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Will Apple Pay be the next iRevolution?
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s skinnier iPads and flashy big-screen iMac are sleek and stunning. But the tech giant is making a bigger strategic bet with next week’s launch of Apple Pay — the...
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Obama announces plan to tighten card security
WASHINGTON (AP) — Saying more must be done to stop data breaches affecting consumers, President Barack Obama announced on Friday a government plan to tighten security for the debit cards that...
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Skip check-in; latest hotel room key is your phone
NEW YORK (AP) — Hotels don’t want guests to have to linger at the front desk — or even stop by at all. New programs are helping speed up the check-in process for busy travelers, or in at least one...
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California startup unveils gun technology for cops
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Silicon Valley startup has developed technology to let dispatchers know when a police officer’s weapon has been fired. The latest product by Yardarm Technologies would...
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AT&T stops adding Web tracking codes on cellphones
WASHINGTON (AP) — AT&T Mobility, the nation’s second-largest cellular provider, said Friday it’s no longer attaching hidden Internet tracking codes to data transmitted from its users’...
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Science panel: no alternative to bulk collection
WASHINGTON (AP) — A committee of scientific experts has concluded that there is no viable technological alternative to bulk collection of data by the National Security Agency that allows analysts...
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Cuban youth build secret computer network despite Wi-Fi ban
HAVANA (AP) — Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have quietly linked thousands of computers into a hidden network that stretches miles across Havana, letting them chat with friends, play games...
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Boy, 13, builds Braille printer with Legos, starts company
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — In Silicon Valley, it’s never too early to become an entrepreneur. Just ask 13-year-old Shubham Banerjee. The California eighth-grader has launched a company to develop...
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Cuban youth build secret computer network despite Wi-Fi ban
HAVANA (AP) — Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have quietly linked thousands of computers into a hidden network that stretches miles across Havana, letting them chat with friends, play games...
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Charles Townes, who helped invent now-ubiquitous laser, dies
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Charles H. Townes’ inspiration for the predecessor of the laser came to him while sitting on a park bench, waiting for a restaurant to open for breakfast. On the tranquil...
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King Abdullah, who sought to modernize Saudi Arabia, at 90
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, the powerful U.S. ally who joined Washington’s fight against al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom with...
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US stocks approach record as technology, energy stocks gain
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed back close to record levels on Thursday, February 12 as technology, materials and energy companies all notched big gains. Cisco Systems led the technology sector...
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Bush technology chief quits in wake of insensitive comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after apologizing for making insensitive remarks on Twitter, the technology chief of Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign-in-waiting has resigned. Ethan Czahor, hired in January...
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Who pays? Who cuts emissions? 5 issues for UN climate deal
GENEVA (AP) — World governments are hoping that this year will mark a breakthrough in the slow-paced U.N. climate talks. In Geneva this week, negotiators from more than 190 countries are working on...
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Should we call the cosmos seeking ET? Or is that risky?
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Astronomers have their own version of the single person’s dilemma: Do you wait by the phone for a call from that certain someone? Or do you make the call yourself and risk...
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Ear buds, computers needed for new standardized tests
STOCKPORT, Ohio (AP) — Sixth-grader Kayla Hunter considers herself pretty tech savvy. She has a computer at home unlike about half her classmates at her elementary school. And it matches up well...
View ArticleNew app helps police catch phone thieves
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — When a thief stole a smartphone recently in Western Branch, the tech-savvy victim knew what to do. He had been shopping in December when he set down his phone, police said....
View ArticleNavy debuts robot that can fight fires aboard ships
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Navy has developed a prototype of a man-sized robot to do one of the most dangerous jobs aboard a ship: Fighting a fire. Standing 5’10″ and weighing in at about 140 pounds,...
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Doctors say fitness trackers, health apps can boost care
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — That phone app keeping track of your exercise and meals might keep you out of the hospital one day. Why give your doctors permission to incorporate data from fitness trackers...
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Life-saving train design is rarely used
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the collision between a Southern California commuter train and a truck abandoned on the tracks was this: No one died and only eight people on...
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