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Diesels Take Back Seat, Electrics Up Front at Paris Car Show

Diesels Take Back Seat, Electrics Up Front at Paris Car Show.

A Year Of Alphabet: Great For Google, Less So For Moonshots

Reorganizing itself under the umbrella company Alphabet has done wonders for Google but less so for a grab bag of eclectic projects ranging from robotic cars to internet-beaming balloons, which are suffering costly growing pains.

Foreign Hacker Gets 8 Years In $55m US Scam Case

A prolific foreign hacker behind sophisticated cyber attacks that netted an estimated $55 million was sentenced to eight years in prison in rare win for law enforcement officials who have identified, but failed to arrest, hundreds of others like him.

High-Res Commercial Satellite Launches From California Coast

A commercial satellite capable of taking high resolution images from space was launched last week from a military base along the California coast.

Lyft Lifts Off With New Look, Light-Up Beacons

Ride-hailing service Lyft, the underdog rival to Uber, is getting rid of its iconic pink moustache logo and replacing it with something more useful - beacons.

Apple Pay Expands To Charities, Samsung Pay To Offer Rewards

Apple is making it easier for people to give to charities by expanding its Apple Pay payments service to nonprofits.

Apple And Valve: A Dream Gaming Collaboration

Mobile gaming is big business.

Kansas Testing Drones For Designing Roads

Kansas transportation officials are beginning a pilot project to determine how drones could be used in future road design work.

From Drones To Phones, New Tech Is Making Gardening Easier

New technology is easing the way we garden, store equipment, monitor watering and reshape landscapes.

Roku Cuts Price On Top Streaming Player To Counter Apple TV

Emboldened by a successful IPO, Roku is reducing the price on the next generation of its best video streaming player in an attempt to fend off competitive threats from Apple and Amazon.

Yahoo Salvages Verizon Deal With $350 Million Discount

Yahoo is taking a $350 million hit on its previously announced $4.8 billion sale to Verizon in a concession for security lapses that exposed personal information stored in more than 1 billion Yahoo user accounts.

iPhone 8: A New Era Of Personal Security

Apple's Biometrics Move Forward With Facial Recognition Startup.

Us In Rare Bull's- Eye For Total Solar Eclipse On Aug.21

Us In Rare Bull's- Eye For Total Solar Eclipse On Aug.21

Judge: IBM Owes Indiana $78m For Failed Welfare Automation

Softbank Adding Technology Ambitions, With Arm, Robotics

China's Launch of Quantum Satellite Major Step in Space Race

China’s launch of the first quantum satellite Tuesday will push forward efforts to develop the ability to send communications that can’t be penetrated by hackers, experts said.

Kenny Baker, Who Played R2-D2 in 'Star Wars,' Dead at 81

Kenny Baker played the lovable droid R2-D2 in the “Star Wars” films, achieving cult status and fans’ adulation without showing his face or speaking any lines.

Director: New Mexico Spaceport for Next Frontier

At what was once a remote desert outpost with spotty cell service and little infrastructure other than the shell of a quarter-billion-dollar futuristic hangar, Christine Anderson has watched the transformation of Spaceport America from her office window.

Washington State Files $100 Million Suit Against Comcast

Washington State Files $100 Million Suit Against Comcast.

5 Memorable Moments From Olympic Opening Ceremonies

It’s almost game time in Rio, but first there’s the pageantry of the Olympic opening ceremony.

Google Pixel Phone Shines Despite Misgauging Demand

The Pixel phone, Google’s answer to Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy, is off to a promising start - but might have done even better had Google managed consumer demand as smartly as the device’s sleek design.

A Commuter's Dream: Entrepreneurs Race to Develop Flying Car

Even before George Jetson entranced kids with his cartoon flying car, people dreamed of soaring above traffic congestion.

Courtrooms To Canola Fields: Huawei-us Tensions Span Globe

Chinese tech giant Huawei’s tensions with Washington, which says the telecom equipment maker is a security risk, stretch across four continents from courtrooms to corporate boardrooms to Canadian canola fields.

At Age 30, World Wide Web Is ‘not The Web We Wanted'

At the ripe old age of 30 and with half the globe using it, the World Wide Web is facing growing pains with issues like hate speech, privacy concerns and state-sponsored hacking, its creator says, trumpeting a call to make it better for humanity.

Millennials Global Dream: Inventions, Ideas & Ideologies

THE ASPIRATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AN OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD GENERATION.

What Facebook's ‘Privacy Vision' Really Means

Mark Zuckerberg’s abrupt last week declaration of a new ”privacy vision ” for social networking was for many people a sort of Rorschach test.

Liz Weston: Why You Should Love Robo-advisers

Robo-advisers have been around long enough that the question is no longer whether you should turn your investment decisions over to a computer. Now the question is: Why wouldn’t you?

India Election Body Struggles With Scale Of Fake Information

When India’s Election Commission announced last month that its code of conduct would have to be followed by social media companies as well as political parties, some analysts scoffed, saying it lacked the capacity and speed required to check the spread of fake news ahead of a multi-phase general election that begins April 11.

NOAA Picks Uri To Host Its New Ocean Exploration Institute

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it has picked the University of Rhode Island as the home of a new institute for ocean exploration.

States Turn To Drones To Predict Avalanches, Spot Wildlife

In Utah, drones are hovering near avalanches to watch roaring snow. In North Carolina, they’re searching for the nests of endangered birds.