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Lawmakers demand accounting from Equifax on massive security breach

June 2, 2018 at 12:42 p.m.

Key lawmakers on Monday demanded a detailed accounting of the security systems of Equifax, a leading credit-rating agency, following a hack that gave criminals access to sensitive information of up...

A U.S. Postal Service carrier loads mail into a truck in Shelbyville, Ky. Several private companies are complaining that a Postal Service discount deal with Stamps.com to sell postage online has undercut their businesses.

As U.S. Postal Service struggles, Stamps.com fortunes rise

June 3, 2018 at 1:19 a.m.

The boom in Internet retailing has provided a rare bit of good news to the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, which is delivering packages at a historic pace — and reaping...

Google’s new shopper-tracking program sparks a federal privacy complaint

June 3, 2018 at 2:51 a.m.

A prominent privacy rights watchdog is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate a new Google advertising program that ties shoppers' online behavior to their purchases in physical stores. The...

President Donald Trump speaks at the Interior Department in Washington on April 26, 2017.

‘Something fishy’ may be going on with Trump’s Twitter account, researchers say

June 29, 2019 at 8:44 p.m.

Reports have zinged around the Internet this week about a sudden and mysterious surge in President Donald Trump's Twitter following, along with dark musings that something nefarious may be afoot....

A new privacy rule will require broadband providers like Verizon and Comcast to get your permission before sharing with advertisers the websites or apps you've been using on your phone or computer.

The FCC just passed sweeping new rules to protect your online privacy

June 9, 2018 at 7:32 a.m.

Federal officials delivered a landmark ruling in favor of online privacy Thursday, limiting how Internet providers use and sell customer data, while asserting that customers have a right to control...

Surveillance planes spotted in the sky for days after West Baltimore rioting

June 22, 2019 at 4:40 a.m.

As Benjamin Shayne settled into his back yard to listen to the Orioles game on the radio Saturday night, he noticed a small plane looping low and tight over West...

Researchers discover security flaws that could let anyone hear your cell calls

March 28, 2019 at 1:15 p.m.

German researchers have discovered security flaws that could let hackers, spies and criminals listen to private phone calls and intercept text messages on a potentially massive scale - even when...

Foes say Mugabe is resorting to violence

August 22, 2021 at 12:19 a.m.

Opposition officials accused President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday of deploying ruling-party supporters to beat and intimidate opponents as his government prepared for a second round of voting in the presidential...

The space shuttle Columbia crew from left, commander Rick Husband, pilot William McCool, mission specialists Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, David Brown, Michael Anderson, Laurel Clark, and Kalpana Chawla.

Archive: A disaster etched in memories

August 22, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

The space shuttle holding Christa McAuliffe, a schoolteacher, was on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. Seventeen third-graders from her son's classroom -- dubbed 'Christa's Kids" for the trip...

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