TaskRabbit offline after security breach
Apr 18, 2018
TaskRabbit says it's investigating a cybersecurity incident that has caused it to shut down its online on-demand services platform
Former Minnesota FBI agent cites racism in explaining leak
Apr 17, 2018
A former Minnesota FBI counterterrorism agent who was caught in a Justice Department crackdown has pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents to an online media organization
Mudslide survivors find hope in recovered belongings
Apr 17, 2018
A Facebook page is helping connect Southern California residents with family photos, jewelry and other items they lost when mudslides nearly wiped out the community of Montecito.
Cambridge Analytica ex-CEO refuses to testify in UK
Apr 17, 2018
The British Parliament's media committee says Cambridge Analytica's former CEO, Alexander Nix, says he'll no longer testify at an upcoming session on fake news, citing an ongoing investigation by the information commissioner's office.
China's Weibo site backtracks on gay censorship after outcry
Apr 17, 2018
One of China's top social networking sites has announced that it will no longer be "cleaning up" content related to homosexuality following strong online opposition to the plan
Starbucks to train workers on 'unconscious bias,' CEO says
Apr 17, 2018
Starbucks CEO says company will train workers on 'unconscious bias'
UK academic says data firm helped Trump campaign spread fear
Apr 16, 2018
A propaganda expert who has studied Cambridge Analytica says the company helped Donald Trump's presidential campaign use false statements and anti-Muslim messages to spread fear and resentment in swing states he needed to win
AP FACT CHECK: Trump twists Comey role in Clinton disclosure
Apr 16, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Trump is again twisting facts when it comes to former FBI director James Comey's role in the disclosure of sensitive investigations into Democrat Hillary Clinton
Starbucks CEO apologizes to 2 black men arrested
Apr 15, 2018
Starbucks' CEO says he wants to apologize personally to the black men arrested at one of his Philadelphia stores, prompting accusations of racism on social media.
AP FACT CHECK: Facebook's reckoning, Trump's agitation
Apr 14, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Facebook's reckoning in Washington and Trump's agitation with perceived political enemies made for a week of grabby headlines and iffy claims