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Some problems are best solved with new tech or a flashy app. But sometimes adapting existing technology works best of all.

US authorities arrested three men in an alleged fraud that raised $722 million from investors lured by fake bitcoin mining earnings, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Facebook said Tuesday it plans to move ahead with strong encryption for all its messaging applications, claiming that allowing law enforcement special access would end up being "a gift to criminals, hackers and repressive regimes."

Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists have taken a deep learning method that has revolutionized face recognition and other image-based applications in recent years and redirected its power to explore the relationship between genes.

Hundreds of speakers who packed a middle-school cafeteria on Monday night cited the state’s history of welcoming immigrants from Scandinavia, its tradition of “North Dakota Nice,” and the Christian faith shared by many in the room.

Bill Cosby's effort to get his sexual assault conviction overturned has been denied.

One police officer has been shot in the head amid an ongoing active shooter situation at a bodega in Jersey City Tuesday and every single public school in the city has been locked down as multiple SWAT teams respond according to a senior law enforcement official and local authorities The situation is fluid and information is developing rapidly one

An infant in Maricopa County has died from the flu, marking the first pediatric flu death of the season, the county's Department of Public Health said.

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The Pixel 4 gets better memory management, automatic call screening, and more.

A watchdog report has reinvigorated the debate over the 2016 Trump campaign and its links to Russia. Another report is in the works and looks likely to reach different conclusions.

Apple’s new Mac Pro goes on sale today. The best one costs $52,599, making it the most expensive Mac ever made.

At least six people are dead and others badly injured or missing, after an event Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called "devastating." Now, some are wondering why tourists were there in the first place.

The lawsuit filed by Amazon challenging a $10 billion US military cloud computing contract awarded to Microsoft will not delay implementation of the project, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday.

The rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has the potential to change how we view money. At the same time, governments and societies are worried that the anonymity of these cashless transactions could allow criminal activities to flourish. Another less remarked upon issue is the energy demands needed to mint new coins for these cryptocurrencies. A new report by Associate Professor Naoki Shibata of Nara Institute of Science and Technology presents a blockchain algorithm, which he calls "proof-of-search" (PoS), that retains the attractive features of most cryptocurrencies at a lower cost to the environment.

School shootings have driven a booming school security industry. Parents and students are still grappling with this new surveillance and its impact on a generation of kids

(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. China is in preliminary talks to support the European Union’s backup plan for settling international trade disputes as President Donald Trump’s administration gets closer to scuttling the

Taiwan’s top diplomat said Tuesday that his government stands with Hong Kong citizens pushing for “freedom and democracy,” and would help those displaced from the semi-autonomous Chinese city if Beijing intervenes with greater force to quell the protests. Speaking to The Associated Press in the capital

It’s the second aircraft carrier named after the 35th President of the United States.

Chris Cornell’s Widow Sues Soundgarden