Technology

Federal charges in the 2017 breach of credit-reporting agency Equifax are the latest U.S. effort to link a series of hacks to Chinese agents By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer February 12, 2020, 1:30 AM 4 min read BOSTON — In 2014, the Obama administration accused five Chinese military agents of targeting Pittsburgh-area industrial companies […]

Twitter is rolling out a new tool to help users find accurate information about this year’s U.S. Census By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press February 11, 2020, 11:44 PM 2 min read Twitter has rolled out a new tool to help users find accurate information about this year’s U.S. Census. People who search for census-related terms

Dominion Energy says it will aim to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press February 11, 2020, 10:06 PM 2 min read RICHMOND, Va. — Dominion Energy announced Tuesday that it will aim to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, an acceleration of the goals the company

To make gadgets bend, you have to sacrifice some hardness. The flexible displays of foldables are generally covered by a plastic layer, which can be scratched up or penetrated more easily than the tough glass protecting traditional phone displays. (Samsung said its Z Flip uses an ultrathin, foldable glass that would let you fold and

DETROIT — An Apple engineer who died when his Tesla Model X slammed into a concrete barrier had previously complained about the SUV malfunctioning on that same stretch of Silicon Valley freeway. His complaints were detailed in a trove of documents released Tuesday by federal investigators in two Tesla crashes involving Autopilot, one in California

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday that it had ordered Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google’s parent company Alphabet and Microsoft to turn over information about past acquisitions, in a broadening of its review of the power of big tech companies. The F.T.C. said it requested information about hundreds of smaller deals made by

NEW YORK — T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint could mean higher or lower phone bills, depending on whom you ask. A federal judge in New York ultimately took T-Mobile’s track record of aggressive competition into account in ruling Tuesday that the deal would be good for consumers. In doing so, he rejected a challenge

Even in obscure categories, success on Amazon can be hugely lucrative. According to Helium 10, a service that tracks sellers on Amazon, one of the most successful deep-tissue massager brands, Opove, which is based in Shenzhen, is selling more than a $1 million worth of products each month. Its trademark, which describes nail clippers, scissors

Sierra Leone has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates. A 2017 government report estimated 1,165 deaths per 100,000 live births in the country, largely due to preventable reasons. Bleeding, pregnancy-induced hypertension, infections, and unsafe abortions were the most common causes for women. However, a new drone initiative in the country could be about

Federal charges in the 2017 breach of credit-reporting agency Equifax are the latest U.S. effort to link a series of hacks to Chinese agents By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer February 11, 2020, 12:11 AM 4 min read BOSTON — In 2014, the Obama administration accused five Chinese military agents of targeting Pittsburgh-area industrial companies