U.S. News
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Online shopping has become as volatile as stock market trading. Wild, minute-by-minute price swings on everything from clothes to TVs have made it difficult for…
December 19, 2014 -
By MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Companies across the globe are on high alert to tighten up network security to avoid being the next company brought to its knees by hackers like…
December 19, 2014 -
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal jury decided Tuesday that Apple didn’t compete unfairly when it sold music players and songs with copy-protection software that was incompatible with rival…
December 17, 2014 -
By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The blow that the hacking attack has dealt Sony is spreading beyond the entertainment corporation itself to theater chains and movie goers alike. And the…
December 17, 2014 -
By ANTHONY MCCARTNEY AND BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sony Pictures Entertainment now faces two lawsuits from four former employees who claim the company did not do enough to prevent hackers from…
December 17, 2014 -
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A low-budget anti-Muslim film that sparked violence in the Middle East and death threats to the actors involved was compared with the likes of “Titanic” and…
December 16, 2014 -
By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the people whose houses hug the narrow warren of streets paralleling the busiest urban freeway in America began to see bumper-to-bumper traffic crawling by their…
December 16, 2014 -
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As soon as Mark Kim found out his personal information was compromised in a data breach at Target last year, the 36-year-old tech worker signed…
December 16, 2014 -
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The growth of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft so far has not been hindered by limits from government regulators and campaigns…
December 14, 2014 -
By STEVEN DUBOIS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A “Driving While Black” smartphone application is set for release this month, but its developers say motorists should be careful when they use it. “Do not…
December 14, 2014 -
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — In a story Dec. 10 about people trying to diversify the technology industry, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the computer coding camp co-founded by Gregorio Rojas and Liliana…
December 11, 2014 -
By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California prosecutors sued Uber over the ride-booking company’s driver background checks and other allegations, adding to the popular startup’s legal woes in the U.S. and around…
December 11, 2014 -
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, California (AP) — More than three years after his death, legendary Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs held a federal courtroom transfixed on Friday as attorneys played a video…
December 08, 2014 -
By BRANDON BAILEY & LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press Writers Sony Pictures said Wednesday that the investigation into the cyberattack that crippled its computer systems is continuing and denied a report that it is poised to…
December 03, 2014 -
By MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press Some cybersecurity experts say it is unlikely North Korea was behind the cyberattack that crippled Sony Pictures’ computers and possibly leaked unreleased movies online. Speculation has been rampant that the…
December 03, 2014