Eight children asked a Seattle judge Tuesday to find Washington state in contempt for failing to adequately protect them and future generations from the harmful effects of climate change, part of a nationwide effort by young ...
Environment
Nov 23, 2016
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India's top court on Tuesday gave the federal government two days to chalk out a plan to tackle alarming levels of smog in Delhi, the world's most polluted capital.
Environment
Nov 8, 2016
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Three conservative states are suing the Obama administration in an attempt to block the U.S. government from ceding oversight of some of the internet's core systems.
Internet
Sep 29, 2016
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A Verizon Wireless spokeswoman says it appears that "fewer than 500 customers" had their private information accessed in 2014 in a federal computer breach case involving a former Verizon Wireless network technician.
Telecom
Sep 28, 2016
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A former Verizon Wireless technician is accused of using the company's computers to obtain customers' private call records—plus data showing where customers' phones were—and then selling them to an unnamed private investigator, ...
Telecom
Sep 26, 2016
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A computer hacker who helped the Islamic State by providing names of more than 1,000 U.S. government and military workers as potential targets was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.
Security
Sep 23, 2016
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The man who created the TED conference is embroiled in a multimillion-dollar legal dispute over the sale of a TED spinoff.
Business
Sep 15, 2016
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Online review site Yelp's star rating system does not make it responsible for negative reviews of businesses because it is based on user input, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday, dismissing a libel lawsuit filed against ...
Business
Sep 12, 2016
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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a congressional subpoena that seeks information on how the classified advertising website Backpage.com screens ads for possible sex trafficking.
Business
Sep 6, 2016
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A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New York City can track taxi drivers by using their cabs' GPS systems.
Business
Aug 27, 2016
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