U.S. airline security watch system suffers brief disruption: officials
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Apple faces $400 million in damages in university patent case: sources
By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple's potential damages in a patent fight with the University of Wisconsin's licensing body could reach $400 million as a trial on the amount Apple owes for infringing a processor patent got under way on Wednesday, two people familiar with the case said. The figure is less than half the amount that U.S.
Read moreNew York Times offers daily digital access with newsstand copies
(Reuters) – The New York Times Co said it will offer unlimited access to its website and mobile app for a day to anyone who buys a paper from a newsstand starting Tuesday. The offer intends to expose retail customers to the benefits of digital access, the company said.
Read moreTurkish editor jailed pending trial for insulting Erdogan: media
A newspaper close to an Islamic cleric foe of Tayyip Erdogan said its editor had been remanded in custody ahead of trial on charges of insulting the Turkish president, fueling fears of a media clampdown ahead of a Nov. 1 election. The English-language Today’s Zaman chief editor Bulent Kenes was detained at its Istanbul offices on Friday, Dogan news agency said, and sent to Metris jail in Istanbul by court order
Read moreHackers in China, South Korea, Germany targeted Clinton’s server: AP
Computer hackers in China, South Korea and Germany tried to attack Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's private email server after she left the U.S. State Department in February 2013, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. “It was not immediately clear whether the attempted intrusions into Clinton's server were serious espionage threats or the sort of nuisance attacks that hit computer servers the world over,” the AP said, citing a congressional document
Read moreIn Myanmar, young programmers launch first-ever election app
By Aye Win Myint YANGON (Reuters) – Huddled in an open-plan office atop a tower block in Yangon’s scruffy downtown, a group of teenagers in jeans and T-shirts sifts through the list of candidates in Myanmar’s election and stares at their computer screens and mobile phones. Meet Team Pop Stack, which has just launched Myanmar’s first ever election app, and is racing to spread the word. Now they are targeting millions of hyper-active Facebook users in Myanmar, where mobile telephones and the Internet have spread rapidly since the end of military rule in 2011, and social media have a critical role in the Nov
Read moreFacebook to launch satellite to expand Internet access in Africa
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said it would launch a satellite in partnership with France's Eutelsat Communications to bring Internet access to large parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The satellite, part of Facebook's Internet.org platform to expand internet access mainly via mobile phones, is under construction and will be launched in 2016, the companies said on Monday.
Read moreTeen star of YouTube’s Bratayley family dies at age 13
By Daina Beth Solomon LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Teen YouTube star Caleb Logan LeBlanc, part of the popular “Bratayley” family on YouTube known for posting humorous, wholesome daily videos, has died suddenly at age 13, his family and police said. LeBlanc died on Thursday in Maryland following a “medical emergency,” the Anne Arundel County Police Department said in a statement on Monday. “Responding officers arrived and observed a juvenile male patient suffering from an unknown medical emergency
Read moreU.S. to hold final auction of bitcoins from Silk Road case
The U.S. government on Monday announced that it would hold a final auction of bitcoins seized during the prosecution of the creator of Silk Road, an online black market where illegal drugs and other goods could be purchased with the digital currency. The U.S
Read moreTwitter sentiment on pope sours over meeting with gay marriage opponent
By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sentiment toward Pope Francis turned sour on social media over his meeting with a Kentucky county clerk who refuses to issue same-sex marriage licenses, data compiled by Thomson Reuters showed. The ratio of positive versus negative tweets on the pope had been about 2.6 to 1 on average during and shortly after his Sept
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