Tag: Technology
Spain hopes to jumpstart electric car industry with EU funds
BARCELONA, Spain — Daniel Sánchez is one of the luckier electric car owners in Spain. With a free recharging station less than a kilometer...
GM to spend more on electric vehicles, add 2 battery plants
DETROIT — General Motors will raise its spending on electric and autonomous vehicles and add two U.S. battery factories as it gambles that consumers...
Ukraine uncovers ring behind $500 million hacking operation
MOSCOW — Ukrainian police say they have uncovered a ring of computer hackers responsible for cyberattacks that targeted universities in the United States and...
Southwest still struggling with flight delays, cancellations
DALLAS — Passengers on Southwest Airlines continued to deal with canceled flights and delays Wednesday, as the airline tried to recover from technology problems...
Latinas left workforce at highest rate, see slow recovery
PHOENIX — Teresa Marez spent 14 years building a strong clientele base as a hair stylist in San Antonio. When her son, who is...
Self-driving car pioneer Waymo gets $2.5B to fuel ambitions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Waymo, the self-driving car pioneer spun off from Google, isn't allowing a recent wave of executive departures to detour its...
Amazon allots $300 million for housing near mass transit
ARLINGTON, Va. — Amazon is providing $300 million in low-interest loans to support housing located near mass transit in the Washington, D.C., area and...
Security flaw found in 2G mobile data encryption standard
BERLIN — Cybersecurity researchers in Europe say they have discovered a flaw in an encryption algorithm used by cellphones that may have allowed attackers...
Biden elevates energetic critic of Big Tech as top regulator
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday installed an energetic critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator at a time when the...
California man gets prison for coercing women for sex films
SAN DIEGO — A producer for a now-defunct California porn website was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Monday for coercing or tricking...