Information Technology
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Gamers paved the road for a streaming future. Twitch wants to add more lanes.
Oct 05, 2019 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO — If live-streaming video is the future of media, gamers got there first. Slowly but surely, others are taking notice and following their lead. Last week at Tw...
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Crusading tech mogul aims to prove CEOs can be activists too
Oct 04, 2019 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Salesforce founder Marc Benioff oversees a $130 billion software empire from a 62-story skyscraper that towers above everything else in San Francisc...
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Facebook CEO defends being a billionaire in live Q&A
Oct 04, 2019 6:00 am - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the fifth richest person in the world, both questioned and defended the existence of billionaires like himself during a live-streamed compa...
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U.S. authorities seek access to Facebook encrypted messaging
Oct 04, 2019 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr and other U.S., U.K. and Australian officials are pressing Facebook to give authorities a way to read encrypted messag...
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Second Life Mac honored by Entrepreneur MagazineOct 02, 2019 1:00 am - SKOKIE - Second Life Mac has been named one of the "Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America" by Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur360 List. The Entrepreneur360 List...
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How Facebook initially tried to fight a multibillion dollar U.S. fine
Oct 01, 2019 1:00 am - Facebook initially mounted an aggressive legal offensive against federal regulators who sought to fine the tech giant billions of dollars for its privacy abuses, arguing...
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Coming soon: Alexa in your ear and on your finger
Sep 28, 2019 6:25 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon wants Alexa everywhere. The online shopping giant said Wednesday that it will soon start selling wireless earbuds, finger rings and prescription e...
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Amazon focuses on Alexa privacy as it unveils new gadgets
Sep 28, 2019 6:19 am - Amazon.com defended the privacy features of its Alexa digital assistant - and introduced some new tools to reassure users - following months of debate about the practice...
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Facebook says it isn't fact checking politicians on the site
Sep 28, 2019 6:19 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook says it does not fact check politicians' statements on its site, even if they might be false. The social network operator says that's becau...
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Three years ago it could barely walk. Now Atlas the humanoid robot is doing gymnastics.
Sep 28, 2019 6:15 am - The internet gawks each time Boston Dynamics releases a video showing its eye-catching humanoid robot, Atlas, performing newly acquired acrobatic tricks. But until now, ...