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?…
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…
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”…
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…
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. retail music business was essentially flat in 2014 as growth in streaming revenue helped offset further decline in sales of CDs, a report from the Recording Industry Association of…
BERLIN (AP) — A German court banned Uber from offering its ridesharing service nationwide on Wednesday, adding to the company’s troubles in Europe. Frankfurt state court spokesman Arne Hasse said the ruling banning the UberPop…
By MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Music flooded into the streets around Austin’s convention center as South by Southwest’s music festival kicked off and the interactive portion wrapped up. The head…
By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans on Tuesday accused the Federal Communications Commission of bowing to White House pressure on its “net neutrality” decision, which has angered the nation’s cable and…
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook’s Messenger app will soon let you send your friends money, the latest in a crowded field of services aimed at an increasingly wireless and…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of the most powerful women in venture capital and a well-respected tech investor says she never saw or experienced gender discrimination at the firm at the center of a $16…
By DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans launched a boldly conservative 10-year budget plan on Tuesday that would favor the Pentagon, partially privatize Medicare and rely on deep cuts…
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than half of Americans are worried about the U.S. government’s digital spies prying into their emails, texts, search requests and other online information, but…
By MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As a plane with a Grumpy Cat flag flew overhead, courtesy of Friskies, the Technorati flooded into panel discussions and happy hour spots at the…
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bolstered by a spate of upbeat economic news, President Barack Obama is claiming the upper hand in the budget fight unfolding in Congress, aiming…
By MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A live-streaming app called Meerkat, calls to online activism and pedicabs with a “Game of Thrones” Iron throne seat were the top topics of conversation…