Social media influencers promote vaccination

Many teens and young adults rely heavily on social media platforms for their news and information. So can social media influencers have an impact on vaccinations?

Technology replaces line judges at U.S. Open; Djokovic approves

Chair umpires will be the only officials at the U.S. Open so Novak Djokovic does not need to worry about accidentally hitting a line judge with a tennis ball.

Livestreaming storm hunters draw big audiences online

Many weather enthusiasts have created YouTube channels with big followings. These livestreamers quickly bring potentially lifesaving real-time weather information to their audiences.

Russia prepares robotic tank unit

The Russian military is reportedly setting up a unit with killer robotic tanks.

Amazon to extend pause on police use of facial recognition

Amazon said Tuesday that it will extend its ban on police use of its face-recognition technology beyond the one-year pause it announced last year.

Dr. Fauci named Webby Person of the Year

Dr. Anthony Fauci won the Webby Person of the Year award for using digital and social media to reach the masses with credible and factual COVID-19 information.

AT&T to combine massive media operations with Discovery

AT&T will combine its massive media operations that include CNN, HBO, TNT and TBS in a $43 billion deal with Discovery, the owner of lifestyle networks including the Food Network and HGTV.

Bill Gates left Microsoft board amid investigation into affair, according to report

Board members at Microsoft Corp. made a decision in 2020 that it wasn't appropriate for its co-founder Bill Gates to continue sitting on its board as they investigated the billionaire’s prior romantic relationship with a female Microsoft employee.

Ireland's health service shuts down IT systems after 'significant' ransomware attack

Ireland’s Health Service Executive said the move was a precaution to protect its IT systems after the ransomware attack, and appointments for coronavirus vaccinations were not affected.

You won't be able to buy a Tesla with Bitcoin

Electric car maker Tesla will stop accepting Bitcoin as a payment. That's according to a tweet Wednesday from CEO Elon Musk, who cited environmental concerns surrounding the cryptocurrency.

'I'm very rich': Back seat Tesla rider pulls same stunt, but in new car after jail release

Param Sharma met KTVU's Jesse Gary in San Francisco Wednesday afternoon, not far from his mother’s high-rise apartment. After getting out of jail on two counts of reckless driving, he pulled up sitting in the back seat of a Tesla with no one in the driver's seat.

$50 off your internet bill as part of emergency government program

Americans can begin applying for $50 off their monthly internet bill on Wednesday as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected during the pandemic.

Colonial Pipeline attack: White House launches ‘all of government’ response

President Joe Biden has called on the federal government to utilize its resources to alleviate the effects of the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, as Virginia and North Carolina declared states of emergency in an effort to avoid any major fuel shortages

Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington, DC police records

A Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate that stole data from the Washington, D.C., police department says negotiations over payment have broken down and it will release sensitive information that could put lives at risk if more money is not offered.

15-year-old girl sees void, publishes coding book for kids

Danielle Park, a student at Paramus High, was inspired to make the subject she loves more accessible for everyone so she wrote and published a computer science book and designed a course, too.

Facebook Oversight Board member criticizes indefinite Trump ban: 'Their rules are in shambles'

A member of Facebook's Oversight Board criticized the platform in the wake of its indefinite ban on former President Donald Trump, saying Facebook's rules are in "shambles" and that the company "exercises too much power."

Twitter wants you to revise that mean tweet

Twitter's algorithms may prompt you to rewrite a tweet that could be mean or offensive.