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SAN FRANCISCO | Apple releases update to prevent FaceTime eavesdropping

SAN FRANCISCO | Apple releases update to prevent FaceTime eavesdropping

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple has released an iPhone update to fix a software flaw that allowed people to eavesdrop on others while using FaceTime.

The bug enabled interlopers to turn an iPhone into a live microphone while using Group FaceTime. Callers were able to activate another person’s microphone remotely even before the person has accepted or rejected the call.

Apple turned off the group-chat…

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SAN FRANCISCO | Google reforms sexual misconduct rules

SAN FRANCISCO | Google reforms sexual misconduct rules

SAN FRANCISCO— Google is promising to be more forceful and open about its handling of sexual misconduct cases, a week after high-paid engineers and others walked out in protest over its male-dominated culture.

CEO Sundar Pichai spelled out the concessions in an email sent Thursday to Google employees. The note of contrition came a week after the tech giant’s workers left their cubicles in dozens…

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ATLANTA | Midterm voting exposes growing problem of aging machines

ATLANTA | Midterm voting exposes growing problem of aging machines

ATLANTA — Election experts have long warned about the nation’s aging fleet of voting equipment. This week’s elections underscored just how badly upgrades are needed.

Across the country, reports poured in Tuesday amid heavy voter turnout of equipment failing or malfunctioning, triggering frustration among voters and long lines at polling places.

Scanners used to record ballots broke down in New…

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SAN FRANCISCO | Apple's fiscal 4Q results disappoint amid tech jitters

SAN FRANCISCO | Apple’s fiscal 4Q results disappoint amid tech jitters

SAN FRANCISCO  — Apple’s faithful customers aren’t snapping up iPhones quite as enthusiastically as anticipated heading into the crucial holiday shopping season.

But the latest models costing $1,000 and more are popular enough to keep propelling profits ever higher for the world’s most prosperous company.

The mixed bag emerged in the quarterly results that Apple released Thursday amid jitters…

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SAN FRANCISCO | Google spinoff to test truly driverless cars in Califo

SAN FRANCISCO | Google spinoff to test truly driverless cars in Califo

SAN FRANCISCO — The robotic car company created by Google is poised to attempt a major technological leap in California, where its vehicles will hit the roads without a human on hand to take control in emergencies.

The regulatory approval announced Tuesday allows Waymo’s driverless cars to cruise through California at speeds up to 65 miles per hour.

The self-driving cars have traveled millions of…

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SAN FRANCISCO | Wall Street sours on Silicon Valley, battering tech stocks

SAN FRANCISCO | Wall Street sours on Silicon Valley, battering tech stocks

SAN FRANCISCO — Investors for years have seemingly adored technology stocks as much as most people love their smartphones.

But Wall Street has suddenly soured on Silicon Valley and the rest of tech, triggering a stomach-churning downturn in a turbulent October.

Some of the hardest hit stocks belong to five companies — Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google. They have collectively attracted…

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Sketchbook 11: The P-Words

“Corporate America often embraces confident, outspoken individuals with unconventional ideas. In contrast, many Asians are taught to be deferential and cling to a belief that doing a good job will automatically be rewarded. ▼ ”  

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Netflix brings its streaming video service to Cuba

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE an' MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINAssociatid Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Netflix cummenced sellin its Innernets video servus n' Cubie Mundie n' whut appeers ta be a largelee symbolic move drif' by t'resent loosenyun' o'U.S. restrictyuns un a'doin bizness wit...