Former Apple manager going to prison for selling secrets

In this Sept. 5, 2014 file photo, the Apple logo hangs in the glass box entrance to the company's Fifth Avenue store, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) While working as an Apple executive, Paul Devine owned a Porsche Cayenne and held $950,000 across several bank accounts....

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Web inventor says affordable, protected access to Internet should be 'basic human right'

  Tim Berners-Lee attends a news conference in London Dec. 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth) The computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web says affordable access to the Internet should be recognized as a human right, as a report showed that billions of...

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US commercial drone market set to explode

The Federal Aviation Administration‘s decision to allow four companies to fly commercial drones has the private sector buzzing over the possibility of expanded commercial drone flights in the near future. One of the companies, Clayco, is planning to use California-based drone startup Skycatch...

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Ford ditches Microsoft for its in-car software

Sync 3's apps screen. (Ford) As automobiles become more like traveling computers than merely vehicles for commuters, Ford is switching gears. On Thursday the auto giant announced that it is dumping one of the world's biggest software players, Microsoft, aiming its next in-dash...

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Instagram now bigger than Twitter

Instagram just keeps on growing, on Wednesday announcing its monthly user base has soared past the 300 million mark. That means the photo- and video-sharing service has added a whopping 100 million users in the last nine months alone, and is now bigger than Twitter, which at the last count a couple...

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Taiwanese Navy showcases new ‘killer’ stealth warship

Taiwan’s Navy has released a video showcasing its first self-developed stealth missile corvette, the Tuo Jiang. The highly-maneuverable 500-ton warship underwent sea trials last month, according to the South China Morning Post, reaching speeds of more than 38 knots. ADVERTISEMENT "The corvette...

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Bitcoin now accepted on Xbox and Window

Xbox and Windows users can now add money to their accounts with Bitcoin, the mysterious cryptocurrency that has made waves in the last few years for presenting the first, arguably viable, decentralized currency to compete with government-backed systems. The option to buy Xbox credit with Bitcoin...

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