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By DAVID ESPO and ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed a balanced-budget blueprint toward post-midnight Senate approval early Friday, laying down conservative markers for a likely veto struggle with President Barack Obama…
March 27, 2015 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For anyone who’s ever dreamed of being on “American Idol” or “The Voice” as a performer or judge, a new app seeks to make their fantasy come true. The talent competition…
March 26, 2015 -
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An energy company is joining forces with a tech startup to harness computing power to heat homes in the Netherlands. Eneco, a Dutch-based energy company with more than 2 million…
March 25, 2015 -
HELSINKI (AP) — “Clash of Clans” maker Supercell says pre-tax profit last year more than doubled to 515 million euros ($564 million) as sales of its popular games surged three-fold to more than 1.54 billion…
March 25, 2015 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com’s video game streaming platform Twitch informed users that their accounts may have been hacked. Twitch told users that it had taken steps to accelerate the expiration of their passwords and…
March 25, 2015 -
By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising to abolish the Internal Revenue Service is a good talking point for political candidates who are looking to fire up the Republicans’ most conservative voters. It’s…
March 25, 2015 -
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lawyers in a high-profile gender bias lawsuit against a Silicon Valley firm argued Tuesday that the woman behind the case was either an accomplished junior partner…
March 25, 2015 -
NEW YORK (AP) — The singer Taylor Swift, Microsoft Corp. and Harvard University are among those buying up .porn and .adult Web suffixes as a pre-emptive move before those domain names become available this summer.…
March 25, 2015 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Printer maker Lexmark International will buy software developer Kofax Ltd. for about $1 billion. The deal values Kofax at $11 per share. That’s a 47 percent premium to the stock’s Tuesday…
March 24, 2015 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Internet moguls like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos aren’t the only techies snatching up real estate in Southern California. While the mega rich from Silicon Valley have made headlines for their purchases of…
March 24, 2015 -
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A sex discrimination trial that has put a spotlight on gender imbalance in Silicon Valley has prompted some technology and venture capital companies to re-examine their…
March 24, 2015 -
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Tired of trying to remember a different password for each of your online accounts? Or worried about re-using the same password too many times?…
March 24, 2015 -
By YOUKYUNG LEE AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty: Move over. And make way for laidback Brown bear and his irrepressible girlfriend Cony the bunny. Once just digital stickers…
March 23, 2015 -
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI considers Evgeniy Bogachev one of the world’s most prolific and brilliant cyber criminals, slapping his photos — bald, beefy-faced and smiling faintly — on “Wanted”…
March 21, 2015 -
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Look out, Internet Explorer. After 20 years of competing against rival web browsers, Microsoft is gearing up to launch its own alternative to its once-dominant…
March 19, 2015