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  • Science Says: What makes something truly addictive

    Video game "addiction" decision renews debate over whether behaviors can cause same kind of illness as drugs

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• Jun 21

  • Dig it: Archaeologists scour Woodstock '69 concert field

    This is the digging of the Age of Aquarius: Archeologists scour the site of the 1969 Woodstock music festival

    Jun 21

• Jun 21

  • Xiaomi: A Chinese startup out to challenge Google, Amazon

    Xiaomi, a Chinese star built on selling ultra-low-priced smartphones, is preparing for a big initial public offering with goals of expanding beyond...

    Jun 21

• Jun 20

  • Instagram unveils new video service in challenge to YouTube

    Instagram takes headlong plunge into video with new 'IGTV' service that allows longer clips, setting stage for more ads

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Live animals, meat, ivory, wood seized in trafficking stings

    Thousands of live animals along with meat, ivory, pangolin scales and timber were seized in a crackdown Interpol said exposed the international reach...

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Net neutrality backers fume as California bill watered down

    California legislation that was billed as one of the nation's most aggressive efforts to revive net neutrality was watered down during a tense...

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • US stepping up Earth's protection from asteroids, comets

    US is stepping up efforts to protect the planet from incoming asteroids that could wipe out entire regions or even continents

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Mars rover still silent as red planet dust storm goes global

    A dust storm at Mars is now global, keeping NASA's Opportunity rover out of touch with Earth

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Study: Plastic will pile up in wake of China recycling ban

    Scientists say China's decision to stop accepting plastic waste from other countries is causing plastic to pile up

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Tesla sues ex-employee alleging data theft, leaks to media

    A former employee hacked into computers at Tesla's Nevada battery factory, stole confidential information and combined it with falsehoods in leaks to...

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Too hot to handle: Politics of warming part of culture wars

    Three decades after early warnings about global warming, the issue has become entrenched in the nation's culture wars

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Apple signs deal with Sesame Workshop for kids' shows

    Apple is getting into business with the prestigious Sesame Workshop, giving a multiple-series order to the nonprofit organization

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Correction: Western Electric Grid story

    Correction: Western Electric Grid story

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Sweden starts construction on fossil fuel-free steel plant

    Sweden has started construction on a factory that will test whether it's feasible to make steel without burning fossil fuels

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • FTC puts data, privacy under spotlight with new hearings

    The Federal Trade Commission says it is holding broad-based hearings about technology, competition and privacy of a kind it hasn't held in more than...

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • The Latest: Disney counters Comcast with $71.3B bid for Fox

    The competition for Fox is heating up, as Disney is boosting its offer for the company to $71.3 billion.

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Fixing a massive NYC plumbing leak, 55 stories underground

    Big fix: New York City spending $1 billion to carve bypass around gushing leaks in massive water tunnel

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • US mobile providers vow to stop sharing your data

    AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint will stop selling users' location data to third-party brokers.

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• Jun 20

  • Hyundai Motor, Audi join hands for fuel cell technology

    Hyundai Motor Group says it has signed an agreement with Audi AG to jointly develop electronics vehicles powered by fuel cell technology

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • 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

    Jun 20

• 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

• Jun 19

  • 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

• Jun 19

  • 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

• Jun 19

  • 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

• Jun 19

  • 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

• Jun 19

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

    An excerpt from author Jaron Lanier's new book.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • 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

• Jun 19

  • 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

• Jun 19

  • 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

• Jun 19

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

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

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • 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

• Jun 19

  • A look at how "cultured" meat works

    A look at how "cultured" meat works

    Jun 19

• 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

• Jun 19

  • 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

• Jun 19

  • 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...

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

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

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

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Uber testing ways to reduce fares

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

    Jun 19

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• 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 19

  • 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...

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • 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...

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • 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...

    Jun 18

• 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.

    Jun 18

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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