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December 14, 2018 at 8:47 am

Bug may have exposed photos from 7M Facebook users

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's privacy controls have broken down yet again, this time through a software flaw affecting nearly 7 million users who had... Updated 7:12 pm

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December 13, 2018 at 1:26 am

Apple plans to build a $1 billion campus in Austin VIEW

Apple will break ground on smaller locations in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, California, and over the next three years expand in Pittsburgh, New...

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December 11, 2018 at 11:01 pm

Google grilled in Congress: What’s ahead for tech companies VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers' grilling of Google CEO Sundar Pichai may have sounded like a broken record, but it amplified the prickly issues facing...

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December 10, 2018 at 12:56 pm

Google accelerates Plus closure after another privacy lapse

For the second time in two months that Google has disclosed the existence of a problem that enabled unauthorized access to Plus profiles.

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December 6, 2018 at 4:48 am

Lyft aims to beat Uber to US stock market with IPO

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lyft still hasn't caught up to Uber in the rapidly growing ride-hailing market, but it's ahead in the race to sell...

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December 5, 2018 at 5:00 am

Google’s robotic spinoff launches ride-hailing service

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's self-driving car spinoff is finally ready to try to profit from its nearly decade-old technology. Waymo is introducing a small-scale...

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November 29, 2018 at 10:05 am

Cruise control: GM’s No. 2 exec to run self-driving car unit

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — General Motors' No. 2 executive is moving from Motor City to Silicon Valley to run the automaker's self-driving car operations as...

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November 8, 2018 at 8:16 am

Google bows to worker pressure on sexual misconduct policy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is promising to be more forceful and open about its handling of sexual misconduct cases, a week after thousands of...

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November 7, 2018 at 12:03 pm

Smartphone makers bet on foldable screens as next big thing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the past few years, the smartphone industry has been searching for a breakthrough to revive a market mired in an...

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November 7, 2018 at 11:29 am

Midterm voting exposes growing problem of aging machines

ATLANTA (AP) — Election experts have long warned about the nation's aging fleet of voting equipment. This week's elections underscored just how badly upgrades are...