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Facebook says service hindered by lack of local news

Some 1,800 newspapers have closed in the United States over the last 15 years

Farmers not plowing ahead with self-driving tractors

Apple announces its long-awaited streaming TV service

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EU fines Google $1.7B for abusing online ads market

Apple rolls out first update to iMac desktop in almost two years

Japan to make crater on asteroid to sample its inside

New coding boot camp to enter Detroit

Facebook, Instagram suffer outages

U.S. warns of sophisticated cyberattacks from Russia, China

EU fines Google $1.7B for abusing online ads market

It’s the third time the commission has slapped Google with an antitrust penalty

Technology

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Google launches game-streaming platform

Google on Tuesday unveiled a video-game streaming platform called Stadia

Business

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Apple rolls out first update to iMac desktop in almost two years

The new 21.5-inch iMac will still start at $1,299, while the larger-screened model will sell for $1,799

Technology

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Apple Watch may spot heart problem but more research needed

More than 419K users signed up for the study, making it the largest ever to explore screening seemingly healthy people for atrial fibrillation

Health

Tech companies scramble to remove New Zealand shooting video

Using what appeared to be a helmet-mounted camera, the gunman livestreamed in horrifying detail 17 minutes of the attack

Technology

New coding boot camp to enter Detroit

Columbus-based Tech Elevator is looking to make Detroiters into junior software developers

Technology

U.S. warns of sophisticated cyberattacks from Russia, China

The head of U.S. Cyber Command laid out the escalating threats, following a Navy review released this week that described significant breaches

Technology

Facebook, Instagram suffer outages

Facebook says it is aware of outages on its platforms including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram and is working to resolve the issue

Technology

Inventor: At 30, World Wide Web ‘not the web we wanted’

At its ripe old age of 30 and with half the globe using it, the World Wide Web is facing growing pains

Technology

Modern policing: Algorithm helps NYPD spot crime patterns

The software allows analysts to compare robberies, larcenies and thefts to hundreds of thousands of crimes.

Technology

What Facebook’s ‘privacy vision’ really means

Facebook is trying to adapt as people shift toward services like Instagram and WhatsApp

Technology

California man learns he’s dying from doctor on robot video

Ernest Quintana’s family were devastated when a doctor told the patient by video call he would likely die within days

Nation

Emoji gods approve skin-tone options for couples of color

In 2019, interracial couples have a small victory to celebrate: The approval of 71 new variations of couples in emojis of color.

Technology

How Facebook stands to profit from its ‘privacy’ push

Critics say the Facebook CEO’s announcement this week is less about privacy than expansion

Technology

Zuckerberg promises a privacy-friendly Facebook, sort of

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is laying out a new “privacy-focused” vision for social networking

Technology

Lawyer: Huawei arrest raises political motivation concerns

The lawyer for a senior executive of Huawei says comments by Trump suggest the case against her is politically motivated

Business
Columnists

Howes: UAW 'flower funds' have long political pedigree Daniel Howes

Elusive Chevy Corvette C8 starts to come into the open Henry Payne

Finley: Turn sights now to Clinton/DOJ collusion Nolan Finley

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

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Democrats unveil bill to restore ‘net neutrality’ rules

A GOP-controlled FCC overturned rules that kept internet service providers from playing favorites with web accessibility

Politics

iPhone sales are falling, and Apple’s app fees might be next

Apple has been positioning its booming digital-services business as its new profit engine, but there could be a snag

Technology

SpaceX’s new capsule nails space station link-up

“A new generation of space flight starts now,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted

Nation

Don’t panic: How parents can deal with internet hoaxes

Warnings about the “Momo challenge” swept Facebook and other social media in recent days

Technology

China’s Huawei unveils 5G phone with folding screen

China’s Huawei unveiled a new folding-screen phone on Sunday, joining the latest trend for bendable devices.

Technology

Microsoft workers protest HoloLens headsets for army

A group of Microsoft workers say the HoloLens headsets would turn real-world battlefields into a video game

Business

Report: Apps give Facebook sensitive health, other data

Several phone apps are sending sensitive user data, including health information, to Facebook without users’ consent

Business

Google’s Nest hub has a microphone it forgot to mention

Google hadn’t told consumers about the device’s built-in microphone when it began selling the hubs in the fall of 2017

Technology

Samsung folding phone is different - but also almost $2,000

Samsung unveiled a highly anticipated smartphone with a foldable screen in an attempt to break the innovative funk that has beset the smartphones market

Technology

UK lawmakers recommend stiffer social media regulation

A report published Sunday says that social media sites should have to follow a mandatory code of ethics.

Technology

Potential privacy lapse found in Americans’ 2010 census data

So far, only internal hacking teams have discovered such details at possible risk

Technology

Space junk harpooned in orbit-cleanup test

A harpoon flung from a satellite has successfully captured a piece of pretend space junk, like a whale

World

Mars rover finally bites the dust after 15 years

NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover was built to operate three months but kept going for 15 years

Nation

Google to invest $13B in new US offices, data centers

Google said today it will invest more than $13 billion in building data centers and offices across the U.S in 2019.

Technology

GM, Amazon eye electric-truck maker Rivian

GM and Amazon are looking at buying a stake in Plymouth, Mich.-based builder of electric trucks

Mobility

Trump to call for investment in artificial intelligence

Trump plans to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to prioritize research and development in AI

Politics

Renewable energy advocate named to state utility regulator

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has appointed a northern Michigan man to the agency that regulates utilities

Michigan

Instagram changes rules on self-harm postings after suicide

Instagram has agreed to ban graphic images of self-harm following the suicide of a teen

Technology

Apple releases update to prevent FaceTime eavesdropping

Apple has released an iPhone update to fix a software flaw that allowed people to eavesdrop on others while using FaceTime

Technology

Germany to Facebook: Stop forcing users to share their data

German antitrust authorities ruled Thursday that Facebook was exploiting its dominance in social media to force users to share data

Technology

Twitter posts bigger 4Q profit, monthly user base slips

The San Francisco company disclosed its daily user base count for the first time, putting the figure at 126 million

Business

Colin Kroll died of drug overdose

NYC medical examiner said co-founder of HQ Trivia and Vine apps died of accidental overdose of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine

Michigan

Telemedicine’s challenge: Getting patients to click app

Patients have been slow to embrace virtual care

Technology

Spotify takes a big jump into the podcasting game

Spotify is looking to bring a Netflix-like model of original programs to the audio world

Technology

High-tech tool pinpoints 911 cellphone callers

RapidSOS is helping dispatchers pinpoint the location of 911 callers with more accuracy than by tracking calls by nearby radio tower transmissions

Macomb County

The magnetic north pole is on the move

Earth’s north magnetic pole is wandering about 34 miles a year causing problems in smartphones and some electronics

Environment

Companies, states spar with feds over net neutrality

Tech companies and nearly two dozen states clashed with the government in federal court over the net neutrality repeal

Politics

Teen’s FaceTime bug discovery could rattle Apple

At the heart of Apple’s shocking FaceTime bug, which allowed just about anyone to turn an iPhone into a live microphone, stands a 14-year-old boy who stumbled upon the eavesdropping flaw

Technology
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