Associated PressBusiness Google debuts Pixel 4 phone, wireless earbuds with AIAssociated Press - By RACHEL LERMAN, AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google unveiled a new Pixel smartphone and other hardware devices Tuesday, all aimed at getting people even more dependent on its artificial-intelligence services. The Pixel 4 phone
Associated PressBusiness German 5G rules avoid Huawei ban; US warns on intel sharingAssociated PressLONDON (AP) — Germany released draft security guidelines on Tuesday for next generation wireless networks that stopped short of banning Huawei, as the U.S. warned again it would reconsider intelligence
Associated PressFrance France OKs bill legalizing IVF for lesbians, single womenAssociated Press - By SYLVIE CORBET and CATHERINE GASCHKA, Associated PressPARIS (AP) — France's lower house of parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that aims to give single women and lesbian couples legal access to in vitro fertilization, egg freezing and fertility
Associated PressHuawei Huawei lashes out at Estonia for 'unfounded' security claimsAssociated Press - By JARI TANNER, Associated PressHELSINKI (AP) — Chinese telecom company Huawei on Tuesday criticized the Estonian government and media for spreading what it says are "arbitrary and unfounded" allegations about cybersecurity risks related
Associated PressBusiness The Latest: Google shows off new phone, other devicesAssociated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Google's new hardware announcement (all times local): Google is unveiling a new Pixel phone with an updated camera and an emphasis on artificial intelligence features. The
Associated PressBusiness Ahead of 2020, FB ensnared in heated political climateAssociated Press - By The Associated PressMark Zuckerberg defended meetings he's reportedly had with conservative leaders after #DeleteFacebook began trending on social media. Politico reported this week that the Facebook CEO held private meetings
Associated PressManagement Online retailer Zalando sets diversity target for managementAssociated PressBERLIN (AP) — Online fashion retailer Zalando says it wants at least 40% of its senior managers to be women within four years, following recent criticism that all five members of its management board men.
Associated PressFacebook Despite defections, Facebook officially launches LibraAssociated Press - By KEN SWEET, AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Facebook officially moved forward with its plans Monday to create a new digital currency called Libra, despite several high-profile defections from the project and intense criticism from
Associated PressFacebook Warren escalates Facebook fight with ad targeting ZuckerbergAssociated Press - By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has escalated her tiff with Facebook by running an ad — on Facebook — taking aim at its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. It's the latest example
Associated PressBusiness Has tech made moving nukes safe enough? Depends whom you askAssociated Press - By SCOTT SONNER, Associated PressRENO, Nev. (AP) — The plutonium core for the first atomic weapon detonated in 1945 was taken from Los Alamos National Laboratory to a test site in the New Mexico desert in the backseat of a U.S. Army Officials
Associated PressUber Uber lays off 350 employees in Eats, autonomous vehiclesAssociated Press - By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Uber is laying off 350 employees from its food delivery, autonomous vehicles, safety, insurance and other teams. The move is the latest in a string of staff reductions at the ride-hailing
Associated PressBusiness Has tech made it safer to move nukes? Depends whom you askAssociated Press - By SCOTT SONNER, Associated PressRENO, Nev. (AP) — A fight is raging in courts and Congress over where radioactive materials should be stored and how to safely get the dangerous remnants of decades of bomb-making and power generation
Associated PressBusiness Cybersecurity whiz: Combined threats endanger 2020 voteAssociated Press - By FRANK BAJAK, AP Cybersecurity WriterAlex Stamos served as chief security officer at Facebook for three years before joining Stanford University, where he studies internet security, including systems related to conducting elections. He warns
Associated PressBusiness Utah tech CEO reported missing in San Francisco Bay AreaAssociated PressSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The CEO of a Utah-based tech company has been reported missing during a business trip to the San Francisco Bay Area. Family members say Erin Valenti, head of Tinker Ventures, was
Associated PressBusiness Army defends decision to close space, tech libraryAssociated PressHUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Army is defending a decision to close its historic 57-year-old space and technical library at Redstone Arsenal. Army officials said it was a joint decision made by interested
Associated PressFacebook Facebook's Libra currency battered by defections, pushbackAssociated Press - By BARBARYA ORTUTAY, AP Technology WriterFacebook faces a rough road ahead with Libra, but defections by high-profile partners are still unlikely to spell the end for the digital currency. On Friday, Visa and MasterCard announced their departures
Associated PressFacebook Visa, Mastercard shun Facebook's Libra digital currency planAssociated Press - By KEN SWEET, AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Visa and Mastercard on Friday announced their departure from Facebook's Libra project, a major setback to the social network's plan for a worldwide digital currency. Along with the two
Associated PressFacebook Visa, Mastercard, others announce they will drop out of Facebook's Libra digital currency projectAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Visa, Mastercard, others announce they will drop out of Facebook's Libra digital currency project.
Associated PressWeWork WeWork to close its New York elementary school next yearAssociated Press - By ALEXANDRA OLSON, AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — WeWork will close the school it opened last year in New York with the lofty goal of promoting "conscious entrepreneurship" as the office-sharing company retrenches following its botched
Associated PressBusiness Big Tech is now a big punching bag for politiciansAssociated Press - By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Republicans and Democrats don't agree on health care, immigration or taxing the rich. But one subject draws critics from both parties: Big Tech. The list of grievances is long and
Associated PressBusiness Uber to acquire food delivery service CornershopAssociated Press - By The Associated PressRide-hailing service Uber is acquiring Cornershop as it tries to gain a foothold in the Latin American grocery delivery business. San Francisco-based Uber, whose $5.24 billion loss last quarter was its
Associated PressCarlsberg Tastes great, less land-filling ... beer in a paper bottleAssociated PressCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish brewer Carlsberg says it is developing a paper beer bottle made from sustainably sourced wood fibers. The Copenhagen-based company unveiled Friday two new prototypes are
Associated PressRussia Study links Russian tweets to release of hacked emailsAssociated Press - By TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election has generally been seen as two separate, unrelated tracks: hacking Democratic emails and sending provocative tweets. But a new study suggests
Associated PressTechnology Hospitals resume accepting patients after malware attackAssociated PressTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama hospital chain that quit accepting new patients after a malware attack crippled computer systems said it has resumed normal operations after paying a ransom demand. DCH
Associated PressBusiness Arrested Japanese stalker used pupil image reflectionsAssociated PressTOKYO (AP) — A man arrested on suspicion of stalking a female pop idol used the reflections of her pupils in photos she shared on social media and Google Street View to find where she lived. Tokyo police
Associated PressSpace NASA launches satellite to explore where air meets spaceAssociated Press - By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA launched a satellite on Thursday night to explore the mysterious, dynamic region where air meets space. The satellite — called Icon, short for Ionospheric Connection Explorer
Associated PressTechnology NASA administrator explains Twitter spat with SpaceXAssociated PressHAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Thursday that a recent Twitter statement critical of SpaceX was a signal to all the space agency's contractors about realistic development
Associated PressBusiness California outlines ways to comply with upcoming privacy lawAssociated Press - By RACHEL LERMAN, AP Technology WriterCompanies must notify California residents of their data privacy rights in plain language and must verify people's identities before releasing data, state officials proposed Thursday. California Attorney
Associated PressChina Apple has a lot to lose if it crosses China's party bossesAssociated Press - By JOHN LEICESTER, JOE McDONALD and MATT O'BRIEN, Associated PressHONG KONG (AP) — Under pressure from China, Apple has removed a smartphone app that enabled Hong Kong protesters to track police. It has cut off access in mainland China to a news app that extensively
