Information Technology
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Hackers could glean your password by listening to how you type on your phone
Jun 15, 2019 6:18 am - What if scammers could learn your password not from a massive cyber attack or taking control of your device, but from listening in as you type? That's the startling prem...
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Can China choke off U.S. access to 'rare earths' needed for high-tech products?
Jun 15, 2019 6:18 am - MOUNTAIN PASS, Calif. - Rusty tin shacks are all that remain of the gold miners who once prowled this desert hillside about an hour's drive southwest of Las Vegas. Almos...
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Netflix takes step toward multimedia empire with video games based on its shows
Jun 15, 2019 6:10 am - Netflix Inc. is unveiling new video games based on its shows, stepping up efforts to turn its streaming platform into a multimedia empire. Stranger Things 3: The Game, a...
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Tesla wants everyone to drive an electric car. Now it risks becoming a niche brand.
Jun 15, 2019 6:09 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla wants everyone on the road to be in an electric car. That futuristic vision may soon become reality - thanks to rivals. The automaker based in Palo...
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Amazon's one-day delivery depends on the work of thousands of robots
Jun 15, 2019 6:09 am - The sprawling warehouse, which looks big enough to double as an airport hangar, is unofficially known as the "robot highway." Inside Amazon's Denver "sortation center," ...
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Sex, drugs, and self-harm: Where 20 years of child online protection law went wrong
Jun 15, 2019 6:00 am - Two decades after Congress tried to wall off the worst of the internet in hopes of protecting the privacy and innocence of children, the ramparts lie in ruins. Sex, drug...
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Cambium Networks to launch IPOJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - ROLLING MEADOWS - Cambium Networks Corp. announced it plans to go public with an initial public offering of 5.8 million shares of common stock. The developer of wireles...
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Apple iPhones can be made outside of China if needed, Foxconn says
Jun 12, 2019 1:00 am - Apple Inc. has a backup plan if the U.S.-China trade war gets out of hand. The Cupertino, California-based company's primary manufacturing partner has enough capacity to...
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How to avoid facial recognition at the airport
Jun 11, 2019 1:00 am - Airlines and U.S. authorities are increasingly making use of facial-recognition technology, including at check-in, baggage drop, security and boarding. So far, airports ...
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Photos of travelers taken in data breach, Customs and Border Protection says
Jun 11, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday that photos of travelers had been compromised as part of a "malicious cyberattack," raising concern...