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Facebook executives did not give contradictory evidence to a parliamentary committee investigating the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the firm has claimed, insisting that it learned of the misuse of data only when the Guardian reported it in December 2015. The company was responding to Damian Collins, the chairman of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and …

Do you know an Active duty service member who is transitioning out of the service soon? They might feel some doubt that the full potential of their skills will be utilized in civilian employment. Shift, a career change company, helps transitioning service members turn their military experience into new careers. Shift facilitates internship opportunities at …

How and when did the idea for the podcast come about? How did you and Jordan come to be involved? Danielle Chips With Everything was the idea of the former producer Matt Shaw, who wanted to change the format of the original Tech Weekly podcast so it was more about digital culture and how technology …

A US federal appeals court has rejected Facebook’s effort to undo a class action lawsuit alleging it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent using facial recognition technology. The 3-0 decision from the ninth US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco exposes the company to billions of dollars …

ALLEN, Texas—The family of Patrick Crusius, the alleged gunman in El Paso’s mass shooting, worried he was a little lost, with few friends, but thought he wasn’t any more aimless than many others his age, said family lawyer Christopher Ayres. When Mr. Crusius discussed current events, history and politics with his grandfather, with whom he …

Gannett, based in McLean, Va., will combine with GateHouse Media to form a conglomerate that will own more than 250 daily newspapers and hundreds of weekly and community papers. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News) Jonathan O’Connell Reporter covering economic development with a focus on commercial real estate and the Trump Organization August 5 at 4:58 PM America’s …

LONDON — Alongside a stream of condolences from foreign governments following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend, leading international newspapers warned about the threat posed by growing white nationalism in America. While the motive of the man who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, is still unclear, the alleged shooter in El …

Hamza bin Laden, the son of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, is shown at his wedding in a video image released by the CIA in November 2017. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Hamza bin Laden, the son of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, is shown at his wedding in a video image released by …

The world’s biggest football authorities, including those who run the Premier League, World Cup and Champions League, have called on Saudi Arabia to take action to stop a sophisticated, homegrown pirate TV and streaming service that is illegally broadcasting matches internationally. The strongly worded letter from the exasperated sports bodies – including Fifa, Uefa, Germany’s …

Tweet, web, stream and cloud may once have evoked the wild outdoors, but they are now predominantly used to describe technology, according to new linguistic research. A study of datasets of informal conversations from different decades has found that the implied meaning of some common nature words in Britain has almost completely changed in a …