The prime minister has been unable to get Parliament to agree to a pact to exit the European Union.
United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May has asked the European Union for a three-month Brexit extension. If approved, the U.K. wouldn’t leave the European bloc before June 30, the BBC reports.
Teens have spent more time online and less time sleeping, and they’ve gotten less happy.
In the past decade, teens have started spending more time online and less time interacting with friends, reading, and sleeping. They’ve also gotten less happy, according to the newly released World Happiness Report, an annual study sponsored by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network showing changes in happiness.
A group of music publishers says Peloton didn’t have the right licenses for music it used in its exercise videos.
A group of music publishers have sued Peloton and are seeking more than $150 million in damages. They claim the streaming-exercise-class company used music from artists like Katy Perry, Drake, and Florida Georgia Line in thousands of exercise videos without the proper permissions.
The NYPD says the tool can help connect the dots between related crimes and that it’s taken steps to eliminate bias, but civil libertarians still urge caution.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) recently unveiled a new digital tool that it says can sift through police reports to help officers spot patterns of crimes potentially committed by the same criminals.
Guests in dozens of hotels were secretly spied on by paying customers, police said.
More than 1,600 guests across 30 hotels in South Korea were filmed with hidden cameras streaming video to paid online subscribers, CNN reports.
A customer writing to New York supermarket Fairway about its smartphone checkout receipt check policy got a strange reply about the city’s “diversity.”
Fairway, a New York area grocery store, is one of several chains around the country that lets customers check out items by scanning them with their phones. In some cases, they’re also subject to random human receipt spot checks before they can leave, Gothamist reports.
The mattress-in-a-box company Casper saw revenue jump dramatically in the third quarter of last year, according to a report.
Casper, the mattress maker known for its direct-to-consumer sales, saw net revenue increase 60% year-over-year in the third quarter of last year, according to a report in The Information.
The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General audited the FBI’s cyber crime victim notification process.
The FBI is sometimes delayed—by up to nine months—in notifying victims of cyber crimes, according to a new report from the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General.
It’s entirely possible Saudi Arabia compromised the Amazon CEO’s phone, say cybersecurity experts. What remains unclear is how they would have done it.
This weekend, an investigator working to uncover how details of Jeff Bezos’s personal life found their way to the National Enquirer made a startling allegation: Hackers tied to Saudi Arabia had gained access to the Amazon CEO’s phone.
The ACLU says Andreas Gal, the former Mozilla CTO, was subjected to an illegal interrogation and attempted search when passing through Customs at SFO with Apple-owned devices.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California filed a complaint Tuesday on behalf of top Apple employee Andreas Gal, who says he was illegally harassed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials when he asked to speak to a lawyer before they could search his company devices.
Kaspersky Lab says its Android security software will now flag commercial spyware often used in domestic abuse and stalking.
Kaspersky Lab says its Kaspersky Internet Security for Android with Privacy Alert app will now flag commercially available spyware, sometimes dubbed “stalkerware,” when it’s found on users’ phones.
Banks and credit bureaus say a bold new data push can help expand credit to more people, but some worry the shift could sting the people it’s meant to help.
Take a look at a credit report from one of the big three credit reporting agencies, and you’re likely to see certain types of accounts listed: credit cards, mortgages, car payments, and student loans, for instance.
The company best known for its early streaming media technology is continuing its push into facial recognition software.
Organizations looking to integrate facial recognition with their existing security camera technology can now turn to a company perhaps best known for its early video streaming tools: RealNetworks.
Tax-prep companies like TurboTax-maker Intuit, as well as tax-fighting conservatives, have long opposed such an IRS tool.
Congress is likely to pass a law making it illegal for the Internal Revenue Service to develop a free tax-filing app, ProPublica reports.
Is it Day Two yet?
In his annual letter to Amazon shareholders, CEO Jeff Bezos challenged other retailers to match the company’s $15-an-hour minimum wage.
It wasn’t the first time inmates at the Georgia state prison have been charged with wire fraud.
A man serving time in Georgia’s Jimmy Autry State Prison allegedly called someone with a contraband cellphone, impersonated a deputy U.S. marshal, and demanded the victim pay a $5,500 fine for missing jury duty, federal prosecutors say.
The companies are bringing their streaming apps to each other’s TV tools.
If you’re a fan of YouTube with an Amazon Fire TV device, or a subscriber to Amazon Prime with a Google Chromecast, you’re in luck.
The feature is set to launch on Badoo, Bumble, Chappy, and Lumen this June.
Starting in June, users of the popular dating app Bumble will automatically have access to a tool that blocks lewd images from being sent through the service, the company says.
TurboTax’s Free File Program page included code telling search engines not to index the page.
If you had trouble finding TurboTax’s Free File Program site, which lets you file your taxes without paying a fee if your income is below a certain threshold, that may be because the company told search engines not to index the site, ProPublica reports.
The risks aren’t just theoretical—in the last few years, transit agencies have seen their systems targeted by malware and other cyberattacks.
Railroads have historically focused on safety, from ensuring tracks and trains are properly maintained to making sure pedestrians and drivers stay out of harm’s way, but lately they’ve also emphasized a new type of protection: cybersecurity.