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BBC Click’s Soila Apparicio looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Cathay Pacific Airways is fined £500,000 ($646,000) by the Information Commissioner’s Office for failing to protect customers’ personal data Bafta Game Award nominations are announced with Death Stranding and Control in the lead Robots come together to cooperate […]

WASHINGTON — Facebook said on Thursday that it had removed misleading ads run by President Trump’s re-election campaign about the 2020 census, in a stand against disinformation ahead of the decennial population count that begins next week. Earlier this week, Trump Make America Great Again, a joint fund-raising arm of Donald J. Trump for President

Legislation announced on Thursday aimed at curbing the spread of online child sexual abuse imagery would take the extraordinary step of removing legal protections for tech companies that fail to police the illegal content. A separate, international initiative that was also announced takes a softer approach, getting the industry to voluntarily embrace standards for combating

NASA’s next Mars rover finally has a name: Perseverance By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer March 5, 2020, 7:59 PM 2 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s next Mars rover finally has a name. Perseverance, a six-wheeled robotic explorer, will blast off this summer to collect Martian samples for eventual return to Earth. The

From Seattle to New York to London, companies of all sizes have spent the last week preparing for disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak that started in China. They have put employees through work-from-home drills, built up inventory to weather a possible shutdown and dusted off emergency-response plans. Now the emergency has begun. At Amazon’s sprawling

OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. — When the end comes, some will not be waiting in a bunker for a savior. They will stride out into the wilderness with confidence, ready to hunt and kill a deer, tan its hide and sleep easily in a hand-built shelter, close by a fire they made from the force of

The new Kohler Waters Spa in Chicago is on a bustling street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. But once inside, clients can find themselves a spot on a private beach, along a quiet mountainside or even inside a dark, comforting cave. Well, that’s if they fork over $95 for a 50-minute “virtual reality pedicure” (a

“I have the app,” Mr. Lambert said in an interview. “I’ve used it to talk about what we’re doing in the space. I show it to friends of mine, potential investors. “They thought it was amazing,” he added. “They say, ‘How do I get that?’ And I say, ‘You can’t.’” Mr. Scalzo, the founder of

To less experienced eyes, the Lilliputian vehicle might have seemed an unlikely prospect for auction stardom. After all, the ancient Austin Mini lacked doors, side windows or even a radio. It sat on tiny 10-inch wheels, offered occupants only hard wicker seats and was powered by a petite, motorcycle-size engine. But Mary Falvey, whose father

NEW YORK — Anna Alexander, a property manager in Virginia Beach, Virginia, started the day Monday thinking that she might avoid shaking hands because of the coronavirus outbreak. Then somebody stuck out a hand to shake. She took it. “I’m a business person,” Alexander, 65, explained. “But if somebody else does it next time, I