Technology

BBC Click’s Paul Carter looks at some of the week’s best technology stories including: Video sharing platform YouTube bans clips that include “malicious insults and veiled threats” to prevent abuse based on race, gender identity or sexuality BioShock, the first-person-shooter game trilogy that has sold more than 33 million units, is getting a fourth installment […]

A brief eruption of a volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has sent an ash cloud to heights of 25,000 feet By DAN JOLING Associated Press December 12, 2019, 8:15 PM 2 min read ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A short eruption of a volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands sent an ash cloud soaring into the sky Thursday

Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule finally has a launch date for its first test flight to the International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer December 12, 2019, 9:14 PM 2 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule finally has a launch date for its first test flight to the International Space

SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Trade Commission is considering seeking a preliminary injunction against Facebook to prevent the social network from integrating several of its messaging services, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The agency has discussed how the Silicon Valley company is stitching together the technical infrastructure underlying WhatsApp, Instagram and

A new study finds diet plays a big role in how large whales can get By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer December 12, 2019, 7:33 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — Whales are big, but why aren’t they bigger? A new study says it’s basically about how many calories they can take in. That’s

The United Nations says dozens of observers expelled from its annual climate meeting in Madrid will be allowed back into the venue December 12, 2019, 9:34 AM 1 min read MADRID — The United Nations says dozens of observers expelled from its annual climate meeting in Madrid will be allowed back into the venue. Some

CHATSWORTH, Calif. — A vintage Fiat 124 Spider — so pretty you could pinch its little orange cheeks — accelerates up a canyon road in the San Fernando Valley. But there’s something strange about this Pininfarina-designed Italian roadster. First, it feels downright peppy as it chugs uphill. And there’s actually no “chugging,” but rather a

There’s new hope for a California frog that has vanished from half of its habitat December 12, 2019, 4:30 AM 1 min read SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There’s new hope for an endangered California frog that has vanished from half of its habitat. The state Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday approved protections for five of

The eruption of an island volcano in New Zealand killed up to 16 people, injured dozens and prevented rescuers from retrieving the bodies of eight victims believed to be on the island December 12, 2019, 2:30 AM 4 min read The eruption of an island volcano in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty killed up to

George J. Laurer, whose design of the ubiquitous vertically striped bar code sped supermarket checkout lines, parcel deliveries and assembly lines and even transformed human beings, including airline passengers and hospital patients, into traceable inventory items, died on Dec. 5 at his home in Wendell, N.C., near Raleigh. He was 94. His death was confirmed