Parents of Sandy Hook victim slam Facebook The Parents of a Sandy Hook victim have written a letter to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerburg asking to protect them from lies, abuse and harassment resulting from hoax claims. In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg the parents of a Sandy Hook massacre victim are pleading with the […] More
File photo – Soldiers assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 198th Infantry Regiment, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard, ride in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle after an exercise near the El Jarbah training village on Doña Ana Range, N.M., April 20, 2018. (Winifred Brown, Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office) The Army is […] More
A new study suggests that radiation from smartphones is negatively impacting the memories of adolescents. (Credit: iStock) (Rostislav_Sedlacek) New research suggests that radiation from smartphones is negatively impacting teenagers’ memories, leaving them with short-term memory loss. The concern is that a year’s worth of radiation could be enough to damage the part of the brain […] More
FILE: An Uber driver has been suspended after recording hundreds of riders without their permission and streamed the live video online, a report said. (AP) Ride-sharing company Uber has suspended a driver who recorded hundreds of St. Louis-area riders without their permission and streamed the live video online. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported 32-year-old Jason […] More
(Credit: iStock) (Anchiy) Secure Online Banking Q: I need to access my bank account when traveling. How do I this the safe way? A: Online banking is a real luxury, especially when you’re on the road. No one likes to check his or her balance at a service station’s ATM, and things get even more […] More
Everything to know about ‘Fortnite’ ‘Fortnite’ has become a cultural phenomenon and mega-hit for video game developer Epic Games, boasting 125 million players around the world. What is it that makes this game so immensely popular, and how did it come to be? A 13-year-old boy learned a valuable lesson after his “Fortnite” account was […] More
The logo of American entertainment company Netflix is pictured at an event in Netflix. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File) People might find their Netflix binges interrupted by emergency alerts under a bipartisan bill announced in the Senate Wednesday. The READI Act—Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement—was introduced by Sen. John Thune of South Dakota and Sen. Brian […] More
FILE- In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the keynote speech at F8, Facebook’s developer conference in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Facebook may be locked in a battle against fake news, and now CEO Mark Zuckerberg is backtracking on claims that the social network won’t ban Holocaust […] More
Brussels – The European Union hit Alphabet Inc.’s Google with a record antitrust fine of €4.34 billion ($5.06 billion) and ordered changes to its business that could loosen the company’s grip on its biggest growth engine: mobile phones. In the EU’s sharpest rebuke yet to the power of a handful of tech giants, the bloc’s antitrust […] More
WASHINGTON — Top Pentagon official Michael Griffin sat down a few weeks ago with Air Force scientists at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio to discuss the future of quantum computing in the U.S. military. Griffin, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, has listed quantum computers and related applications among the Pentagon’s must-do […] More
The British diver who played an instrumental role in rescuing the 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thailand cave last week fired back at tech billionaire Elon Musk, who apparently accused him of being a pedophile. On Monday, Vern Unsworth told a reporter at 7 News Sydney that he cannot put to words […] More
File photo: In this photo illustration, the Netflix logo is reflected in the eye of a woman on September 19, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) (2014 Getty Images) (2014 Getty Images) When you’re picking a streaming video service, so many questions pop up: how much does it cost? What movies […] More