In photos: Wildfires burning in the West
Firefighters across three Western states are battling wildfires that have destroyed more than 90,000 acres.
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Category: U.S.
Twitter's rumored interest in buying TikTok sparks stock rally
Twitter shares rose as much as 5% Monday after it reportedly held preliminary talks with TikTok, the troubled Chinese-owned social media app that the Trump administration wants to ban.
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Court orders Uber, Lyft to reclassify drivers as employees in California
Uber and Lyft are being ordered by a California judge to reclassify their drivers in the state as employees — the latest development in an escalating legal battle over a new law impacting much of the on-demand economy.
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Think your mask makes you invisible to facial recognition? Not so fast, AI companies say
The future of facial recognition technology may depend on one very specific part of the face: the area around the eyes.
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Why robocalls are still a thing — and why there's hope they'll end
As if there wasn’t already enough to worry about right now, Americans are still being bombarded by annoying (and sometimes illegal) robocalls.
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Big Tech's head-spinning rules for the 2020 election
Late Wednesday, Twitter made waves by temporarily restricting a Trump campaign account’s ability to tweet because it shared a video containing false claims President Trump had made about the coronavirus. But Twitter took no action on President Trump’s personal account, which re-shared the video.
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What Kamala Harris as VP would mean for Silicon Valley
With Sen. Kamala Harris ascending to become former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate, Silicon Valley can breathe a little easier, at least for now.
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SpaceX and ULA win military launch competition worth $653 million — and that's just the start
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance are the big winners in a stiff competition to secure military launch contracts, teeing up the companies to dominate the lucrative market for launching US national security satellites for years to come.
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What is WeChat and why does Trump want to ban it?
President Donald Trump wants to ban WeChat, dramatically escalating tensions with China. But what is WeChat, and why is it so controversial?
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Kentucky Attorney General met Breonna Taylor's family for the first time, over 150 days after her death
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron met with Breonna Taylor’s family for the first time on Wednesday, more than 150 days after Louisville Police killed her in her home.
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