day be crisscrossing the skies above U.S. cities, and a team at the University of...

    Apr 25

• Apr 25

  • Irish regulator investigates Facebook over exposed passwords

    Ireland's privacy regulator is investigating Facebook over exposed passwords

    Apr 25

• Apr 25

  • Comcast sheds cable customers but adds internet subscribers

    Comcast kept shedding cable customers and adding home internet customers in its most recent quarter

    Apr 25

• Apr 25

  • Nokia sees tough competition in market for 5G networks

    Telecoms gear maker Nokia has reported a surprise first-quarter loss amid tougher competition for the new, superfast wireless 5G networks that are...

    Apr 25

• Apr 25

  • UK government says it hasn't decided yet on Huawei 5G role

    Britain's digital minister says the government has not yet decided whether to allow China's Huawei to supply parts for the U.K.'s new 5G telecoms...

    Apr 25

• Apr 25

  • Climate activists block entrance to London Stock Exchange

    Environmental activists are blocking the main entrance to the London Stock Exchange after gluing themselves to the doorway while wearing LED displays...

    Apr 25

• Apr 25

  • Walmart experiments with AI to monitor stores in real time

    Is that banana starting to bruise? Walmart uses thousands of cameras to track what's going on in stores real time

    Apr 25

• Apr 25

  • Facebook faces a potentially record fine for privacy violations

    The Federal Trade Commission has accused Facebook of not doing enough to protect users' data.

    Apr 25

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• Apr 25

  • Moon rocks to be studied at University of Tennessee

    A professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville will help analyze moon rocks collected decades ago and never before opened

    Apr 25

• Apr 25

  • Possible $5B Facebook fine echoes European tech penalties

    Possible $5B Facebook fine echoes European tech penalties

    Apr 25

• Apr 24

  • Tesla posts surprisingly large 1Q loss as sales slump 31%

    Even though Tesla CEO Elon Musk had prepped Wall Street for a first-quarter loss, analysts weren't ready for the size: $702.1 million, among the worst...

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • Lego bricks for visually impaired, blind kids aim to make learning braille fun

    The Lego Braille Bricks pilot program aims to help blind kids learn braille.

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • Major emperor penguin breeding ground gone barren since 2016

    A new study finds that since 2016 almost nothing is being born at Antarctica's second biggest breeding ground for emperor penguins

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • The Latest: Tesla posts Q1 net loss of $700M

    The Latest: Tesla posted a $702.1 million net loss in the first quarter as sales of its electric cars slumped and demand appeared to be waning

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • Microsoft's cloud growth pleases Wall Street

    Microsoft's ongoing push to get automakers, retailers and other businesses onto its cloud computing platform helped power the company's third-quarter...

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • Facebook is taking a $3 billion charge as a contingency against a possible fine by the Federal Trade Commission

    Facebook is taking a $3 billion charge as a contingency against a possible fine by the Federal Trade Commission

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • WhatsApp is reportedly testing fingerprint security and blocking screenshots

    This comes as Facebook is trying to handle security issues.

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • How humans and machines can help in manhunts

    Such cyborg partnerships could aid law enforcement during manhunts.

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • Robotic device winds its own way through beating pig heart

    Scientists have come up with a small robotic device that guides itself safely through a beating pig's heart

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • Indian court lifts ban on Chinese social media app TikTok

    An Indian court has lifted its ban on Chinese social media video-sharing app TikTok on the condition that the platform popular with teenagers would...

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • AT&T shares slump as more TV customers leave

    Shares of AT&T slide as the wireless and entertainment company reported that its TV customer losses continued in the first quarter

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • Ghana drone service to deliver medical supplies on demand

    A new drone service in Ghana will be capable of carrying medical supplies to remote corners of the West African country

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • Reports Huawei to supply UK networks draw criticism

    British officials are downplaying reports the government will let China's Huawei supply parts of the U.K.'s new internet network, a decision that goes...

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • Ford to invest $500M in electric vehicle startup Rivian

    Ford is sinking a half-billion dollars into electric vehicle startup Rivian in a deal that has the companies working together on a new vehicle based...

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • Tim Cook says people shouldn't spend so much time on their iPhone

    Plus, Nintendo halts a super-fan version of Super Mario Bros. and "Laundriod" files for bankruptcy.

    Apr 24

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• Apr 24

  • New Zealand and France to call for an end to online terror

    New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron will host a meeting in Paris next month seeking to eliminate acts of...

    Apr 24

• Apr 24

  • Australia political leaders use Chinese app to chase votes

    Australia's prime minister and his political rival say they are not tailoring their political messages to suit Chinese censors as the politicians...

    Apr 24

• Apr 23

  • Trump meets with Twitter CEO amid bias complaints

    Trump meets with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey after bashing the company and accusing it of not treating him well because he's a Republican

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Tech firm VMware faces DACA discrimination lawsuit

    A recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is suing a Silicon Valley tech company, saying she was illegally denied a job she...

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Google's Wing Aviation gets FAA OK for drone deliveries

    Google affiliate Wing gets FAA approval to begin commercial deliveries by drone in Virginia

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Mars lander picks up what's likely 1st detected marsquake

    NASA's InSight lander on Mars has picked up what's likely the 1st marsquake ever detected

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Samsung delays launch of $2,000 folding phone after problems with review units

    The Galaxy Folds were supposed to launch this Friday.

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Ex-GE engineer charged with stealing trade secrets for China

    Federal prosecutors say a former General Electric engineer and his business partner in China stole the company's trade secrets from a New York plant...

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Even light rain increases your risk of a deadly car crash

    A new study finds that even when the rain is just a drizzle it increases your risk of a fatal car crash by 27%

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Coming to store shelves: cameras that guess your age and sex

    Kroger and Walgreens are testing shelves and coolers with built-in cameras that try to guess your age, gender or mood as a way to show you targeted...

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Syria calls Instagram account closure 'war,' site says error

    The Syrian Presidency says its official account on the social media site Instagram has been shut down, calling it an "unjustified" closure that is...

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Teen activist says future has been stolen by climate change

    Climate-change activist Greta Thunberg met British politicians at Parliament.

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Twitter profit rises as Trump demands 'fairer' social media

    Twitter says 1Q profit rises, daily user numbers grow as Trump blasts social media site for bias

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Google self-driving unit Waymo picks Detroit factory site

    Google's self-driving spinoff Waymo to set up factory in closed Detroit axle plant

    Apr 23

• Apr 23

  • Galaxy Fold delayed over display issues

    Samsung said it will announce a new release date for its folding cellphone in the coming weeks.

    Apr 23

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• Apr 23

  • Samsung cancels launch of folding phone over screen issues

    Samsung plans to announce the new release date in the coming weeks.

    Apr 23

• Apr 22

  • Samsung delays folding phone launch after breaking issues

    Samsung is pushing off the public launch of its highly anticipated folding phone after reports that reviewers' phones were breaking

    Apr 22

• Apr 22

  • Oldest southern sea otter in captivity dies in California

    Charlie, the oldest southern sea otter held by any zoo or aquarium, has died in California

    Apr 22

• Apr 22

  • Sri Lanka expats wait to reconnect amid social media block

    Sri Lanka's abrupt shutdown of social media sites following the Easter Sunday bombings has left worried friends and relatives living abroad in the...

    Apr 22