A Brightline train struck a pedestrian in Florida on Thursday, marking the sixth incident since…
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Microsoft Build will run from May 7 to 9 in Seattle, will overlap with Google I/O
Scheduling tech conferences is hard, especially in May, when seemingly every company wants to hold…
U.S. federal shutdown at hand after fiscal hawk's dissent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government staggered into another shutdown on Thursday night after an…
Calif. Democrat and #MeToo leader accused of groping male staffer
A California Democrat who was featured in Time magazine’s Person of the Year issue for…
Scribd’s new unlimited plan for audiobooks and e-books might be an avid reader’s dream
Avid audiobook nerds tired of dealing with Audible’s nonsense or long library queues now have…
U.S. federal shutdown nears on fiscal hawk Paul's dissent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government staggered toward another shutdown on Thursday night after Senator…
Senate recesses until Friday at 12:01 a.m., assuring shutdown
The U.S. Senate has recessed until Friday at 12:01 a.m. ET without approving a budget…
Toyota invests $69M in Japanese Uber rival backed by the taxi industry
This week isn’t turning out to be great one for Uber in Japan. Two of its…
Senate has recesses until Friday at 12:01 a.m., assuring shutdown
The U.S. Senate has recessed until Friday at 12:01 a.m. ET without approving a budget…
Now you can use Alexa to create music playlists
The recent arrival of the Apple HomePod and Google Home Max have demonstrated, if nothing…
Utah taxpayers footed bill for hotel tied to prostitute report
Taxpayer funds were used to pay for at least two hotel rooms that a Utah…
Xiaomi’s wearable device partner Huami raises $110M in NYSE IPO
China’s top wearable firm Huami has raised $110 million after it listed on the New…
Maryland sues Insys to enforce subpoena in opioid probe
(Reuters) – Maryland’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena the…
NYPD ignored more than 1,500 federal requests to detain immigrants last year, official says
New York City police reportedly ignored more than 1,500 requests from federal authorities to detain…
Waymo gets to the heart of its case
Attorneys for Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle spinout, are nearing the end of their plaintiffs presentation…
Mattis says U.S. service members in DACA will generally not be deported
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday that service members in…
Rep. Andy Biggs: When will we act like the Republicans our constituents expect us to be?
We are putting our grandchildren in an awful bind. If we cannot pass a budget…
There’s no App Store ’emoji apocalypse,’ just inconsistent policy enforcement
A number of iOS app developers have been mystified by a new wave of app rejections…
Trump budget to include $3 billion for border wall: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s budget proposal to be unveiled on Monday will include…
Winter Olympics opening ceremony parade expected to follow tradition
Expect to see athletes from around the world participate in the opening ceremony for the…
China’s Didi partners with SoftBank to launch taxi-hailing services in Japan
China’s Didi Chuxing is preparing yet another market expansion after it inked an agreement with…
Los Angeles prosecutors review three sex assault accusations against Weinstein
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles prosecutors are reviewing three accusations of sexual assault against…
Sen. Rand Paul holds up Senate vote on budget package as shutdown looms
A second government shutdown in less than an month appeared increasingly likely Thursday evening, as…
This Old House launches its DIY website House One
Media executives sometimes say that their companies are like a startup — but in the case of…
After SC train crash, wife of conductor sues Amtrak, CSX Corp
(Reuters) – The widow of an Amtrak train conductor killed this week in a South…
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner texted with Russian oligarch lobbyist in effort to contact dossier author Christopher Steele
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who has been leading…
Facebook confirms test of a downvote button for flagging comments
How can Facebook promote meaningful interaction between users? Apparently by letting them downvote inappropriate, offensive,…
Congress opens second investigation into USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Thursday began a second congressional investigation into the U.S….
Olympic team's chef uses Google translate to place order, accidentally gets 13,500 extra eggs
Which came first, the typo or the eggs?
Qualcomm rejects Broadcom’s $121 billion bid
The largest tech acquisition offer in history wasn’t enough. Qualcomm’s board of directors issued a…