Technology

Google’s co-founders are relinquishing their executive positions just as state and federal regulators, not to mention the Department of Justice and Congress, are taking a keen interest in possible abuse of its privacy practices and market power. But their long foreshadowed successor, Sundar Pichai, has been well prepped to serve as the public face of […]

A new study finds that global carbon pollution continues to rise, but it’s not increasing as fast as the previous couple years By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer December 4, 2019, 12:56 AM 5 min read The world continues to increase the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide it pumps into the air, but it’s not

Elon Musk denies that he meant to call a British cave diver a pedophile when he dubbed him “pedo guy” on social media December 4, 2019, 2:04 AM 3 min read The Latest on a defamation lawsuit against Elon Musk (all times local): ——— 3:30 p.m. Elon Musk denied that he meant to call a

It all boils down to what, exactly, Elon Musk meant when he called a British cave explorer “pedo guy.” In a Los Angeles court on Tuesday, Mr. Musk and his legal team sought to play down that remark, saying he wrote it on Twitter last year in the heat of the moment after the explorer,

Troublesome tweets that followed cave rescue have Tesla CEO Elon Musk facing defamation trial by British diver he’s accused of branding a pedophile By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press December 3, 2019, 9:41 PM 4 min read Helping rescue a dozen boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand should have been one

SAN FRANCISCO — Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the two Stanford University graduate students who founded Google more than two decades ago, said they were stepping down from executive roles at Google’s parent company, Alphabet. Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, will become the chief of both Google and Alphabet. Mr. Page and Mr. Brin will

The co-founders of Google are stepping down as executives of its parent company, Alphabet, ending a remarkable two decades during which Larry Page and Sergey Brin shaped a startup born in a Silicon Valley garage into one of the world’s largest, most powerful — and, increasingly, most feared — firms in the world. Sundar Pichai,

Boeing has delayed its first test flight of its Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer December 3, 2019, 8:19 PM 2 min read Boeing has delayed its first test flight of its Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station. The launch is now targeted for Dec.

Lashing back against France’s tech tax, US proposes tariffs on $2.4 billion in French imports By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer December 3, 2019, 2:29 AM 3 min read The Trump administration is proposing tariffs on up to $2.4 billion worth of French imports — including Roquefort cheese, handbags, lipstick and sparkling wine — in

Harvard University’s graduate students are going on strike after failing to reach a labor contract with the school’s administration December 3, 2019, 4:27 PM 1 min read Harvard University’s graduate students are going on strike after failing to reach a labor contract with the administration. A union representing the school’s graduate students began picketing Tuesday