Battle of the cheap(er) electric vehicles: Nissan Leaf vs. Chevy Bolt

The 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV received a huge discount for the new model year and is one of the most affordable new electric cars.

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Bellevue-based T-Mobile lays off engineering, network employees

The number of workers who were laid off has not been disclosed. Hundreds have been laid off since the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile was completed in 2020.

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GM venture starts building battery cells at new Ohio factory

General Motors says a new electric vehicle battery plant built in Ohio has started producing cells, which could help customers get federal tax credits.

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Snap cutting 20% of staff as ad sales continue to dry up

The parent company of social media platform Snapchat said Wednesday that it is letting go of 20% of its staff as it reorganizes and tries to reduce costs in the face of declining sales.

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FBI’s team to investigate massive cyberattack in Montenegro

A rapid deployment team of FBI cyber experts is heading to Montenegro to investigate a massive and coordinated attack on the tiny Balkan nation’s government and its services.

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Google says Trump’s Truth Social must scrub violent content to join Play store

Google said it would not distribute Truth Social on its Play app store until the social media platform, which was founded by former President Trump, removed content that incites violence.

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Toyota invests in EV battery production in Japan, US

Toyota is investing 730 billion yen ($5.6 billion) in Japan and the U.S. to boost production of batteries for electric vehicles.

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Groundbreaking advances emerging vehicle battery production

Kentucky has reached another stage in developing an electric vehicle battery sector.

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Leading Seattle VC firm Madrona Venture Group expands to Palo Alto

The Seattle-based investment firm known for its big bets on companies like Amazon and Redfin is opening its first office outside the PNW.

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Japanese business pioneer, philanthropist Inamori dies at 90

Kazuo Inamori, founder of Japanese ceramics and electronics maker Kyocera who also became a philanthropist singing the virtues of fairness and hard work, has died.

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A who’s who of Silicon Valley lawyers up for the Musk-Twitter trial

More than 100 subpoenas have been issued to techies like Jack Dorsey and Marc Andreessen as Twitter tries to force Elon Musk to complete a $44 billion deal. Law firms are stoked.

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Musk cites whistleblower as new reason to exit Twitter deal

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has again filed paperwork to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter.

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Podcast leads to Australian’s conviction in wife’s murder

An Australian man has been convicted of murdering his wife 40 years ago after a renewed police investigation that was triggered by a popular podcast.

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FTC: Smartphone data could expose visits to abortion clinics

Smartphone location tracking, a multibillion-dollar business, can reveal intimate details about Americans’ daily routines.

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FTC accuses data broker of selling sensitive location data

Federal regulators have sued a data broker they accuse of selling sensitive geolocation data from millions of mobile devices.

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Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower ahead of trial

Elon Musk’s legal team is demanding to hear from a whistleblowing former Twitter executive who could help bolster Musk’s case for backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company.

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More bumps for troubled Star Wars video game remake

The highly anticipated remake of the video game Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic has a new developer after a bumpy ride.

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LG, Honda to set up US joint venture to make EV batteries

Major South Korean battery maker LG and Japanese automaker Honda are investing $4.4 billion in a joint venture to produce batteries for Honda electric vehicles in the North American market.

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‘Tape or chewing gum:’ Twitter’s lapses echo worldwide

Twitter at its best is a tool to get a message out quickly, efficiently and directly, whether you're an activist or a local fire department.

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Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook’s corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social network service allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016.

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How to remove Windows Widgets and find apps that manage device batteries

Patrick Marshall answers questions about how to keep photos on a smartphone from automatically uploading to Google Photos and tips on charging your devices.

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A 5-step tech checklist for handling air travel woes on the go

With planning and a well-stocked smartphone, you can map out a strategy for dealing with flight disruptions.

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Meta’s Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica suit

Meta Platforms settled a long-running lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the research firm Cambridge Analytica. The preliminary settlement, disclosed in a court filing late Friday, follows the revelation last month that Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg would have to sit for as long as six hours of questioning by plaintiffs’ […]

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Amid fears of voting machines, Nevada approves hand counting

The Nevada secretary of state’s office has approved new rules for counties to hand-count votes starting as soon as this fall’s midterm elections.

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Montenegro reports massive Russian cyberattack against govt

Montenegro’s security agency has warned that Russian hackers have launched a massive and coordinated cyberattack against the small state’s government and its services.

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Art from Microsoft co-founder Allen’s estate to sell for $1B

Some 150 artworks from the collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul G.

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SpaceX, T-Mobile try to connect remote areas with satellites

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and T-Mobile are teaming up to help provide voice and data services anywhere by having satellites connect with cellphones using T-Mobile’s wireless spectrum.

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Moderna suing Pfizer, BioNTech over COVID vaccines

Moderna claims Pfizer and BioNTech infringed on its patents. This sets the stage for a massive legal clash between the three vaccine titans.

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Crypto firms say US sanctions limit use of privacy software

The Treasury Department faces pushback from the cryptocurrency industry over sanctions imposed on a virtual currency mixing firm.

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World’s most popular password manager says it was hacked

A hacker recently stole source code and proprietary information after breaking into LastPass systems.

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T-Mobile will tap Musk’s Starlink satellites for new phone service

Bellevue-based T-Mobile US is partnering with Elon Musk's SpaceX StarLink satellites to offer wireless phone service in remote areas where coverage is spotty.

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Judge orders more document production in Musk-Twitter suit

The Delaware judge presiding over Twitter Inc.’s lawsuit to prevent billionaire Elon Musk from backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company has ordered both sides to turn over more information to opposing lawyers.

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Boeing, NASA target February for crewed Starliner mission

The mission to the International Space Station would be the first Starliner flight to have a crew.

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Biden to attend groundbreaking of Intel’s $20B Ohio plants

Intel Corp. has set a Sept. 9 groundbreaking date for its $20 billion Ohio operation with President Joe Biden in attendance.

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Facebook parent culls large Proud Boys network from sites

Facebook parent Meta says it has removed a network of accounts linked to the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group it banned in 2018.

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Woods, McIlroy behind tech-infused golf league in TV venture

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are bringing their own version of team golf to the PGA Tour.

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Cosmetics giant Sephora settles customer data privacy suit

Sephora Inc. has settled a lawsuit claiming the company sold customer information without proper notice in violation of the California’s landmark consumer privacy law.

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‘Pre-bunking’ shows promise in fight against misinformation

Google and a team of university researchers have hit on what they say could be an effective way to make people more impervious to the harmful impact of online misinformation.

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SEC questions Twitter on method of calculating fake accounts

U.S. securities regulators are questioning Twitter about how it calculates the number of fake accounts on its platform.

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SEC questions Twitter on method of calculating fake accounts

U.S. securities regulators are questioning Twitter about how it calculates the number of fake accounts on its platform.

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Fleet of hydrogen passenger trains begins service in Germany

German officials have launched what they say is the world’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger trains.

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Whistleblower: Bad news for Twitter, good news for Musk?

Elon Musk has spent months trying to get out of his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, saying the company has undercounted its fake and spam accounts.

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Yelp to add more flags to anti-abortion pregnancy centers

The online reviews site said Tuesday it is rolling out a feature to protect users seeking abortions from being misled about anti-abortion pregnancy centers.

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As Amazon grows, so does its eye on consumers

From what you buy online, to how you remember tasks, to when you monitor your doorstep, Amazon is seemingly everywhere.

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Judge rules video scan of room before online testing illegal

A federal judge has ruled that Cleveland State University violated a student’s Fourth Amendment right to privacy by requiring him to use a webcam to show his bedroom before taking an online test.

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Former Twitter security chief files whistleblower complaints

A former head of security at Twitter has filed whistleblower complaints with U.S. officials, alleging that the company misled regulators about its cybersecurity defenses and its problems with fake accounts, according to reports by the Washington Post and CNN.

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A dad took photos of his naked toddler for the doctor. Google flagged him as a criminal

Google has an automated tool to detect abusive images of children but the system can get it wrong, and the consequences are serious.

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Snapchat parent reaches $35 million biometric privacy class-action settlement in Illinois

An Illinois class-action suit was settled with Snap, alleging that lenses and filters on Snapchat collect and store users’ biometric info without their consent.

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UnitedHealth, Amazon are among bidders for Signify

Amazon, UnitedHealth, CVS Health and Option Care Health have all expressed interest in acquiring Signify Health, a home health technology and services provider.

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Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO and friend Jack Dorsey

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his $44 billion agreement to acquire the company Dorsey helped found.

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