Thursday, May 2, 2019

Actor Peter Mayhew, Who Portrayed Chewbacca the Wookiee in the "Star Wars" Films, Has Died

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"Star Wars" actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the original trilogy, died on Tuesday, his family said today. He was 74. H...

Google Says It's Reviewed Over 1M Suspected Terrorist Videos on YouTube This Year

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Google has reviewed more than 1 million suspected terrorist videos on YouTube in the first three months of 2019, according to a letter the t...

US Seeks To Challenge China's Electric-Vehicle Supply Chain Dominance

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A U.S. senator plans to introduce legislation on Thursday to streamline regulation and permitting requirements for the development of mines ...

America's Favorite Door-Locking App Has a Data Privacy Problem

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An anonymous reader shares a report: Latch is on a mission to digitize the front door, offering apartment entry systems that forgo tradition...

Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try To Fix iPhones

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In recent weeks, an Apple representative and a lobbyist for CompTIA, a trade organization that represents big tech companies, have been priv...

Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Yiannopoulos, Other Far-Right Figures

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Facebook said it's banning a number of controversial far-right figures, including Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos and Laura Loomer, for vi...

Cruise Ship in St. Lucia Quarantined Over Confirmed Measles Case

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A cruise ship with nearly 300 passengers and crew was ordered quarantined in the Caribbean port of St. Lucia after a case of measles was con...