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Payouts from insurance policies may fuel ransomware attacks

Some cybersecurity professionals are concerned that insurance policies designed to limit the damage of ransomware attacks might be...

How to navigate new privacy features in Apple iPhone update

Tech execs say they’re acting faster on extremist content

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What makes Impossible meat possible? A “bloody” ingredient

Facebook auto-generating pages for Islamic State, al-Qaida

The next generation of aircraft will track your bathroom visits

Facebook suspends thousands of apps but user impact unclear

Water, temperature right for life at another star’s planet

Facebook expands new tool aiming to shrink ‘news deserts’

Facebook auto-generating pages for Islamic State, al-Qaida

Facebook itself has inadvertently provided the two extremist groups with a networking and recruitment tool by producing dozens of pages in their names

Technology

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Research group says AI surveillance expanding worldwide

A research group says a growing number of countries are following China’s lead in deploying artificial intelligence to track citizens

World

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Yada yada yada: Netflix to air ‘Seinfeld’ starting in 2021

Move aside, “Friends” and “The Office.” Netflix now has a new gem – a show about nothing

TV Plus

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The next generation of aircraft will track your bathroom visits

The Airbus Connected Experience has sensors for such critical data as when bathroom soap is running low and how much toilet paper remains

Technology

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Lawmakers ask 4 big tech companies for documents in probe

House lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech on Friday asked Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple for a broad range of documents

Politics

Facebook expands new tool aiming to shrink ‘news deserts’

The social media giant is expanding its “Today In” service to 6,000 cities and towns across the U.S., up from 400 in its previous iteration

Technology

Apple unveils a cheaper iPhone and pricing for streaming TV

Apple is expected to unveil three new iPhone models that may be upstaged by details about the company’s upcoming video service

Business

Michigan joins antitrust investigation into Google

Attorney General Dana Nessel said, “We will go where the facts lead us to both protect our consumers and to ensure a free and competitive market.”

Business

As feds loom, states hit Facebook, Google with new probes

New York Attorney General Letitia James says the probe would focus on Facebook’s “dominance in the industry and the potential anticompetitive conduct stemming from that dominance”

Technology

Friends with benefits: Can Facebook tackle your love life?

Facebook Dating, its matchmaking service already available in Brazil and 18 other countries, is arriving in the U.S. on Thursday

Business

Samsung folding phone to launch after screen problem delay

The Galaxy Fold’s original April launch was pushed back after reports that some reviewers’ phones were breaking

Technology

Facebook considers hiding the ‘like’ totals on users’ posts

Facebook is considering a test to stop showing the number of “likes” that posts get in an effort to reduce the competitive pressure of social media

Business

Garmin’s Edge in the wearables fight with Apple? Fighter jets

If you want to stay ahead of Apple Inc. and its wearable accessories, you’ve got to sell to everyone from anglers to military pilots

Business

Cracked iPhone screen? You’ll have more places to fix it

Apple will sell tools and parts to independent phone-repair shops in the U.S. and later in other countries

Technology

Apple apologizes, changes how humans review Siri audio

Apple is apologizing and changing the way humans review audio recordings made through the company’s Siri digital assistant

Business

Facebook tightens political ad rules, but leaves loopholes

The changes include a tightened verification process

Technology
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Podcast: Howes on UAW scandal, strike Daniel Howes

2020 NACTOY vehicle of the year nominees announced Henry Payne

Finley: Press shouldn't take Trump's bait Nolan Finley

Bankole: The rarity of Sen. John McCain’s politics Bankole Thompson

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New bias allegations loom for Facebook’s news tab rollout

Social media giant to launch news tab with daily slate of stories picked by staffers

Technology

Chipmakers and Apple tumble as tariff uncertainty spikes

Semiconductor companies and Apple Inc. fell sharply on Friday, as the trade war between the U.S. and China continued to escalate

Business

Leather wallets, loose change pose danger for new Apple Card

Cardholders are discovering they have to give it special care

Business

Apple readies camera-focused Pro iPhones, new iPads, larger MacBook Pro

Three new iPhones will be introduced at an event next month

Technology

Google counters Apple, Firefox with a plan for online privacy

Google outlined a plan to make the web more private while still allowing enough targeted advertising to keep publishers – and itself – in business

Business

Spacewalking astronauts add parking spot to space station

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan had to deal with multiple cables to install a docking port delivered by SpaceX last month

World

Facebook rolls out tool to block off-Facebook data gathering

Facebook is adding a section where you can see the activity tracked outside its service via “like” buttons and other means

Technology

Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

Twitter said Monday it has suspended more than 200K accounts it believes were part of a Chinese influence campaign targeting Hong Kong protesters

World

Tesla restarts its solar-panel business, offers rental plans

The company will allow residents of six states to rent solar-power systems starting at $50 a month – or $65 a month in California — for a small set-up.

Technology

Facebook paid contractors to transcribe users’ audio chats

The work has rattled the contract employees, who are not told where the audio was recorded or how it was obtained

Technology

Analysis shows 2020 votes still vulnerable to hacking

“We should replace antiquated equipment, and paperless equipment in particular, as soon as possible,” the report recommends.

Politics

Controversial in crime, facial recognition apps connect parents, summer campers

Waldo Photos Inc. uses facial recognition technology to find parents' children in the hundreds of uploaded photos from summer camp

Michigan

Voting by phone is easy. But is it secure?

The convenience of voting by phone comes with risks

Nation

No, there’s still no link between video games and violence

The theory persists in part because politicians on both sides of the aisle have taken it up as an easy target

Technology

The Apple credit card is here

What sets Apple Card apart from other cards is its reliance on the iPhone

Technology

YouTube tweaks algorithm on kids’ videos

The change came as the company tries to convince parents its service is safe for kids, and convince regulators that it isn’t violating the law

Business

Pentagon is reviewing the ‘war cloud’ contract Amazon wants

President Donald Trump has criticized the process, citing complaints from other companies, as potentially biased toward Amazon

Business

Nintendo misses profit estimates amid sluggish game lineup

Nintendo Co. reported fiscal first-quarter profit that missed the lowest analyst estimate as consumers shrugged at a sluggish lineup of new games

Business

Surescripts ends pact with vendor to Amazon unit, citing misuse

Surescripts terminated its contract with a vendor that it says improperly requested patients’ medication histories to give to an Amazon subsidiary

Business

16-year-old Fortnite world champ wins $3 million

All those hours playing video games have paid off for a 16-year-old

Entertainment

Trump vows to retaliate against French digital tax

President Donald Trump promised Friday to retaliate against France for adopting a pioneering tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook

World

Trump refuses to shield Apple’s Mac Pros from China tariffs

The pledge rebuffs Apple’s attempt to shield its products from taxes being imposed on goods made in China

Technology

US cyberbullying is rising, and girls are bearing the brunt

There’s a rise in cyberbullying nationwide, with three times as many girls reporting being harassed online or by text message than boys

Nation

Drones do deadly work so you don’t have to

More than a thousand U.S. laborers have been killed working in confined spaces in the past decade

Business

SpaceX launch sends 3D bioprinter, supplies to space station

A 3D printer to make human tissue and about 5,000 pounds of other experiments and supplies is on its way to the International Space Station

Technology

Are Facebook users better off after its $5 billion fine?

Privacy experts say there’s little that will slow Facebook’s harvesting of vast amounts of sensitive personal information

Technology

Facebook’s big federal fine could just be the beginning

The fine is the largest the Federal Trade Commission has levied on a tech company

Technology

Dining reservation app OpenTable moves into delivery

When OpenTable’s updated site launches this week, it will give diners a delivery option for 8,000 restaurants in 90 U.S. cities

Technology
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