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Online Options For Oscar-Nominated Flicks Expand This Week

More movies and cheaper options arrive online this week for movie fans still needing to catch up on Oscar-nominated flicks.

Samsung Family Succession Hits Snag With Chief's Arrest

South Korea was taken by surprise last Friday with the arrest of the scion of the country’s richest family and de-facto leader at Samsung over his alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal that engulfed the president and riveted the nation.

MACS: The Future Is Almost Here

Macbook 2016 : What to expect.

Pyongyang's Latest Fad: Sightseeing In Ultralight Airplanes

Until a few months ago, if you wanted a bird’s eye view of North Korea’s capital, there was basically only one option: a 150-meter (492-foot) -tall tower across the river from Kim Il Sung Square.

Self-Driving Car Hits Truck In Singapore; No Injuries

A self-driving car with two engineers on board was switching lanes in Singapore when it hit a truck Tuesday, authorities said. No one was hurt.

The Great War? Battlefield Plots To Make WWI Entertaining

How do you make a video game about World War I fun?

Google's Pixel Phone: Not Much New, But Still A Standout

Google’s ambitious new smartphone, the Pixel, doesn’t offer a lot that’s new. Yet it’s still one of the best out there.

What's Next For AT&T Megadeal? A Look Back At Comcast-NBC

AT&T is following in the footsteps of its rival Comcast in snapping up its own entertainment conglomerate - in this case, Time Warner.

Apple's Quarterly Sales Fall, But Forecast Calls For Gains

After stumbling in 2016, Apple is betting on a better year ahead.

Apple's Contemporary Computer Line Continues To Reign Supreme

The Mac Continues to Play a Key Role in Apple's Ecosystem.

Blurring Effect Comes To Iphone 7 Plus With Software Update

Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus is getting a new camera capability - the blurring of backgrounds to focus attention on people or other objects in the foreground.

With Email Dumps, Wikileaks Tests Power Of Full Transparency

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange first outlined the hypothesis nearly a decade ago: Can total transparency defeat an entrenched group of insiders?

Tesla Cuts 9 Pct. Of Work Force In Bid To Post A Profit

Musk wrote in the email that the company will never achieve its mission to help move the world to cleaner energy “unless we eventually demonstrate that we can be sustainably profitable.”

Barrick Gold Launches Autonomous Haul Trucks In Nevada

Barrick Gold Corp., the largest gold mining company in the world, has started testing autonomous hauling trucks in a partnership with a neighboring mine in northeast Nevada and a Utah-based company that’s using new technology to retrofit existing haul fleets.

Peek At The Future: Electric Plane Cruises Skies Over Norway

Peek At The Future: Electric Plane Cruises Skies Over Norway

Foxconn Investing In $30 Million Water Recycling System

Foxconn Technology Group plans to invest in a $30 million recycling system that will significantly reduce the amount of water it has to draw from Lake Michigan for its proposed manufacturing complex in southeast Wisconsin, the company said this week. 

AMC Theatres Unveils $20-A-Month Rival To Moviepass

AMC Theatres, the world’s largest movie theater chain, has unveiled a $20-a-month subscription service to rival the flagging MoviePass.

Reality: Apple's Future is In Augmented Technology

The Future of Apple: Cars, Siri, Satellites and Space

Stolen Email Offers Unvarnished View Of Military Leaders

The current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffGen. Joseph Dunford, and the former uniformed leader of the Air Force were viewed as “great leaders but weak on strategic thinking,” according to a Pentagon official detailed to the National Security Council.

Apple Double Downs On Running With Nike-Edition Smartwatch

Apple isn’t the first to add GPS functionality to a smartwatch, but it’s the first to make something that feels like a running watch.

Hello Again: The MAC Is Back!

New Touch Bar offers a treasure trove of possibilites.

Colleen Ballinger's Character Has A New Netflix Series

Get this haters: Miranda Sings has her own TV show on Netflix - and it’s appropriately titled, “Haters Back Off!”

2 Billion Children Breathe Toxic Air UNICEF Says

As Indians awoke Monday to smoke-filled skies from a weekend of festival fireworks, New Delhi’s worst season for air pollution began - with dire consequences. 

In Appalachia, A Public Broadband Project Hits Snags

Kentucky’s plan to build one of the country’s largest publicly owned broadband networks was touted as a cornerstone of the effort to save the Appalachian economy by bringing high speed internet to some of the poorest counties in America.

Google Spikes Free-Article Requirements On Publishers

Google is ending a decade-old policy that required publishers to provide some free stories to Google users —though it’s not clear how many readers will even notice, at least for the moment.

Senate Bill To Clear Obstacles To Self-Driving Cars Advances

Legislation that could help usher in a new era of self-driving cars advanced in Congress on Wednesday after the bill’s sponsors agreed to compromises to address some concerns of safety advocates.

Mark Zuckerberg Dropping Lawsuits Seeking to Buy Hawaii Land

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last Friday that he was dropping lawsuits seeking to buy out Native Hawaiians who own small pieces of land within his sprawling estate on the island of Kauai, promising to work with the community on “a new approach.”

TV App An 'Entire Pop Cultural Experience Is In The Works'

Advantages of an 'Apple Video' streaming Service

Exhibition Charts 500 Years Of Evolution Of Robots

Inspired by his belief that human beings are essentially terrified of robots, Ben Russell set about charting the evolution of automatons for an exhibition he hopes will force people to think about how androids and other robotic forms can enhance their lives.

Zuckerberg Pledges To Keep Building In No-apology Address

With a smile that suggested the hard part of an “intense year” may be behind him, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed developers Tuesday and pledged the company will build its way out of its worst-ever privacy debacle.