Ryan Nakashima

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Why you can鈥檛 always trust names on your handy map app

December 23, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.

For centuries, people have relied on maps to figure out where they are and where they鈥檙e going. But today鈥檚 digital maps -- seemingly more precise than ever -- aren鈥檛 always...

FILE – In this June 15, 2017, photo, people walk inside the Oculus, the new transit station at the World Trade Center in New York. Data collection practices of tech firms are increasingly under the microscope. An Associated Press investigation shows that using Google services on Android devices and iPhones allows the search giant to record your whereabouts as you go about your day. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Google tracks your movements, like it or not

August 13, 2018 at 11:45 a.m.

Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.

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Woman shoots 3, self at YouTube headquarters in possible domestic dispute

April 3, 2018 at 11:00 p.m.

A woman opened fire with a handgun Tuesday in a courtyard at YouTube headquarters, wounding three people before fatally shooting herself in what is being investigated as a domestic dispute,...

Critics wary as Google’s Chrome begins an ad crackdown

February 14, 2018 at 9:13 p.m.

On Thursday, Google will begin using its Chrome browser to eradicate ads it deems annoying or otherwise detrimental to users. It just so happens that many of Google's own most...

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CES tech show stuffed with gadgets we don’t need — or do we?

January 10, 2018 at 9:32 p.m.

Today's vision of a smart home has more to do with what's technologically possible than what people really need.

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FCC chairman sets out to scrap open internet access rules

November 21, 2017 at 9:42 p.m.

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission set out Tuesday to scrap rules around open internet access, a move that would allow giant cable and telecom companies to throttle broadband...

Russia Twitter trolls deflected bad news about Donald Trump

November 9, 2017 at 11:13 p.m.

Disguised Russian agents on Twitter rushed to deflect scandalous news about Donald Trump just before last year's presidential election while straining to refocus criticism on the mainstream media and Hillary...

Google parent company turns on internet balloons in Puerto Rico

October 20, 2017 at 10:37 p.m.

Google's parent Alphabet Inc. said Friday that its stratospheric balloons are now delivering the internet to remote areas of Puerto Rico where cellphone towers were knocked out by Hurricane Maria.

Twitter turns over “handles” of 201 Russia-linked accounts

October 13, 2017 at 10:53 p.m.

Twitter has handed over to Senate investigators the profile names, or "handles," of 201 accounts linked to Russian attempts at influencing the 2016 presidential election. The company has stepped up...

Google hit with class action lawsuit over gender pay

September 14, 2017 at 11:03 p.m.

Google faces a new lawsuit accusing it of gender-based pay discrimination. A lawyer representing three female former Google employees is seeking class action status for the claim.

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