Category: Science & Technology
Academy honors scientists behind special effects
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The scientists and inventors who make big-screen superheroes, spectacular explosions and other only-in-the-movies effects possible have their own Oscar ceremony.
Kristen Bell and Michael B.…
New gender options for Facebook users
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — With a click of a cursor, Jay Brown in Cheverly, Md., went from Male to Trans Male. A few states away, Debon Garrigues of Asheville,…
Academy honors scientists behind special effects
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The scientists and inventors who make big-screen superheroes, spectacular explosions and other only-in-the-movies effects possible have their own Oscar ceremony.
Kristen Bell and Michael B.…
Facebook faces opposition to privacy settlement
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook may have considered the matter settled, but a group of consumer and children’s advocates are renewing their legal battle over teenagers’ privacy on the world’s…
Kerry presses China to ease Internet controls
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday he urged Chinese leaders to support Internet freedom and promised to look into whether American companies help Beijing curb…
Comcast-TWC merger worries consumers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comcast and Time Warner Cable regularly rank at the bottom of the pay TV industry when it comes to customer satisfaction. So it didn’t take long…
Japan net retailer Rakuten to buy Viber for $900M
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Rakuten Inc. is buying Cyprus-based Viber Media, which operates a popular Internet phone application, for $900 million, fortifying the online retailer’s social networking footprint.
The Tokyo-based…
Comcast-TWC merger worries consumers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cable subscribers don’t give Comcast and Time Warner Cable good grades when it comes to customer satisfaction. So after Comcast announced its $45 billion purchase of…
Regulator: Investigation into Sands hack ongoing
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada gambling regulator said Thursday that the hackers who knocked down all Las Vegas Sands websites for two days and counting did not steal any…
Facebook faces opposition to privacy settlement
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook may have considered the matter settled, but a group of consumer and children’s advocates are renewing their legal battle over teenagers’ privacy on the world’s…
