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Hungary advert tax seen threat to press freedom 06/03/2014 11:00am • PABLO GORONDI Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- A new proposal in Hungary to impose a heavy tax on media advertising revenues threatens the free press, journalists and analysts said Tuesday.A draft bill presented by Laszlo L. Simon, a lawmaker from the governing Fidesz party, would tax Hung Apple: Lots of free, not-so-new and new-ish stuff coming 06/03/2014 09:34am • By Gregg Stebben, Men's Health WASHINGTON -- Apple users can now look forward to new iOS and Mac features -- coming this fall -- with Monday's announcements at its 25th annual developers conference in San Francisco. A lot of what Apple announced is very similar to stuff already offered by othe HBO's Silicon Valley finds fans in tech 06/02/2014 06:54pm • MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- When HBO rolled out a mockumentary poking fun at high tech this spring, Silicon Valley checked it out.Initially, its namesake geeks and nerds who spend their days coding, developing and hacking in a red hot tech economy weren't so sure it w Google taking requests to censor results in Europe 06/02/2014 12:44pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google is accepting requests from Europeans who want to erase unflattering information from the results produced by the world's dominant search engine.The demands can be submitted on a Web page that Google opened late Thursday in response to Google faces up to image problem in Europe 06/02/2014 12:44pm • TOBY STERLING Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) -- As Google bowed to a European court ruling to consider users' claims to remove embarrassing search results, the company took the first step toward preventing any more such punishing decisions -- acknowledging it has an image problem in Europe.The comp GSA employee building a social golf app 06/02/2014 12:00pm • Editor’s Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders. The Ground Floor, Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. Th Google Flights: A frequent flyer's go-to resource 06/02/2014 07:36am • Data Doctors Study finds medical pot farms draining streams dry 06/01/2014 11:44am • JASON DEAREN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Some drought-stricken rivers and streams in Northern California's coastal forests are being polluted and sucked dry by water-guzzling medical marijuana farms, wildlife officials say -- an issue that has spurred at least one county to try to outlaw In China, a deliberate amnesia about '89 crackdown 06/01/2014 08:40am • JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Remember June 4, Shi Shusi asked the 1.5 million readers of his popular microblog last year. Moments later, his postings were erased. A note from the microblog operator said they were "inappropriate publicity."This year, a discouraged Shi hasn't posted a Motorola to close Texas smartphone factory 05/31/2014 07:34am • EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Google's Motorola Mobility handset unit announced Friday it will shutter its North Texas factory by the end of this year, barely a year after it opened with much fanfare as the first smartphone assembly plant in the U.S.At the time, Google had How Google got states to legalize driverless cars 05/31/2014 06:16am • JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- About four years ago, the Google team trying to develop cars driven by computers -- not people -- concluded that sooner than later, the technology would be ready for the masses. There was one big problem: No state had even considered wh A look at the roadblocks facing driverless cars 05/31/2014 04:32am • The Associated Press Google Inc. is pushing hard to bring cars driven by computers -- not people -- to market. To do so, the Silicon Valley giant persuaded states including California to pass laws explicitly legalizing the still-emerging technology. After all, a basic premise of driving is that a p Google steps up efforts for more racial diversity 05/30/2014 04:52pm • MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Google has had more trouble diversifying its workforce than its computer scientists have had writing programs that respond to search requests in the blink of an eye or designing cars that can navigate traffic without a human behind the wheel.T George Lucas museum Chicago's next big attraction? 05/30/2014 12:44pm • JASON KEYSER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel is using everything but Jedi mind tricks to persuade "Star Wars" creator George Lucas to put his planned museum of art and movie memorabilia in Chicago.Lucas has been talking to San Francisco about a location. At first blush, the West Apple's Beats buy joins tech and street-wise style 05/30/2014 08:34am • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Beats Electronics' colorful, oversized headphones serve as a fashion accessory to cool kids riding the New York City subway, but as tech companies such as Apple, Samsung and others are discovering, wearable gadgets like smartwatches and Google Gl