Tech, finance leaders meeting with Biden to talk cybersecurity defense

Among the expected guests at Wednesday's summit are Apple chief executive Tim Cook, Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet, Google's parent companies.

Twitter suspends DeSantis’ press secretary’s account for ‘abusive behavior’

Twitter suspended the account of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary for violating rules on "abusive behavior" after The Associated Press said her conduct led to a reporter receiving threats and other online abuse.

Elon Musk introduces humanoid robot prototype at Tesla AI Day

Elon Musk says the "Tesla Bot" will probably be launched in 2022, claiming the robot would "eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks."

FTC refiles antitrust lawsuit against Facebook

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a filing a revised version of its complaint alleging that Facebook abused its market power to suppress competition.

T-Mobile data breach: More than 40 million customers exposed

Names, Social Security numbers and information from driver's licenses or other identification were exposed in a recent data breach, the company said Wednesday.

Twitter tests feature that allows users to flag misleading tweets

Starting on Aug. 17, some users in the United States, South Korea and Australia will find the option to flag a tweet as “It’s misleading” after clicking on the report tweet button.

T-Mobile data breach: Company says investigation underway

T-Mobile says it is investigating a leak of its data after someone took to an online forum offering to sell the personal information of cellphone users.

YouTube suspends Rand Paul for violating COVID misinformation policy

This is the second time in two weeks that YouTube has removed one of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's videos for violating its rules on COVID misinformation.

Nissan to close huge plant for 2 weeks due to chip shortage

Nissan says its huge factory in Smyrna, Tennessee, will close for two weeks starting Monday due to computer chip shortages brought on by a coronavirus outbreak in Malaysia.

Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for one week

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been suspended from Twitter for a week after she claimed on the social media platform that vaccines are “failing.”

Mom recreates ‘The Little Rascals’ scene with twin daughters in viral video

Adrea Garza has gained TikTok fame from dressing up her daughters after celebrities. This time, she took it back to 1994 with the movie “The Little Rascals” to recreate a scene.

Facebook's new prayer tool arrives to mixed reception

Users who are members of faith-based Facebook groups will find an option allowing them to request prayers and other group members will be able to respond via the “I prayed” icon.

Bipedal robot becomes 1st ever to run 5K, university says

A robot named Cassie became the first machine of its kind to run a 5K footrace — and she did it in one charge.

Amazon to mandate masks for all its workers in warehouses

Starting Monday, Amazon will be requiring all of its 900,000 U.S. warehouse workers to wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status.

Baltimore company launches device that detects COVID-19, flu

The product, called ViraWarn, uses biosensing technology to actively screen air within indoor spaces and immediately alert occupants when COVID-19 or other viruses are sensed.