WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday said it would require states to report on cybersecurity threats in their audits of public water systems, a day after it released a broader plan to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks.,The Environmental Protection Agency said pub...
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Senate gave final approval Thursday to a bill to restrict electric car manufacturers from opening new brick-and-mortar dealerships in the state unless they comply with the same laws traditional carmakers follow.,The legislation, introduced in the House by Republican...
SAN FRANCISCO — Two California men who pleaded guilty to plotting to firebomb the state Democratic Party’s headquarters and other buildings in Northern California after the defeat of former President Donald Trump were sentenced Wednesday to federal prison.,Ian Benjamin Rogers, of Napa, was sentenc...
DETROIT — Tesla says it will cut the cost of its next generation of vehicles in half, largely by using innovative manufacturing techniques and smaller factories.,CEO Elon Musk and other executives outlined the goals during a 3 1/2-hour investor day presentation at Tesla’s Austin, Texas, head...
RENO, Nev. — A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to block construction of the largest lithium mine in the U.S. while it considers claims by Nevada conservationists and tribes that the government illegally approved it in a rush to produce raw materials for electric vehicle batterie...
BARCELONA, Spain — The father of the cellphonewas there. So was Huawei and a host of other Chinese tech companies. Tens of thousands of visitors also flocked to the MWC tech fair to be dazzled by the latest advances in AI, smartphones, robotics and much more.,The metaverse got a lot of attent...
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell for third straight week. That’s good news for American workers, but potentially bad news in the fight against inflationby the Federal Reserve, which has been ratcheting up its benchmark interest rate for a year in an effort to...
WASHINGTON — An ambitious and wide-ranging White House cybersecurityplan released Thursday calls for bolstering protections on critical sectors and making software companies legally liable when their products don’t meet basic standards. The strategy document promises to use “all instruments of na...
The online counseling service BetterHelp has agreed to return $7.8 million to customers to settle with the Federal Trade Commissionfor sharing health data it had promised to keep private — including information about mental health challenges — with companies including Facebook and Snapchat. The pr...
The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones. Other Western governments are pursuing similar bans, citing espionage fears.,So how serious is the threat?...
