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ICYMI: California withdraws ‘text tax’ after FCC ruling
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators have canceled a plan to charge a fee for text messaging on mobile phones. The California Public Utilities Commission reversed course after a Federal Communications Commission ruling last week…
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Key takeaways from new reports on Russian disinformation
Russians seeking to influence U.S. elections through social media had their eyes on Instagram and the black community. These were among the findings in two reports released Monday by the Senate intelligence committee. Separate studies…
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UPS Store Twitter account gets heat for icy tweet on letters to Santa
“What’s your problem?” went one typical reply. “WHO HURT YOU?” went another. “Bah Humbug,” went a third. “This pretty much sums of 2018.” And so on.
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Silicon Valley East: Google plans $1B expansion in New York
Google announced Monday it will spend more than $1 billion to build a new office complex in New York City that will allow the internet search giant to double the number of people it employs there. It is the tech industry’s latest major expansion beyond the Seattle-San Francisco Bay corridor
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Virginia to pay Northrop Grumman $35M over contract dispute
Virginia’s Information Technologies Agency and Northrop Grumman Corp. announced Friday they’ve settled dueling lawsuits filed 2½ years ago in Richmond Circuit Court over the early end of Virginia’s 13-year, $2.4 billion contract for government IT and services.
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Gift Guide: Some tech gadgets that actually fill a real need
NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes you can sense that tech products are striving to solve problems that are manufactured by their manufacturers. Smartwatches, for instance, have long been a nifty idea — but they’ve offered…
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Czech cyber security agency warns against use of Huawei
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s cyber security watchdog is warning against the use of products by Chinese electronics giant Huawei and another Chinese telecommunications company, ZTE. The National Cyber and Information Security Agency said…
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It’s good to be an IT contractor in DC right now
The top tech jobs to be filled in the Washington area in 2019 include cybersecurity, cloud security, cloud computing, cloud architecture and business intelligence.
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Report: China is driving use of armed drones in Middle East
BEIRUT (AP) — The use of armed drones in the Middle East, driven largely by sales from China, has grown significantly in the past few years with an increasing number of countries and other parties…
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Officer posts message to teen ticketed for speeding
NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A police officer in a Cleveland suburb posted a message on social media after ticketing an 18-year-old for driving 100 mph (161 kph) in a 65 mph (105 kph) zone.…
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South Africa’s former leader joins Twitter amid legal woes
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s former president, who faces corruption charges, has taken to Twitter. “It’s me, Jacob Zuma,” the ex-leader says in an introductory video posted on the social media site in the last…
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Talks adopt ‘rulebook’ to put Paris climate deal into action
Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate talks have agreed upon universal, transparent rules on how nations can cut greenhouse gas emissions and curb global warming.
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Colin Kroll, co-founder of HQ Trivia, found dead
Colin Kroll, a tech executive who co-founded the HQ Trivia app, has died. He was 35.
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Next-generation of GPS satellites are headed to space
After months of delays, the U.S. Air Force is about to launch the first of a new generation of GPS satellites, designed to be more accurate, secure and versatile. See photos.
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Israeli PM’s son gets temporary ban on Facebook
JERUSALEM (AP) — Facebook has blocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair for 24 hours after he wrote a post criticizing the social media platform as “thought police” and sharing previously banned content. Yair…
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