Technology

Four workers fired from Google last week are planning to file charges against the company with a federal agency, claiming it unfairly retaliated against them for organizing workers around social causes By RACHEL LERMAN AP Technology Writer December 3, 2019, 2:13 PM 4 min read Four workers fired from Google last week are planning to […]

Grabbing a clump of vegetation to steady herself, Tiffany Troxler gingerly slides her feet along the makeshift boardwalk as she ventures out into the marsh. The boards sag, dipping her up to her knees in the tea-colored water. “This is the treacherous part,” the Florida International University researcher says. “The water levels are up.” To

HOUSTON — Tech has led to a lot of trouble lately: hate speech, financial scams, undermined elections. Yet tech companies have largely avoided legal consequences, thanks to a landmark 1996 law that protects them from lawsuits. Now that federal law, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, has a new threat: Annie McAdams, a personal-injury

The U.N. weather agency says that the current decade is likely to set a new 10-year temperature record, adding further evidence that the world is getting hotter December 3, 2019, 9:26 AM 1 min read The U.N. weather agency says that the current decade is likely to set a new 10-year temperature record, adding further

TUMXUK, China — In a dusty city in the Xinjiang region on China’s western frontier, the authorities are testing the rules of science. With a million or more ethnic Uighurs and others from predominantly Muslim minority groups swept up in detentions across Xinjiang, officials in Tumxuk have gathered blood samples from hundreds of Uighurs —

NASA says it has found the debris from India’s moon lander, which crashed on the lunar surface in September December 3, 2019, 7:56 AM 1 min read NASA says it has found the debris from India’s moon lander, which crashed on the lunar surface in September. The U.S. space agency has released a photo showing

Creators of the popular video “Baby Shark,” whose “doo doo doo” song was played at the World Series in October, are developing a version in Navajo By RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press December 3, 2019, 6:19 AM 1 min read Creators of the popular video “Baby Shark,” whose “doo doo doo” song was played at the

Billie Eilish is a three-time winner of the first Apple Music Awards; Lizzo named breakthrough artist December 3, 2019, 2:47 AM 1 min read Billie Eilish will be the first recipient of the Apple Music Award for global artist of the year, one of three honors for the pop singer. Apple announced Monday that Eilish’s

The maker of popular video game League of Legends has agreed to pay $10 million to female employees to settle a broad gender discrimination case December 3, 2019, 1:39 AM 1 min read The maker of popular video game League of Legends has agreed to pay $10 million to female employees to settle a broad

SAN FRANCISCO — Some Facebook employees recently told their managers that they were concerned about answering difficult questions about their workplace from friends and family over the holidays. What if Mom or Dad accused the social network of destroying democracy? Or what if they said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, was collecting their online data