Today's TECH news

All members advertising and promotions are displayed on 403 unique high traffic locations free of charge.

Audit clears Facebook despite Cambridge Analytica leaks Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:21:04 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) -- An audit of Facebook's privacy practices for the Federal Trade Commission found no problems even though the company knew at the time that a data-mining firm improperly obtained private data from millions of users....
Cybersecurity expert's case delayed as new details emerge Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:39:21 GMT
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The case of British cybersecurity expert once heralded as a hero for stopping the WannaCry worldwide computer virus was delayed Thursday to allow his attorneys more time to prepare arguments on why a judge should suppress statements he made after his arrest for allegedly creating software to steal banking passwords....
Musk's LA transport tunnel proposal takes step forward Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:12:35 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A committee of the Los Angeles City Council has approved an environmental review exemption for a tunnel that Elon Musk wants to dig to test a novel underground transportation system....
Social media helps fuel teacher activism across the country Thu, 19 Apr 2018 19:29:33 GMT
PHOENIX (AP) -- The public education uprisings that began in West Virginia and spread to Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky share similar origin stories....
Maryland bill seeks transparency in online political ads Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:49:59 GMT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- In the wake of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, Maryland is close to enacting a law that some experts say would set a new standard for how states deal with foreign interference in local elections and increase overall transparency in online political ads....
Amazon's reveals its Prime service has 100 million members Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:13:33 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Amazon has persuaded more than 100 million shoppers to subscribe to its Prime service that offers free two-day shipping and other perks that help bind people to the company and its ever-expanding empire....
Facebook adds privacy settings to comply with European rules Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:56:11 GMT
LONDON (AP) -- Facebook is enhancing privacy safeguards for users around the world as it complies with new European rules designed to make it easier for consumers to give and withdraw consent for the use of their data....
Russia takes heavy hand to internet to block messaging app Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:25:19 GMT
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian authorities are freezing up vast swathes of the country's online world in what critics call a heavy-handed - and so far unsuccessful - attempt to block a popular messaging app, Telegram....
EU renews call for Zuckerberg to testify over data scandal Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:52:49 GMT
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Parliament is repeating a call for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about the internet giant's data privacy scandal, after Zuckerberg offered to send a subordinate in his place....
Wayfair follows Amazon with its own made-up holiday: Way Day Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:36:13 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon started Prime Day. Alibaba capitalized on Singles Day. Now another e-commerce company is hoping for success with an invented shopping holiday....