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Which is best for iPhone users: Apple Maps or Google Maps?
Google Maps has been the standard-bearer since its launch in 2005 but Apple has done a lot to catch up with Google in the past six years. Data Doctors’ Ken Colburn weighs the pros and cons of the two navigation apps.
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Russia to build two-reactor nuclear plant in Uzbekistan
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and the president of Uzbekistan have agreed that Russia will build the ex-Soviet republic’s first nuclear power plant. During Putin’s visit to the Uzbek capital of Tashkent on…
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China says ex-Internet czar on trial over corruption charges
BEIJING (AP) — China’s former internet censor, who once held high-profile meetings with industry leaders such as Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was standing trial Friday on corruption allegations, state media…
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Virginia Tech researchers get award to study exoskeletons
Researchers at Virginia Tech will use a $3 million award from the National Science Foundation to conduct research to develop whole-body powered exoskeletons to improve worker productivity and safety.
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Melinda Gates speaks on smoothing the shift to digital age
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Instead of destroying jobs and leaving legions of people without work, the digital revolution can open doors to unseen opportunities and industries, but only if everyone has access to the…
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Australia lawyers’ group: Draft cyber laws would curb rights
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The president of Australia’s top lawyers’ group told a parliamentary inquiry that proposed cybersecurity laws to force global technology companies such as Facebook and Google to help police by unscrambling encrypted…
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What would you do if you won the lottery?
We asked the question on our Facebook page: What would you do if you won the Mega Millions jackpot? Read some of our favorite responses from WTOP listeners and readers.
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Navy: No evidence of shooting on barge in Virginia shipyard
Tyree Jones, 60, said he was delivering milk to the pier where the USS Carter Hall is docked when he heard an announcement over a loudspeaker stating there was a shooter. He said he also heard two or three gunshots, “pap-pap-pap.”
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Mississippi governor condemns professor’s political tweet
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is condemning a professor’s Twitter post that encouraged people to disrupt senators’ meals the day Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court. University of Mississippi sociology…
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Facebook’s election ‘war room’ takes aim at fake information
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — In an otherwise innocuous part of Facebook’s expansive Silicon Valley campus, a locked door bears a taped-on sign that reads “War Room.” Behind the door lies a nerve center the…
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What’s next for Paul Allen’s big investments? It’s not clear
SEATTLE (AP) — Prior to his death on Monday, billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen invested large sums in technology ventures, research projects and philanthropy, some of it eclectic and highly speculative. What happens to those…
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Ole Miss donor’s name being removed after racist comment
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A donor’s name is being removed from the University of Mississippi journalism school nearly a month after his Facebook post drew backlash for being racist. Trustees of the state College Board…
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States and feds unite on election security after ’16 clashes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks before the 2016 election, federal officials started making mysterious calls to the head of elections in Inyo County, California. They asked her to contact them if she noticed anything unusual. But…
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Pit bull puppy digs up loaded gun at apartment complex
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police in a North Carolina city are treating a pit bull puppy as a hero after he dug up a loaded .38-caliber revolver at an apartment complex. Greenville police posted on…
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European and Asian leaders seek to boost trade, security
BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe and Asia should use their combined economic clout “to tackle global challenges such as trade tensions that put millions of jobs at risk” and the threat of climate change, a top…
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