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Warren Buffett Auctions Off Lunch To Raise Money For Charity

The winning bid for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett may top several million dollars in an online auction to benefit a California homeless charity that wraps up last Friday night.

Symantec Says Cia Tools Found Across 16 Countries

The CIA’s cyberespionage toolkit made public by WikiLeaks has been linked to 40 spying operations in 16 countries, an early public assessment of the intelligence agency’s global hacking operations, computer security company Symantec said Monday.. 

Hacker Group Releases Password To Alleged NSA Files

A secretive group that published a trove of hacking tools allegedly used by U.S. spies has released a password that it says can unlock related files. 

Uber Fires Back At Google Spinoff In Self-driving Car Case

Uber is scoffing at claims that its expansion into self-driving cars hinges on trade secrets stolen from a Google spin off, arguing that its ridehailing service has been working on potentially superior technology. 

Visa Says Disruption Caused By Hardware Problem, Not Attack

Visa says a problem that left people across Europe unable to use their cards was caused by a hardware fault, not a cyberattack.

Microsoft Embraces Collaboration In $7.5B Deal For Github

Microsoft is paying $7.5 billion for the popular coder hangout GitHub as the maker of Windows further embraces the types of open-source projects it used to shun.

Tesla Shareholders Reject Bid To Strip Musk Of Chairman Role

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has rebuffed a shareholder attempt to overhaul the electric car maker’s board and strip him of his role as chairman, despite worries about the company’s shaky finances and inability to meet its production goals for its first mass-market sedan. 

Facebook Kills ‘Trending' Topics, Tests Breaking News Label

Facebook is shutting down its ill-fated “trending” news section after four years.

Keynote WWDC: Os Innovation At The Next Level

With a Planet Earth-style introduction documenting the “great migration made by one of the world’s most mysterious species”, also known as software developers, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you’d tuned into National Geographic rather than the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 4. But the goodhumored video raised early-morning spirits in the McEnery Convention Center and set Tim Cook up for another impressive keynote.

Human Project' Study Will Ask 10,000 To Share Life's Data

Wanted: 10,000 New Yorkers interested in advancing science by sharing a trove of personal information, from cellphone locations and credit-card swipes to blood samples and lifechanging events. For 20 years.

Google Promises Youtube Crackdown On Online Extremism

Google is promising to be more vigilant about preventing terrorist propaganda and other extremist videos from appearing on its YouTube site amid intensifying criticism about the internet’s role in mass violence.

Uber Allows Riders To Tip Drivers Via App, Matching Lyft

Uber is enabling passengers to tip its U.S. drivers with a tap on its ride-hailing app for the first time, part of a push to recast itself as a company with a conscience and a heart.

Google's Search Engine Aims To Become Employment Engine

Google is trying to turn its search engine into an employment engine.

Tesla Says IT's Improving Autopilot By Boosting Radar

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the electric car company is making major improvements to the Autopilot system used by its vehicles, which will dramatically reduce the number and severity of crashes in which they are involved.

HP Buying Samsung Electronics' Printer Business For $1.05B

HP is buying Samsung Electronics Co.’s printer business in a transaction worth $1.05 billion.

iPhone7: The In-Depth Review

Another revolutionary step from Apple.

LYFT, APTIV To Launch Self-Driving Car Program In Las Vegas

Ride-hailing service Lyft is partnering with an automotive technology company to deploy a fleet of 30 self-driving cars to the streets of Las Vegas this summer.

China's ZTE Seeks End To Ban On Buying American Technology

Chinese technology company ZTE says it has applied to the U.S. Commerce Department asking it to suspend a seven-year ban on it doing business with U.S. technology exporters.

Sinclair To Sell 7 TV Stations To Fox To Win Regulatory Ok

Media company Twenty-First Century Fox is buying seven TV stations from Sinclair Broadcast Group for $910 million. 

Amazon Gives Voice-Enabled Speaker A Screen, Video Calling

Amazon is giving its voice-enabled Echo speaker a touch screen and video-calling capabilities as it competes with Google’s efforts at bringing “smarts” to the home.

Sinclair Close To Buying Rival TV Operator Tribune

Telecommunications company Sinclair Broadcast Group is close to an agreement to buy rival TV station operator Tribune Media.

Ireland To Collect Billions From Apple In Back Taxes

Ireland To Collect Billions From Apple In Back Taxes

Musk's La Transport Tunnel Proposal Takes Step Forward

Musk's La Transport Tunnel Proposal Takes Step Forward

Loud Sound May Pose More Harm Than We Thought

Matt Garlock has trouble making out what his friends say in loud bars, but when he got a hearing test, the result was normal.

Sleep Mode? Tech Giants Kids Fixes Amount To Baby Steps

Facebook is adding a “sleep” mode to its Messenger Kids service to let parents limit when their kids can use it.

Love It Or Not, Facebook Launches Dating Service

Facebook doesn’t think hookups are meaningful and doesn’t want you to date your friends — but it’s known for a long time that its vast map of human connections could help people find long-term partners.

Mexico Acknowledges Banks Were Hacked; Losses Unknown

Mexico established a one-day waiting period on electronic money transfers of over $2,500 in the wake of a hacking attack that may have taken as much as $20 million from several Mexican banks.

Zuckerberg To Meet EU Officials _ Dodging Public Grilling

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to speak with leaders of the European Parliament next week about the data protection scandal that has engulfed his company — but might avoid a public testimony like the one he endured in the U.S.

A New Era For Apple TV: What We Can Expect to See this year

Apple Set to Rival Netflix with Original Shows

Sharp Vision: New Glasses Help the Legally Blind See

Jeff Regan was born with underdeveloped optic nerves and had spent most of his life in a blur.