Technology

Switching to electric buses will help ensure all communities benefit from the Transportation and Climate Initiative. Photo credit: Oleksandr/Adobe Stock. ALBANY, N.Y. - The draft of a policy proposal for a regional effort to switch to…

In September, Charles Wilcoxen was hospitalized for three days with a severe respiratory illness after vaping cannabis cartridges he bought at a legal shop. Photo credit: Will Stone. SEATTLE, WA- Cannabis shops around Washington state…

Often used by Navy SEALs, rebreathers -- which don't emit bubbles -- recycle exhaled air, remove carbon dioxide and add oxygen and other gases through a loop mouthpiece. Divers can go far deeper and stay under far longer than with…

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer estimates the plan will replace 63 million gas powered cars with electric vehicles by 2030. File photo: Pixabay. ALBANY, N.Y. - Clean air advocates say combating climate change requires switching from…

According to federal officials, agents from the IRS-CI, HSI, National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom, and Korean National Police in South Korea arrested Son and seized the server that he used to operate a Darknet market that…

BEIJING - China is building a national reputation system it calls a “Social Credit System” which is intended to evaluate and calculate a reputation score based on behavior and habits of its businesses and its people. The system will…

Steven Michael Price, 32, and Deva Overman, 37, both of Boynton Beach, were charged with selling counterfeit goods of $20k or more within Palm Beach County. Both, are scheduled to appear in court this morning. BOYNTON BEACH, FL - On…

Jetflicks and ISIA offered content for a regular subscription fee to viewers around the United States; ISIA publicly asserted it had more content than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Amazon Prime. File photo: Pixabay. LAS VEGAS, NV - A federal…

The scam involved Pop-up advertisements which were made to look like system warnings and falsely informed the victims that serious problems, such as viruses or malware, had been detected on their computers. File photo: Pixabay. …

From a call center in Costa Rica conspirators, who falsely posed as employees of U.S. government agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the IRS, contacted victims in the United States to…

Byron A. Cardozo, 35, who previously resided in Jacksonville and Tamarac, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of cyber-stalking and one count of making interstate threats. JACKSONVILLE, FL - A Florida man who was charged with…

For nearly 50 years, cigarette advertising has been banned from TV and radio. But such as Juul Labs electronic cigarettes aren’t addressed in the law. File photo: Pixabay. CALIFORNIA - Why does e-cigarette maker Juul advertise its…

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced in July that it had stopped taking applications for new research projects, and it will award its final grants for new projects by September, an agency spokesperson later…

A former Seattle software engineer was arrested Monday on suspicion of criminal computer fraud and abuse of the Capital One Financial Corporation's stored data including credit scores and balances, ZIP codes, email addresses, dates of…

US President Donald Trump with White House Physicians following his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Whitehouse Photo. WASHINGTON - Last year, Dr. Ronny Jackson, then the White…

Amazon, along with a host of other technology companies, is working on ways to use its smart speaker devices to bring a range of health care services into your home.  File photo: Pixabay. SILICON VALLEY - Now that it’s upending the way…