A new Chatbot is a ‘code red’ for Google’s search business

A new wave of chat bots like ChatGPT use artificial intelligence that could reinvent or even replace the traditional internet search engine. (

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What TikTok told us about the economy in 2022

From Barbiecore to revenge travel, social media trends gave us a clear picture of the forces reshaping the economy.

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Worries about the LastPass hack and how to convert VHS tapes to digital

Patrick Marshall answers questions about security issues with LastPass and how to convert VHS tapes to digital.

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Here are the video games we’re looking forward to in 2023

From the Resident Evil 4 remake to the new Legend of Zelda, here are some of the video games to look forward to in 2023.

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Google to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve privacy suit

Google has agreed to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practices.

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‘Office Space’ inspired WA software engineer’s theft scheme, prosecutors say

A former Zulily software engineer's alleged scheme to siphon shipping fees and manipulate prices by editing programming code has led to felony theft charges.

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Tax credits for EVs are about to get confusing

A law that takes effect Jan. 1 will both expand and scramble the list of vehicles that qualify for federal tax credits of up to $7,500.

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Huawei says it’s out of ‘crisis mode,’ though revenue flat

Chinese technology giant Huawei says it has pulled itself out of “crisis mode” following years of U.S. restrictions that have stifled its sales in overseas markets, though its revenue for 2022 did not grow from a year earlier.

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Indiana blocks Chinese-owned app TikTok from state devices

The Indiana Office of Technology says the state has blocked the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from state devices.

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What’s gone at Twitter? A data center, janitors, some toilet paper

Elon Musk has reduced the company to a bare-bones operation, and employees are under a “zero-based budgeting” mandate to justify any spending.

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Southwest’s silver lining: Memories of airline gaffes fade fast

Southwest's nightmare is unlikely to inflict long-lasting damage to the carrier's reputation if management compensates customers and makes good on vows of operational changes.

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Explainer: 2023 tax credits for EVs will boost their appeal

Starting Jan. 1, many Americans will qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying an electric vehicle.

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Twitter users report widespread service interruptions

Twitter's outage issues surfaced several days after Elon Musk said he had shut down one of the company’s major data centers.

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Lawmakers signal inquiries into U.S. government’s use of foreign spyware

The moves come as Congress passed a measure last week to try to rein in the proliferation of the hacking tools.

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EXPLAINER: Kansas’ Democratic governor imposes TikTok ban

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has become one of the first Democratic governors to ban the use of TikTok on state-issued devices.

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Minister: Ukraine aims to develop air-to-air combat drones

The Ukrainian government minister in charge of technology says his country is developing combat drones that attack the ones Russia has used during its invasion of Ukraine.

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France to provide 2 satellites, receiving station to Poland

The French and Polish defense ministers have agreed to a deal under which France will provide Poland with two observation satellites and a receiving station.

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Verizon lost its network superiority — now it’s paying the price

For Verizon investors, 2022 can’t end fast enough. By the time the books close, the largest US wireless carrier will have logged a third-straight year of below-industry growth, going from first to last in mobile-subscriber gains.  “Verizon bungled 5G and lost its network leadership position,” said Roger Entner of Recon Analytics, a boutique advisory group. […]

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How Amazon put Ukraine’s ‘government in a box’ — and saved its economy from Russia

The project involved 27 Ukrainian ministries, 18 Ukrainian universities and companies including Ukraine's largest private financial institution, PrivatBank.

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California 19-year-old arrested in bogus parking ticket scam

Authorities say a 19-year-old man designed fake parking tickets and put them on cars near the beach in Northern California in the hopes of collecting real payments.

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Seattle celebrity CEO Dan Price’s rise and fall at Gravity Payments

Dan Price branded himself as a model corporate leader. But dozens of ex-Gravity Payments employees say that persona didn’t match the man behind the viral posts.

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YouTube is getting the NFL. What does that mean for football fans?

Next season, YouTube will carry the NFL's Sunday Ticket package. So what does all this mean for fans of America's favorite sport? Here are some answers.

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A slow iMac and malware links posing as USPS | Q&A with Patrick Marshall

Patrick Marshall answers questions about a sluggish iMac and a scam posing as the postal service that may tied to malware.

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Why Call of Duty game matters to the FTC in Microsoft-Activision deal

Regulators' moves to stop the largest-ever acquisition by Microsoft "all about … one game, Call of Duty,” company President Brad Smith told shareholders.

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How to make the most of e-books and find free ones

Even if you still love printed books, the digital option lets you put an entire library in your bag, just in time for holiday travel and vacation.

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Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle user data case

Facebook’s corporate parent has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica.

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Elon Musk tells investors he’ll pause on Tesla stock sales

CEO Elon Musk says he won’t sell any more shares in Tesla for 18 months or more, likely an attempt to comfort shareholders of the electric vehicle company who have watched the stock lose nearly half of its value since Musk’s purchase of Twitter went through in October.

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Meta agrees to pay $725 million over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that said Facebook illegally shared user data with research firm Cambridge Analytica.

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Private jet travel isn’t so private after all. Some upset owners have had enough

Many private jet owners have had it with tracking websites and social media accounts dedicated to pinpointing their exact whereabouts as they move through the skies.

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Musk lifted bans for thousands on Twitter. Here’s what they’re tweeting

Many reinstated users are tweeting about topics that got them barred in the first place: Covid-19 skepticism, election denialism and QAnon.

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Sex-abuse video victimizes child long after abuser is gone

A video of a man raping his 9-year-old daughter triggered a global search for the little girl in 2016.

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Elon Musk’s distraction is just one of Tesla’s problems

Investors and analysts are concerned about that Elon Musk's focus on Twitter has harmed Tesla, the world's most valuable car company where he is also CEO.

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US probes Tesla crash, automated system may have been in use

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency says it will send a team to investigate a Thanksgiving Day pileup on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge involving a Tesla that may have been using the company’s “Full Self-Driving” software.

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FTX founder Bankman-Fried to make 1st US court appearance

The cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to make his initial U.S. court appearance Thursday on charges that he swindled investors and looted customer deposits on his FTX trading platform.

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Seoul: North Korean hackers stole $1.2B in virtual assets

South Korea's spy agency says North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years, more than half of it this year alone.

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Micron to cut 10% of workforce as demand for computer chips slumps

Boise-based Micron plans to ax thousands of jobs and make other cuts as the computer chips industry struggles with an imbalance in supply and demand.

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Video gamers sue to stop Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard buy

A group of video game players is suing to stop Microsoft from buying video game publisher Activision Blizzard, arguing that the $68.7 billion acquisition would stifle competition and reduce consumer choice.

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FTX founder could be sent to US after extradition hearing

Sam Bankman-Fried is back in a Bahamian court Wednesday for an extradition hearing that could clear the way for the one-time billionaire to be sent to the U.S. to face criminal charges related to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

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Esports seen as pathway to boost diversity in STEM careers

A growing effort to channel students' enthusiasm for esports toward preparing them for jobs in science, technology, engineering and math could address the lack of racial diversity in STEM careers.

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Elon Musk says he will resign as Twitter CEO when he finds successor

Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he would resign as Twitter’s CEO when he found “someone foolish enough to take the job,” but he will remain the company’s owner.

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Hearing on FTX founder’s extradition to US set for Wednesday

Sam Bankman-Fried will have a hearing Wednesday in a Bahamian court on his possible extradition U.S. in the coming days to face criminal charges related to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes witness stand in FTC case

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook parent company Meta, is on the witness stand in a California courtroom as part of the FTC's effort to stop the tech giant from buying a virtual reality startup.

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EU probes Broadcom’s $61B VMware buy on competition concerns

Computer chip and software maker Broadcom’s $61 billion deal to buy cloud technology company VMware faces careful scrutiny from European Union regulators who said they’re concerned the deal could limit competition.

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Congress moves to ban TikTok from US government devices

TikTok would be banned from most U.S. government devices under a government spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday.

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Fortnite maker to pay $520M over kids’ privacy and trickery charges

The FTC accused Epic of illegally collecting children’s information and using manipulative techniques to trick millions into making unintentional purchases.

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German military swaps APCs for NATO force after breakdowns

Defense officials said Monday that Germany is readying decades-old armored personnel carriers for a key NATO unit after the modern vehicles that should have been deployed suffered a mass breakdown.

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Fortnite maker Epic Games to pay $520M to settle FTC cases

Video game company Epic Games is paying a total of $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints involving children’s privacy and methods that tricked players into making purchases.

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Which lasts longer, an e-book or a physical book? | Michael Hiltzik

Here is why e-books and other digital artifacts have shorter lifespans than the physical items.

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This robot is on a mission to eliminate short car trips

Gita — Italian for "trip" — hopes to be a 28-pound solution to a 5,000-pound problem. 

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Twitter poll closes with users voting for Musk exit as chief

More than half of 17.5 million users who responded to a Twitter poll created by billionaire Elon Musk over whether he should step down as head of the company had voted yes by the time the poll closed.

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