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Potential privacy lapse found in Americans’ 2010 census data

So far, only internal hacking teams have discovered such details at possible risk

Space junk harpooned in orbit-cleanup test

Mars rover finally bites the dust after 15 years

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Google to invest $13B in new US offices, data centers

NASA’s ‘space snowman’ has flat, not round, behind

Apple releases update to prevent FaceTime eavesdropping

Spotify takes a big jump into the podcasting game

Instagram changes rules on self-harm postings after suicide

Germany to Facebook: Stop forcing users to share their data

Google to invest $13B in new US offices, data centers

Google said today it will invest more than $13 billion in building data centers and offices across the U.S in 2019.

Technology

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GM, Amazon eye electric-truck maker Rivian

GM and Amazon are looking at buying a stake in Plymouth, Mich.-based builder of electric trucks

Mobility

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Trump to call for investment in artificial intelligence

Trump plans to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to prioritize research and development in AI

Politics

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Renewable energy advocate named to state utility regulator

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has appointed a northern Michigan man to the agency that regulates utilities

Michigan

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Instagram changes rules on self-harm postings after suicide

Instagram has agreed to ban graphic images of self-harm following the suicide of a teen

Technology

Apple releases update to prevent FaceTime eavesdropping

Apple has released an iPhone update to fix a software flaw that allowed people to eavesdrop on others while using FaceTime

Technology

Germany to Facebook: Stop forcing users to share their data

German antitrust authorities ruled Thursday that Facebook was exploiting its dominance in social media to force users to share data

Technology

Twitter posts bigger 4Q profit, monthly user base slips

The San Francisco company disclosed its daily user base count for the first time, putting the figure at 126 million

Business

Colin Kroll died of drug overdose

NYC medical examiner said co-founder of HQ Trivia and Vine apps died of accidental overdose of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine

Michigan

Telemedicine’s challenge: Getting patients to click app

Patients have been slow to embrace virtual care

Technology

Spotify takes a big jump into the podcasting game

Spotify is looking to bring a Netflix-like model of original programs to the audio world

Technology

High-tech tool pinpoints 911 cellphone callers

RapidSOS is helping dispatchers pinpoint the location of 911 callers with more accuracy than by tracking calls by nearby radio tower transmissions

Macomb County

The magnetic north pole is on the move

Earth’s north magnetic pole is wandering about 34 miles a year causing problems in smartphones and some electronics

Environment

Companies, states spar with feds over net neutrality

Tech companies and nearly two dozen states clashed with the government in federal court over the net neutrality repeal

Politics

Teen’s FaceTime bug discovery could rattle Apple

At the heart of Apple’s shocking FaceTime bug, which allowed just about anyone to turn an iPhone into a live microphone, stands a 14-year-old boy who stumbled upon the eavesdropping flaw

Technology

Facebook removes 783 fake pages, accounts tied to Iran

Facebook has removed 783 Iran-linked pages from its service for what it calls “coordinated inauthentic behavior”

Technology
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Podcast: Howes on Michigan’s Dingell Daniel Howes

First-ever Silverado pace-truck leads Daytona 500 Henry Payne

Finley: A service worthy of an American hero Nolan Finley

Bankole: The rarity of Sen. John McCain’s politics Bankole Thompson

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Fix coming for Apple’s FaceTime

Apple says it’s fixed the FaceTime bug that allowed people to eavesdrop on others while using its group video chat feature

Technology

Facebook busted for distributing data-sucking app

Apple says Facebook can no longer distribute an app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their phone and web use

Technology

iRobot introduces robot lawn mower

The company behind the Roomba vacuumbot, has been working – and working – on robotic lawn mowers

Technology

Apple opens new chapter as iPhone sales fall

Results released Tuesday revealed the magnitude of the iPhone slump, a 15 percent drop in revenue from the previous year

Technology

Apple to fix FaceTime bug that allows eavesdropping

Users said there was a bug that could allow callers to activate another user’s microphone remotely

Technology

Amazon testing delivery by self-driving robots

Online retail giant says its robot, which it is calling Scout, can navigate around pets and pedestrians

Technology

Will robots take your job? Quarter of workers at risk

A quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work

Technology

On Twitter, limited number of characters spreading fake info

A tiny fraction of Twitter users spread the vast majority of fake news in 2016, with conservatives and older people sharing misinformation more

Technology

23andMe gets FDA approval for consumer cancer test

23andMe Inc. said it has the green light from the FDA to offer a test for a hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome

Health

Grocery robots detect spills with human help

A wheeled robot named Marty is rolling into nearly 500 grocery stores to alert employees to spills

Technology

Facebook’s privacy lapses may result in record fine

Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations

Technology

Facebook shuts hundreds of Russia-linked accounts

Facebook said Thursday it took action after finding two networks “that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior”

Technology

YouTube bans dangerous prank videos

Updated policies no longer allow challenges that present “an apparent risk of death”

Technology

Apps tap growing global pursuit of insect tracking

New technology makes it easier to log sightings and become part of wide-reaching ‘citizen-scientist’ projects

Science

Netflix raising prices for 58M subscribers

Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 percent to 18 percent, its biggest increase in 12 years

Technology

Facebook to invest $300M in local news initiatives

The cash investment includes reporting grants for local newsrooms and investing in nonprofits that support local news

Technology

AT&T to end location-data sales to data brokers

AT&T says it will stop selling all location data from mobile phones to brokers

Technology

Robots take over CES tech show

Robots that walk, talk, brew beer and play pingpong have taken over the CES gadget show in Las Vegas

Technology

Elderly, conservatives shared more fakery in ‘16

The first major study to look at who is sharing links from debunked sites finds that not many people are doing it

Technology

CES 2019: Virtual reality’s buzz has faded

Just a few years ago, virtual reality was poised to take over the world

Technology

Samsung phone users can’t delete Facebook

Many Android phone users question Samsung’s deal to sell phones with a permanent version of Facebook

Business

Roku jump buoyed by 40 percent gain in active users

Roku shares had their best day in 14 months after the number of active accounts in the fourth quarter rose 40 percent

Business

Tech’s big gadget show edges closer to gender equity

The world’s largest tech conference has apparently learned a big lesson about gender equity.

Technology

Apple to offer iTunes movies, shows on Samsung TVs

Apple and Samsung announced a deal to bring iTunes movies and TV shows to Apple’s archrival’s TV sets.

Technology

Chinese firms lay low at CES amid trade tensions

Some firms are stepping back from the spotlight amid national-security concerns over Chinese tech and trade issues.

Technology

Musk to test Starship hopper next month

Elon Musk is aiming to test SpaceX’s Starship hopper in the next four weeks

Business

Netflix and chill no more - streaming is complicated

Streaming TV may never again be as simple, or as affordable, as it is now

Technology

Weather Channel app accused of selling users’ data

Weather Channel mobile app misled users when the company sold their data to third parties, the L.A. City Attorney said

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