Feb 13 Obama to focus on cybersecurity in heart of Silicon Valley By Darlene Superville, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Responding to unprecedented data breaches and cyberattacks, President Barack Obama is trying to spark alliances between policymakers who want to regulate the online world and tech innovators who traditionally shun Beltway bureaucracies. Continue reading
Feb 12 Facebook users finally have say over their account after death By Marina Lopes Facebook, the site where members carefully curate memories of life’s most important milestones, announced Thursday it will allow users to put their online affairs in order and decide what happens to their profiles once their status can no… Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch 3:25 Google Maps for bacteria? How NYC subway swab could change public health By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 04 ‘Gangnam Style’ proved to be swan song for YouTube’s view limit By Joshua Barajas Psy's horse-galloping music video "Gangnam Style" exceeded YouTube's view limit, a potential problem Google, which owns the video service, said it anticipated months ago. Continue reading
Dec 01 Google’s Chromebook wins over classrooms; ousts Apple’s iPad By Anna Christiansen Google has ousted Apple as the leading supplier of educational devices to schools, pushing Apple's popular iPad tablet into second place. Continue reading
Nov 08 More diverse emojis coming to a smartphone near you By Rialda Zukic Some new, more diverse faces may soon be used for emoji symbols, after a push for more racial diversity earlier this year by smartphone users gained traction with developers. Continue reading
Sep 25 Irish teens win Google science fair with bacteria-enhanced plant growth By Justin Scuiletti Three 16-year-old high school girls hailing from Ireland claimed the top prize for Google's 2014 Science Fair with a project that aims to solve the food crisis -- with the help of bacteria. Continue reading
Sep 10 Texting while driving? Long Island DA wants to disable your phone By Corinne Segal In Long Island, drivers hooked on their phones could soon see new penalties for distracted driving. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice has proposed the use of a “kill switch” to disable the phone of someone who has been convicted… Continue reading
Aug 07 Google search will reward encrypted sites By Colleen Shalby In an effort to make the Internet a safer place, Google will prioritize secure websites in search results, giving a boost to those URLs with an "https" -- "s" as in "secure" -- over "http."… Continue reading
Jul 04 Google restores links to Guardian articles in Europe after criticism over censorship By Diane Jeanty The move comes after Google notified British media outlets, The Guardian and the BBC that links to some articles would no longer be visible on their search engine after they received complaints to have the links removed. Continue reading