BARCELONA, Spain — The man credited with inventing the cellphone 50 years ago had only one concern then about the brick-sized device with a long antenna: Would it work?,These days Martin Cooper frets like everybody else about his invention’s impacts on society — from the loss of privacyto the ris...
BARCELONA, Spain — I climbed into the front seat of the air taxi, buckled the seat belt and braced as the aircraft lifted off. The futuristic cityscape of Busan, South Korea, dropped away, and a digital avatar popped up on the windscreen with a message.,I couldn’t answer as a wave of motion...
BOSTON — The TV provider Dish Network continued to recover Wednesday from a ransomware attack last week that it said disrupted operations, internet sites and call centers. It said unspecified data was stolen and it was investigating whether that included the personal information of cus...
SAN FRANCISCO Twitter on Wednesday unveiled a new policyprohibiting “violent speech” on its platform, though the rules appear very similar to guidelines against violent threats that the company had on its books before Elon Musk took it over.,Among the updates, Twitter expanded its policy to...
WASHINGTON — A federal agency born in the aftermath of Sept. 11 when the primary concern was stopping terrorists from entering the U.S. is changing to meet new challenges, said the secretary of homeland security as he marked its 20-year anniversary during a ceremony Wednesday.,Alejandro...
NEW YORK — After sweeping through battles in statehouses across the country, the war against ESG investing is heating up in Congress.,The Senate voted Wednesday to overturn a Labor Department rule allowing retirement plans to consider environmental, social and governance factors when making i...
HONG KONG — The U.S. and Canada issued orders this week banning the use of TikTok on government-issued mobile devices as privacy and cybersecurity concernsabout the video-sharing app grow.,TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, has long maintained that it does not share data with...
TikTok said Wednesday that every account held by a user under the age of 18 will have a default 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks. The changes arrive during a period in which there are growing concerns among different governments about the app’s securityand ability to alter its...
Bolor-Erdene Battsengel wants to transform Mongolia into a “digital first” country — and help young people, especially girls in this sparsely populated nation of 3.3 million, to learn how to code.,During her time with Mongolia’s digital development and communications authority, including a year...
WASHINGTON — In a major breach of a U.S. Marshals Service computer system this month with ransomware, hackers stole sensitive and personally identifiable data about agency employees and targets of investigations, an agency spokesman said Tuesday.,The hacked system was disconnected from the network...
