Tag: technology

Appeals judges rule against fund used to provide phone services for rural and low-income people

NEW ORLEANS -- Calling it a “misbegotten tax,” a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Wednesday that a method the Federal Communications...

Delta CEO, in Paris for the Olympics, says outage-related cancellations should end Thursday

Delta Air Lines canceled significantly fewer flights Wednesday, and the airline's chief executive said cancellations and delays stemming from a global technology breakdown...

Meta takes down thousands of Facebook accounts running sextortion scams from Nigeria

Meta says it has removed about 63,000 accounts engaging in financial sextortion scams — along with Facebook groups and pages that were trying...

FTC orders 8 companies to provide information on 'surveillance pricing' practices

NEW YORK -- The Federal Trade Commission has ordered information from eight companies that the agency says offer products and services that use...

Google's corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine...

Tesla's 2Q profit falls 45% to $1.48 billion as sales drop despite price cuts and low-interest loans

DETROIT -- Tesla's second-quarter net income fell 45% compared with a year ago as the company's global electric vehicle sales tumbled despite price...