Apple owns $52.6 billion in U.S. Treasury securities, ranking it above countries like Israel, Mexico, Australia and the Netherlands — and one of the top 25 “major foreign holders” of U.S. government debt, according to a new report.U.S. Treasury securities, in the...

It will be tough eclipsing this eclipse.The sun, moon and Earth will line up perfectly in the cosmos on Aug. 21, turning day into night for a few wondrous minutes, its path crossing the U.S. from sea to shining sea for the first time in nearly a century.Never will a...

When Allison announced her pregnancy to her family, she sent out an ultrasound picture along with a strongly worded warning."I told my family, if I ever saw a picture of him online they would never see him again in real life."She has good reason to be strict. A former...

The legal net around Donald Trump’s beleaguered presidency tightened dramatically this week with news that a grand jury has been established a few hundred yards from the White House, to pursue evidence of collusion with the Kremlin.It is a troubling development for...

YouTube's child protection mechanism is breaking down, according to some of the company's volunteer watchdogs.There's a constant anxiety that those seeking to abuse or groom young children will use social media to reach them - and YouTube is aware of the problem. The...

When news of the HBO hack first surfaced earlier this week, much of the noise surrounded the leak of the script of the upcoming episode of “Game of Thrones.”But two new stories detail just how potentially consequential the large-scale hack really could be. Tatiana...

Apple may be planning to launch an updated version of the iPhone SE with a faster chip early next year, according to at least one rumor. Apple upgraded the storage options for the current iPhone SE earlier this year, but the processor and other specs remained the...

A Massachusetts woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter because of text messages that cajoled her 18-year-old friend to commit suicide was sentenced Thursday to serve 15 months in jail.Mochelle Carter, now 20, faced a maximum 20-year prison term. Her...

Emailing has held on to the top spot as the most common internet activity in Britain, despite the continued rise of social media, a survey has found.Some 82% of adults say they most often use the web for email, the Office for National Statistics reported - a rise of...

A 32-year-old Seattle man is behind bars while awaiting a federal hacking trial for launching a DDoS attack. He is being held without bail on allegations that he attacked a US-based legal services website to force it to remove a link to a case citation about his past...

YOU LIKELY REMEMBER that, in May, then congressional candidate Greg Gianforte body-slammed a reporter for The Guardian for asking too many questions. You may not have heard, though, that as part of Gianforte's ultimate settlement, Montana's newly elected...

I samband med en Twitterdebatt mellan riksdagspolitikerna Daniel Riazat (V) och Hanif Bali (M), skickade en man från Västerbotten privata meddelanden till Riazat med rasistiskt innehåll. När Riazat lade ut delar av den privata konversationen offentligt, hotade mannen...