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Volkswagen will make $15 billion settlement
Volkswagen would repair or buy back polluting diesel vehicles and pay each owner as much as $10,000 under a $14.7 billion deal the car maker has reached to settle lawsuits stemming from its emissions
29 Jun 2016 2:27 AM
Meet SweePee: World’s ugliest dog
A 17-year-old blind Chinese Crested Chihuahua named SweePee Rambo, whose legs are bowed out like a frog, has an oozing sore and wears doggie diapers, has been crowned as the World’s Ugliest Dog of 201
28 Jun 2016 2:29 AM
Moscow explores Hyperloop commuter transportation system
A sled recovery vehicle moves a test sled back to the starting position following a propulsion open-air test at Hyperloop One in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
24 Jun 2016 2:55 AM
French killer’s Facebook broadcast underscores live video challenges
After Larossi Abballa killed a French police commander and the commander’s partner on Tuesday, he took to Facebook Live to encourage viewers in a 12-minute video to follow his example: Kill prison sta
16 Jun 2016 10:51 PM
Apple opens up Siri, other systems to woo developers
Apple said Monday it was opening up its Siri digital assistant to outside applications, stepping up its artificial intelligence efforts to compete against rival services from Amazon, Google and Micros
16 Jun 2016 6:36 AM
Next challenge for Apple: Make Siri smarter
Apple’s Siri made a big splash when the wisecracking digital assistant debuted on the iPhone five years ago.
13 Jun 2016 6:28 AM
Bidders offering more than $5 billion for Yahoo: Report
Several suitors are bidding $5 billion or more for the core business of struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo, CNBC reported on Thursday.
13 Jun 2016 6:25 AM
‘Instagram has more ads than Twitter’
Advertising agencies are for the first time turning to Instagram more frequently than Twitter for social media ad campaigns, a survey released Thursday showed, a further indication of weakness in an a
11 Jun 2016 6:17 AM
Apple revamps App Store, may not win over developers
Apple Inc announced a series of long-awaited enhancements to its App Store on Wednesday, but the new features may not ease concerns of developers and analysts who say that the App Store model — and th
10 Jun 2016 2:36 AM
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg’s social media accounts restored
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts have been resecured, a spokesman from the social media platform said on Monday, responding to questions about weekend media re
09 Jun 2016 10:51 AM
Oracle’s accounting practices come under cloud
A whistleblower lawsuit filed against Oracle Corp over its accounting practices underscores the pressures that established computer companies face to show that they are growing in the fast-moving bus
07 Jun 2016 2:49 AM
What do they have on you Google yourself
Soon, all you'll need to do is Google yourself if you're wondering how deeply Google has been digging into your digital life.
04 Jun 2016 5:21 AM
Mark Zuckerberg streams live chat with men in space
In a Facebook live video broadcast on the Nasa page of the social network, founder Mark Zuckerberg praised the work going on at the station and posed a few questions, some submitted to him online. (Photo: AFP)
04 Jun 2016 5:20 AM
US media tycoon hit by family feud
A granddaughter of Sumner Redstone alleged on Wednesday that the ailing media mogul is being manipulated by his daughter, vowing to help stop her purported bid to "seize" his corporate empire.
03 Jun 2016 6:48 AM
Magic Leap to former staff: You can’t steal our secrets
Artificial reality startup Magic Leap is accusing two Silicon Valley employees of stealing the closely guarded secrets behind its technological tricks.
31 May 2016 6:21 AM
Microsoft, Facebook team up to build undersea net cable
Microsoft and Facebook are building a new underwater Internet cable that will cross the Atlantic Ocean, carrying customers' data between North America and Southern Europe.
30 May 2016 6:35 AM
iPhone 7: All you need to know about the upcoming handset
Although the next iPhone isn't expected to land until September, the upcoming Apple handset has already got the internet awash with rumors and leaks.
30 May 2016 6:33 AM
Facebook makes changes to avoid political bias
Facebook on Monday said it was making changes aimed at keeping political bias out of its “trending” stories list even though an internal investigation revealed no evidence it was happening.
25 May 2016 1:19 AM
Apple, Google locked in battle for supremacy
At the top of the corporate world, Apple and Google are in a back-and-forth battle to be number one.
23 May 2016 6:22 AM
Silicon Valley mocks Donald Trump over technology bubble warning
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that a dangerous financial bubble has formed in the technology industry - and Silicon Valley responded with a collective eye roll.
20 May 2016 6:18 AM
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