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Will $5M bring down tweeting, rapping US jihadi?
Will the allure of a $5 million reward be the downfall of a tweeting, rapping American jihadi who once fought alongside the Somali militant group ...
YouTube now serving videos to 1 billion people
YouTube says more than 1 billion people are now visiting its online video site each month to watch everything from zany clips of cute kittens to ...
Yahoo brings back 5 ex-employees in latest deal
Yahoo has bought Silicon Valley startup Jybe so it can bring back five of its former engineers to help the Internet company build better mobile ...
Journey guitarist sues ex-mother-in-law for libel
The lead guitarist for the rock band Journey has filed a federal lawsuit in Minneapolis that accuses his former mother-in-law of libeling him in her ...
Ohio AG: threats against rape victim must stop
A girl who was raped by two high school football players is being victimized by threats against her on Twitter, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said ...
Indiana school, expelled girls reach settlement
Three Indiana girls who discussed which classmates they would like to kill in Facebook posts adorned with smiley faces and LOLs have reached a ...
Ohio AG could target football coach, host of party
The head football coach at Steubenville High School and the owners of a house where an infamous 12-minute video was filmed could be investigated as ...
Monitoring your kids on Facebook? That's so 2009.
After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed - ...
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello leaving
Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday that its CEO, John Riccitiello, will step down on March 30. The company has named Larry Probst ...
'Bible' producers dismiss Obama-Satan connection
The producers of the cable TV miniseries on the Bible say Internet chatter that their Satan character resembles President Barack Obama is "utter ...
2 Ohio football players convicted of raping girl
Two members of Steubenville's celebrated high school football team were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, and Ohio's attorney ...
In Twitter era, new pope not a social media maven
Pope Francis has 1.2 billion followers in the Roman Catholic Church, but he's not following a single one of them on Facebook or Twitter. In a ...
LA Times hack: Security breach or harmless prank?
Federal prosecutors say Reuters' deputy social media editor conspired with a notorious hacker network to cause an online security breach that should ...
Lil Wayne 'recovering' in hospital after seizure
Lil Wayne has been hospitalized, but according to his camp and his official Twitter account — he's OK. The multiplatinum rapper was hospitalized in ...
Nigeria summons US official over tweets on pardon
Nigeria's foreign ministry summoned a top U.S. diplomat Friday night over an issue of national importance — on Twitter. At dispute are two messages ...
Lawsuit tests bloggers' freedom of speech rights
A colleague of the late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart is asking a federal court of appeals to throw out a defamation case brought against him ...
Reuters journalist charged with hacking conspiracy
Federal authorities on Thursday charged a journalist with conspiring with the notorious hacking group "Anonymous" to deface a story on the Los Angeles ...
Kobe getting day of treatment on sprained ankle
Kobe Bryant says Dahntay Jones' dangerous defense left him with a sprained left ankle, and the NBA agreed. Now, the Los Angeles Lakers are hoping the ...
Hamlin won't appeal fine for criticizing new car
Denny Hamlin and NASCAR settled their censorship flap Thursday when he announced he would not appeal the $25,000 fine levied against him for ...
Lots of tech but few breakout hits at SXSW confab
For all the talk of space travel, the wearable gadgets, marketing stunts and lavish parties, something was missing at this year's South By Southwest ...
Online war erupts in Kenya after peaceful vote
Tribal lines are being drawn over who won Kenya's presidential election. But unlike the bloody violence that scarred the country five years ago, this ...
Seattle station asked to post killing on Facebook
A man who told a TV newsroom that he had killed his wife and asked the station to post that message on Facebook was arrested Thursday after a ...
Bieber rants about 'lies' in Instagram post
Justin Bieber has taken to Instagram to unload frustration over what he says are the "countless lies" being circulated about him. In a passionate post ...
'Veronica Mars' film's online fundraiser hits goal
"Veronica Mars" fans just bought themselves a big-screen version of the cult favorite TV series. A crowd-sourcing campaign on the Kickstarter website ...
Netflix's US customers get Facebook-sharing tool
A long-awaited coming attraction has finally arrived for Netflix's U.S. subscribers. They will now be able to automatically see what their Facebook ...