Apple’s tech allies oppose the FBI, but still want your data
By BRANDON BAILEY In its fight with the FBI, Apple insists it’s defending the privacy and safety of all iPhone users by resisting government calls to help unlock an extremist’s…
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US fight over gunman’s locked iPhone could have big impact
By ERIC TUCKER and TAMI ABDOLLAH A U.S. magistrate’s order for Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gunman in the mass shooting in…
Obama seeks cybersecurity boost to replace ‘ancient’ tech
By TAMI ABDOLLAH President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is asking Congress for $3.1 billion to update the government’s archaic computer systems to protect them from cyberattacks as part of…
GOP-led Congress unlikely to OK Obama’s new clean energy bid
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Saturday that he will ask the Republican-led Congress to double spending on research and development into clean energy by 2020.…
Republican Jeb Bush tells rival Marco Rubio ‘stop whining’
The Latest on the 2016 race for president on the final weekend of campaigning before Monday’s leadoff Iowa caucuses (all local times): 4:25 p.m. Jeb Bush is showing no sign…
Cable news network Al Jazeera America to shut down
By DAVID BAUDER The Al Jazeera America cable news network said Wednesday it will shut down two and a half years after its launch, a victim of a rough business…
Interview With Allan Tunis, Interim Superintendent Kansas City Public Schools
Allan Tunis talks to What’s Up Kansas City about leading the District, the proposed Master Plan, increasing achievement, Kansas City Neighborhood Academy, and Every Student Succeeds Act.
Paris climate goals mean emissions need to drop below zero
If governments are serious about the global warming targets they adopted in Paris, scientists say they have two options: eliminating fossil fuels immediately or finding ways to undo their damage…