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A screenshot provided by Google shows the Google Maps Navigation app for Android phones. It shows directions in San Francisco with traffic conditions in yellow and green. (AP Photo/Google) NY120

September 23, 2018 at 5:00 pm

Why you can’t always trust your handy map app

Crowdsourced data submitted by ordinary people can make digital maps more like Wikipedia than Rand McNally.

Business

September 7, 2018 at 11:53 am

Twitter’s Alex Jones ban: Blip in sea of abuse? WATCH

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter's decision to permanently ban conspiracy-slinger Alex Jones shows it's serious about enforcing its policy against abuse. But it has a...

Business

September 6, 2018 at 10:01 pm

Twitter’s ban of Alex Jones raises questions on consistency

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter's permanent ban of conspiracy-monger Alex Jones on Thursday underscores the difficulty many social-media services face in consistently applying against harassment...

Business

September 6, 2018 at 10:01 pm

Twitter’s Alex Jones ban: Blip in sea of abuse? WATCH

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter's decision to permanently ban conspiracy-slinger Alex Jones shows it's serious about enforcing its policy against abuse. But it has a...

Business

August 28, 2018 at 12:41 pm

AP EXPLAINS: How Google search results work

Political leanings don't factor into Google's search algorithm. But the authoritativeness of page links that the algorithm spits out and the perception of thousands of...

Business

August 21, 2018 at 10:06 pm

Facebook uncovers new global misinformation operations

Facebook has identified and banned hundreds of accounts, groups and pages engaged in misleading political behavior, a far larger discovery than a "sophisticated" effort it...

Business

August 21, 2018 at 5:12 pm

Facebook takes down 652 accounts linked to Russia, Iran

Facebook has identified and banned hundreds of accounts, groups and pages engaged in misleading political behavior, a far larger discovery than a "sophisticated" effort it...

Business

In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, photo a mobile phone displays a user’s travels in New York. Google records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An Associated Press investigation shows that using Google services on Android devices and iPhones allows the search giant to record your whereabouts as you go about your day. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) NYSW202 NYSW202

August 16, 2018 at 1:09 pm

Google clarifies location-tracking policy

Google clarifies to users it still tracks their location even after they turn off location history, following AP report.

Business

Kalyanaraman Shankari, right, and her husband, Thomas Raffill, in Mountain View, Calif. Shankari, a graduate researcher at UC Berkeley who connects commuting patterns with urban planners, noticed that her Android phone prompted her to rate a shopping trip to Kohl’s. That happened even though she had turned off Google’s “location history” setting, which according to the company should prevent it from remembering where a user has been. (Jeff Chiu/AP)

August 13, 2018 at 9:26 am

Google tracks your movements, like it or not

An AP investigation shows that using Google services on Android devices and iPhones allows the search giant to record your whereabouts as you go about...

Nation & World

August 1, 2018 at 2:28 pm

Social media plays whack-a-mole with Russia interference

Facebook is spending heavily to avoid a repeat of the Russian interference that played out on its service in 2016, bringing on thousands of human...

Business