
Lawmakers accuse Google of dishonesty over taxes
U.K. lawmakers subjected search giant Google to blistering criticism Thursday, accusing the U.S. Internet company of playing games with Britain's tax ...

Syria rebels, regime troops fight in Aleppo prison
Rebel fighters battled regime troops inside the walls of the sprawling central prison compound in Syria's largest city Wednesday, hours after blowing ...
EU: China may be dumping mobile network equipment
A senior EU official says China may be illegally dumping and subsidizing the import into Europe of mobile telephone networks and their essential ...
Nokia unveils metallic smartphone, stock tumbles
Nokia Corp. on Tuesday unveiled its first Lumia smartphone with a metal cover, low-light camera features and new social network apps. But the new ...
German court orders changes to Google search hints
Google Inc. must respect requests to remove autocomplete entries from its search bar in Germany if they are defamatory, a German court ruled Tuesday.

Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news ...

British PM visits Boston to discuss marathon bombs
British Prime Minister David Cameron met with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday to offer his condolences and discuss lessons that can be ...
France mulls culture tax on smartphones
The French government is considering creating a new tax on smartphones and tablets in a bid to raise millions to support the creation of digital ...
UK retailers relax rules on GM poultry feed
Three major British grocery chains have ended their bans on providing genetically modified feed to chickens. Sainsbury's, the Co-operative Group and ...

World grapples with rise in cyber crime
International law enforcement agencies say the recent $45 million dollar ATM heist is just one of many scams they're fighting in an unprecedented wave ...

Feds in NYC: Hackers stole $45M in ATM card breach
A worldwide gang of criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining ...

UK budget airline to test ash cloud detector
A U.K. budget airline will create an artificial volcanic ash cloud over Europe this summer to test ash detection technology. The experiment aims to ...

Kerry hopes Russia won't sell missiles to Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the transfer of advanced missile defense systems from Russia to Syria would be a ...
T-Mobile US sells 500,000 iPhones in a month
T-Mobile US Inc., the last of the major U.S. carriers to start carrying iPhones, is selling them at a brisk pace, it reported Wednesday. T-Mobile US, ...
Dutch gov't website attacked; suspect extradited
The Dutch government said Wednesday its main website is being hacked, and also confirmed that a man suspected of participating in another major ...

Special effects master Ray Harryhausen dies at 92
When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his ...
Adidas: Asia laborers can send complaints via text
German sports gear maker Adidas said Monday it is encouraging workers in factories of some of its Asian suppliers to anonymously share possible ...
EU: Motorola may have violated antitrust rules
The European Commission said Monday that Motorola Mobility may have abused its dominant market position by denying Apple the right to use technology ...

Solar plane lands in Ariz., 1st leg of major trip
A solar-powered airplane landed in Phoenix early Saturday morning after flight from California that included several hours in the air after sundown.

App lets amputees program their own bionic hands
Double-amputee Jason Koger used to fly to visit a clinician when he wanted to adjust the grips on his bionic hands. Now, he's got an app instead.

Platini: All-German final not proof of dominance
UEFA president Michel Platini is distinctly underwhelmed by Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund reaching the Champions League final and does not see ...
Brooks's ex-bodyguard charged in UK hacking probe
A man who provided protection for the former chief executive of News International has been charged in relation to Britain's wide-ranging ...

UN report wants moratorium on killer robots
Killer robots that can attack targets without any human input "should not have the power of life and death over human beings," a new draft U.N.