Startup Lordstown Motors warns it may not stay in business
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
LAGOS, Nigeria — Millions of Nigerians were unable to access Twitter Saturday after the government enforced an indefinite suspension of the microblogging platform’s operations...