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Justice Department to tighten rules on seizing Congress data

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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will tighten its rules around obtaining records from members of Congress, Attorney General Merrick Garland said, amid revelations the...

Ex-CIA worker seeks to represent himself at espionage trial

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NEW YORK — A former CIA software engineer accused of leaking secrets to WikiLeaks notified a judge Tuesday that he wants to represent himself...

Critical entities targeted in suspected Chinese cyber spying

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RICHMOND, Va. — A cyberespionage campaign blamed on China was more sweeping than previously known, with suspected state-backed hackers exploiting a device meant to...

Biden elevates energetic critic of Big Tech as top regulator

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday installed an energetic critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator at a time when the...

US antivirus software creator fights extradition from Spain

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MADRID — Detained antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee testified in a Spanish court Tuesday as part of his fight against extradition to the United...

EU court leaves Facebook more exposed to privacy challenges

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LONDON — Facebook is subject to EU privacy challenges from watchdogs in any of the bloc's member states, not just its lead regulator in...

Behind in quantum compute race, Germany gets boost from IBM

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BERLIN — IBM on Tuesday unveiled one of Europe's most powerful quantum computers in Germany, boosting the country's efforts to stay in the race...

UK watchdog examines Apple-Google mobile system control

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LONDON — U.K. competition regulators are looking into Apple and Google smartphone operating systems, app stores and browsers, over concern that the control of...

Robotic ship sets off to retrace the Mayflower’s journey

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LONDON — Four centuries and one year after the Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England, on a historic sea journey to America, another trailblazing vessel...

Want a job? Employers say: Talk to the computer

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A day after her interview for a part-time job at Target last year, Dana Anthony got an email informing her she didn't make the...