Mozilla: UK spyware company hijacking our brand
The maker of one of the Internet's most popular browsers is taking on one of the world's best-known purveyors of surveillance software, accusing a ...

Montana company faces fines in fatal bear mauling
The death of a Montana animal trainer mauled by a pair of 500-pound captive brown bears could have been prevented if standard safety practices had ...

APNewsBreak: NM horse slaughter plant to open soon
The southern New Mexico plant that has been fighting for more than a year for permission to slaughter horses will open soon, unless Congress ...
Softbank says Dish offer for Sprint 'illusory'
The CEO of Softbank, the Japanese cellphone carrier trying to buy a majority ownership in Sprint, said Tuesday that a competing bid from Dish is based ...

Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its first powered flight, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company ...
Archaeologists plan more digs at Richard III site
Archaeologists who unearthed the skeleton of England's King Richard III under a municipal parking lot say they want to dig up a 600-year-old stone ...

China career boost can come with health risks
Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air pollution led to several stays ...

Google invades Siri's turf with iPhone, iPad app
Siri may be feeling a little job insecurity. The sometimes droll assistant that answers questions and helps people manage their lives on Apple's ...
UK: Guardian newspaper's Twitter feeds hacked
The Guardian newspaper said Monday that its Twitter accounts have been hacked, and it cited a claim of responsibility from the group calling itself ...
How Siri, Google Now respond to 5 questions
With Google's voice assistant now available on iPhones and iPads, The Associated Press used an iPad Mini to throw five test questions at Google Now ...
Subaru recalls more than 10,000 Forester wagons
Subaru is recalling just over 10,000 of its 2014 Forester wagons because the floor mats can interfere with the clutch, brake or gas pedals. The recall ...

Monster hurricane watch at Saturn's North Pole
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn's North Pole. The eye of the cyclone is an enormous 1,250 miles ...
Huffington Post to launch German edition
The Huffington Post is expanding further with a German language edition, putting new pressure on media companies in Europe's largest economy as they ...

EU aims to better protect bees from pesticides
The European Union plans to restrict the use of three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee populations. The announcement Monday was cheered by ...
Obama: Cuts means US could lose years of research
President Barack Obama says the U.S. could lose years of scientific research as a result of automatic spending cuts that have hit federal agencies.
Turkish womb transplant woman 6 weeks pregnant
A hospital says a Turkish woman who became the first person to successfully receive a donor womb is six weeks into a "healthy" pregnancy. Derya Sert ...
Cyberattack suspect to be sent home to Netherlands
A Dutch citizen arrested in Spain on suspicion of launching what authorities have called the biggest cyberattack in Internet history is expected to ...

Pyongyang glitters but most of NKorea still dark
The heart of this city, once famous for its Dickensian darkness, now pulsates with neon. Glossy new construction downtown has altered the Pyongyang ...

US tries new aerial tools in Caribbean drug fight
Drug smugglers who race across the Caribbean in speedboats will typically jettison their cargo when spotted by surveillance aircraft, hoping any ...

Draft rule ends protections for gray wolves
Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long ...
Deals site LivingSocial says it's been hacked
Online deals service LivingSocial said Friday that its website was hacked, and the personal data of more than 50 million customers may have been ...
Smartphones overtake 'dumb' phones worldwide
Research firm IDC said more smartphones than "dumb" phones are being made this year, a milestone in a shift that's putting computing power and ...
Dutch cyberattack suspect arrested in Spain
A Dutch citizen has been arrested in Spain in connection with what experts described as the biggest cyberattack in the history of the Internet, one ...
Google buys startup that summarizes online content
Google has bought Wavii, a Seattle startup behind an application that condenses online content for time-pressed Web surfers. Both companies confirmed ...

Beekeepers create buzz with UK Parliament protest
Scores of worried beekeepers — and a brace of fashionistas — have gathered outside Britain's Parliament in a bid to convince the government to back ...