Now someone can manage your Facebook account after you die
By BARBARA ORTUTAY NEW YORK — Facebook is making it easier to plan for your online afterlife. The world’s biggest online social network said Thursday that …
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Let hackers in: Experts say traps might be better than walls
By YOUKYUNG LEE SEOUL, South Korea — Ever since the Internet blossomed in the 1990s, cybersecurity was built on the idea that computers could be protected …
Sony trims full-year loss forecast to $1.4 billion
By ELAINE KURTENBACH TOKYO — Sony Corp. trimmed its forecast of losses and gave a figure for damages from the Sony Pictures hack, but said it …
A look at the ‘net neutrality’ debate and what will happen
By ANNE FLAHERTY WASHINGTON — Whose Internet is it anyway? Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, says he’s keeping that question in mind as …
Death toll from GM ignition switches rises to at least 51
By TOM KRISHER DETROIT — More than 1,100 claims were filed in the week before Saturday’s deadline to seek payments from the General Motors ignition switch …
Mobile provider TracFone to pay $40M in federal settlement
By JENNIFER C. KERR WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest prepaid mobile provider, TracFone Wireless, will pay $40 million to settle government claims that it misled …
Nissan recalls SUVs to fix electrical shorts, hood latches
DETROIT — Nissan is recalling nearly 768,000 SUVs worldwide to fix faulty hood latches and electrical shorts that could cause fires. The larger Nissan recall …
Facebook blames internal glitch for hourlong global outage
By YOUKYUNG LEE SEOUL, South Korea — Facebook said the outage that made its social media sites inaccessible worldwide for about an hour Tuesday was self-inflicted. …
Cuban youth build secret computer network despite Wi-Fi ban
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINHAVANA (AP) — Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have quietly linked thousands of computers into a hidden network that stretches miles across …
Microsoft to show off more Windows 10 features
By BRANDON BAILEYREDMOND, Washington — Microsoft will use an event Wednesday to offer a wider glimpse of the next version of Windows. The company is planning …