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Congress gives final OK to banning local Internet taxes

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress voted Thursday to permanently bar state and local governments from taxing access to the Internet, as lawmakers leapt at an election-year chance to demonstrate their...

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Myspace still exists? Yes, and now Time Inc. owns it

NEW YORK (AP) -- Myspace still exists?...

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Uber to pay $28.5M to settle safety ad lawsuits

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Uber says that it will pay $28.5 million to settle two lawsuits that said the ride-hailing firm misled customers about its safety procedures and fees....

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Documents show Volkswagen resisted Takata air bag recall

DETROIT (AP) -- Volkswagen resisted U.S. government efforts to recall more cars and trucks to fix potentially deadly Takata air bags - telling safety regulators that a recall isn't...

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Visa discloses stake in Dorsey's company, Square

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares in the mobile payment services company Square rose sharply Friday after Visa disclosed the details of its ownership stake in the company....

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Facebook nude-painting case can face trial in France

PARIS (AP) -- If you post a 19th-century nude painting on Facebook, is it art or impermissible nudity? That question is now cleared for trial in France, after an appeals court there ruled that an...

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What Facebook's policy on nudity means in practice

NEW YORK (AP) -- What are Facebook's rules for posting nude images?...

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1,000 pages of Clinton emails released; 84 classifications

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department has released more than 1,000 new pages of Hillary Clinton's emails....

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Hong Kong hosts Valentine's Day with 25,000 LED roses

HONG KONG (AP) -- It's like a romantic scene out of one of South Korea's sappy soap dramas - tens of thousands of illuminated roses forming an impressive backdrop for the lead actor...

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1930s electricity co-ops take Internet initiative

DENVER (AP) -- When sisters Caroline Clark and Dianne Rissman set up their quilt shop in the house on their family farm in Iowa 2004, vendors they would call about fabric or thread would helpfully...

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GM recalls 200,000 cars for Takata air bag trouble

DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors is recalling about 200,000 Saab and Saturn cars in the U.S. and Canada to replace the Takata driver's air bag inflators....

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Professor designs explosives detector to rival a dog's nose

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- A University of Rhode Island professor has developed a sensor that detects the kind of explosive used in the Paris bombings, to try to stop future attacks....

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DICE Summit a chance for game creators to recharge, reflect

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- For elite members of the video game industry, the D.I.C.E. Summit isn't merely a chance to schmooze at the poker table or on the golf course in Las Vegas. It's also...

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Report: 3 of 5 Californians may have had data stolen in 2015

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California's attorney general says as many as three in five Californians may have had electronic records stolen last year....

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Light up the night: Cities host large-scale light festivals

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Director hopes 'Zero Days' will spark debate on cyberwarfare

BERLIN (AP) -- When machines at a nuclear plant in Iran suddenly began spinning out of control six years ago, suspicion quickly fell on the United States and Israel, especially after a sophisticated...

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Obama creates cyber panel, says long-term vigilance needed

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday appointed his former national security adviser, Tom Donilon, to lead a new commission on cybersecurity that will make detailed recommendations on...

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Covertly, Israel prepares to fight boycott activists online

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Israel is using its world-leading expertise in cyber security to take on the growing threat of the global pro-Palestinian movement to boycott Israel....

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How to catch up on Oscar nominated flicks online _ sort of

NEW YORK (AP) -- The good news for those trying to catch up on Oscar-nominated flicks: A little more than half are available for streaming online....

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Q&A: A look at the Apple vs Justice Dept. court fight

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. magistrate judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI break into a work-issued iPhone used by a gunman in the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Apple CEO Tim Cook...

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