Instagram unveils new video service in challenge to YouTube

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s Instagram service is loosening its restraints on video in an attempt to lure younger viewers away from YouTube when they’re looking for...

Mars to come closest to Earth in 15 years

Mars will look bigger and brighter in the coming weeks than it has appeared in the last 15 years, according to NASA. On July 31, Mars...

NASA’s record breaking spacewoman retires as astronaut

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s record-breaking astronaut, Peggy Whitson, retired Friday less than a year after returning from her last and longest spaceflight. She’s spent more time...

Fil students to lead in robotics competitions: Gabitan

MANILA – Recognizing the ingenuity and passion of Filipino students for science and technology, Philippine Robotics Team President Anthony Gabitan said the Philippines will continue to lead...

Facebook shared user data with select companies

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook shared personal information culled from its users’ profiles with other companies after the date when executives have said the social network prevented...

Sheryl Sandberg uses Facebook’s woes as lesson for MIT grads

BOSTON — Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg didn’t shy away from her company’s ongoing privacy scandal in a Friday commencement speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....

Multimedia resources help teachers share Indigenous knowledge in the classroom

Picture a lake as smooth as polished granite parted by the keel of a narrow vessel with lines that gently curve from stem to stern. This...

Canada to hold key 5G spectrum auction in 2020, says Innovation Minister Bains

TORONTO — Canada’s government will auction key wireless spectrum for fifth-generation mobile networks in 2020, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said Wednesday. “We believe this puts us...

Report: Facebook shared user data with flagged Chinese firm

Apple dangling more goodies, while adding tech diet options

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple will offer more ways for people to limit the time they spend on iPhones while introducing features designed to make its...