Tag: Technology
Ransomware gangs get more aggressive against law enforcement
RICHMOND, Va., — Police Chief Will Cunningham came to work four years ago to find that his six-officer department was the victim of a...
Online speech shield under fire as Trump Facebook ban stays
WASHINGTON — Lurking beneath Facebook's decision on whether to continue Donald Trump's suspension from its platform is a far more complex and consequential question:...
EU says US stand on patent virus waiver is no ‘magic bullet’
PORTO, Portugal — European Union leaders cranked up their criticism of the U.S. call to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents Saturday, arguing the move would...
Pandemic gives boost as more states move to digital IDs
SALT LAKE CITY — The card that millions of people use to prove their identity to everyone from police officers to liquor store owners...
String of satellites baffles residents, bugs astronomers
PHILADELPHIA — A string of lights that lobbed across the night sky in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday had some...
EU says patent waiver idea misses point of vaccine shortage
PORTO, Portugal — European Union leaders said Friday that the most pressing impediments to COVID-19 vaccine supplies are not intellectual property rights but export...
US drops Trump plan for more biometric data on immigrants
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday withdrew a Trump-era proposal to expand the amount and types of biometric data collected by U.S. immigration...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
Misconduct allegations shadow smart city proposal in Nevada
RENO, Nev. — A former school teacher has sued the CEO of a major cryptocurrency company that wants to build a smart city in...
Microsoft pledges to let EU users keep data inside bloc
LONDON — Microsoft is pledging to let business and public sector customers in the European Union keep cloud computing data inside the 27-nation bloc...