Technology

Startup Lordstown Motors warns it may not stay in business

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DETROIT — Startup commercial electric vehicle maker Lordstown Motors says it may not be in business a year from now as it tries to...

Police raids in Europe target worldwide organized crime

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BERLIN — German officials said police were conducting raids Monday targeting people suspected of involvement in organized crime, as part of a larger international...

Bosch opens $1.2B semiconductor factory in eastern Germany

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BERLIN — German technology company Bosch on Monday opened a 1 billion euro ($1.2 billion) chip factory in the eastern city of Dresden to...

Automakers face a threat to EV sales: Slow charging times

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DETROIT — If the auto industry is to succeed in its bet that electric vehicles will soon dominate the roads, it will need to...

Apple previews new software for iPhone, other gadgets

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NEW YORK — Apple kicked off its second annual all-virtual developer conference with a keynote that outlined new updates to its software for iPhones...

El Salvador president wants Bitcoin as legal tender

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced in a recorded message played at a Bitcoin conference in Miami Saturday that...

Energy chief cites risk of cyberattacks crippling power grid

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WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday called for more public-private cooperation on cyber defenses and said U.S. adversaries already are capable of...

Global war on ransomware? Hurdles hinder the US response

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RICHMOND, Va. — Foreign keyboard criminals with scant fear of repercussions have paralyzed U.S. schools and hospitals, leaked highly sensitive police files, triggered fuel...

Microsoft says “tank man” censorship due to human error

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HONG KONG — Microsoft Corp. blamed “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine briefly not showing image results for the search term “tank...

Nigerian government-enforced Twitter suspension takes effect

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Millions of Nigerians were unable to access Twitter Saturday after the government enforced an indefinite suspension of the microblogging platform’s operations...