Google case over online abuse to begin in High Court

The case of a UK businessman who wants Google to stop malicious web postings about him appearing in its search results is set to begin. Daniel Hegglin says he has been wrongly called a murderer, a paedophile and a Ku Klux Klan sympathiser during a malicious online campaign against him. He wants Google to block the anonymous posts from its search engine results. Google...

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Obama immigration plan gives micro wage boost

Want to get paid more? The White House claims President Obama's immigration plan will raise wages for immigrants and American-born alike. But the amount seems less than eye-popping ... $170 a year by 2024. Wages are a very sensitive topic in the U.S. these days. That's because Americans haven't had a real raise in years. Average hourly earnings aren't keeping up with inflation,...

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Berkeley students protest UC tuition hike

Students at U.C. Berkeley protested for a second day Friday against a tuition hike approved this week by the University of California. More than 300 students had occupied Berkeley's Wheeler Hall, according to the university's student-run newspaper, The Daily Californian. Wheeler Hall is the site of many well-known university protests over the years. The student demonstrations...

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China lifts ban on Facebook for select few

Blink and you'll miss it: Facebook is unbanned in China for three days. China is hosting an Internet conference this week in Wuzhen, a sleepy town located about halfway between Shanghai and Hangzhou, the headquarters of e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba (BABA, Tech30). Wuzhen is sometimes called a "Venice of the East" for its network of canals, but during the conference the...

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Europe to vote on Google breakup proposal

Google controls 90% of all Web searches in Europe, giving it unequaled power it doesn't enjoy in the United States. On Thursday, members of Europe's parliament will vote on a resolution that will propose ways to shrink Google's influence in Europe. "It's a monopoly. It's killing our technology businesses," said Ramon Tremosa, a member of parliament who's authoring the draft...

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Suicide bomber kills 45 at Afghanistan volleyball game

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least 45 people were killed and 60 others wounded Sunday when a suicide bomber attacked a crowd watching a volleyball match in the Yahyakhil district of Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province, according to a spokesman for the provincial governor. In 2010, a suicide car bomb exploded in the middle of a group of men playing volleyball, a...

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Regin, new computer spying bug, discovered by Symantec

A leading computer security company says it has discovered one of the most sophisticated pieces of malicious software ever seen. Symantec says the bug, named Regin, was probably created by a government and has been used for six years against a range of targets around the world. Once installed on a computer, it can do things like capture screenshots, steal passwords or...

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Peru investigates deaths of 500 sea lions on north coast

Peru is investigating the deaths of some 500 sea lions found on a beach on its northern coastline. The local governor has accused fishermen of poisoning the mammals, which usually come close to the shore looking for food. But Peruvian environmental police are looking into other possible causes for the deaths, including disease and the accidental ingestion of plastic. The...

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Kenya bus attack: Military 'kills 100 Shabab militants'

The Kenyan military has killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants linked to a deadly attack on a bus, Kenya's deputy president says. William Ruto said the armed forces had carried out two operations in Somalia, destroying equipment and a camp from which the bus attack was planned. However, al-Shabab refuted this, and said that its fighters were safe. In Saturday's attack,...

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Harvard Researchers Build $10 Robot That Can Teach Kids to Code

Mike Rubenstein wants to put robots in the classroom. Working with two other researchers at Harvard University, Rubenstein recently created what they call AERobot, a bot that can help teach programming and artificial intelligence to middle school kids and high schoolers. That may seem like a rather expensive luxury for most schools, but it’s not. It costs just $10.70. The...

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Israel’s Commercial Jets Will Soon Be Firing Lasers

Israel is finally ready to combat shoulder-launched missiles and they’re going to do it with lasers. Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday that SkyShield, developed by Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems, had successfully completed testing and is certified for commercial use to combat the threat of man-portable surface-to-air missile systems (MANPADS) by...

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Marion Barry: Ex-Washington DC mayor dies at 78

Former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry, who won re-election after a drug arrest, has died at the age of 78. A Democrat, Mr Barry served three terms from 1979 to 1991 before his personal life overshadowed his politics. He was arrested in an FBI sting operation and tried on drug charges in 1990, but was only convicted on a single count of possession. He remained popular...

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Ebola crisis now 'stable' in Guinea, WHO says

The Ebola outbreak is now "stable" in Guinea, where the latest crisis began, the World Health Organization says. There were still some flare ups in the south-east, but things were improving in other prefectures, WHO co-ordinator Dr Guenael Rodier told the BBC. More than 5,400 people have died in the latest outbreak, with Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia the worst hit. The...

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Iran nuclear talks: Diplomats push for Vienna deal

Foreign ministers from world powers discussing a nuclear deal with Iran are gathering in Vienna in a bid to reach agreement before Monday's deadline. Russian's Sergey Lavrov is travelling to the Austrian capital, joining his counterparts from the US, UK, China, Germany, France, and Iran. The six nations want Iran to curb its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of...

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Google launches ad-free net experiment

Google has unveiled a project that offers web users the option to pay to visit sites rather than see adverts. Dubbed Contributor, users can pay a monthly fee of between $1 to $3 for ad-free sites. When those who have paid their subscriptions visit a participating site they will see pixelated patterns replacing the adverts. It has so far signed up a handful of websites, including ScienceDaily and Urban Dictionary, to test the system. Others in...

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Snapchat sasa kutumika kutuma fedha

Programu ya ujumbe ya Snapchat sasa itawaruhusu watumiaji wake kutuma pesa kwa marafiki zao. Huduma hiyo mpya kwa jina snapcash inadaiwa kutuma pesa kwa haraka mbali na kuwafurahisha wanaotumia.Huduma ya mtandao wa facebook Watsapp pia inatumia picha ikijiribu kutafuta usalama wa data yake ili kutoa huduma kama hiyo.Ikiwa inapitikana katika mfumo wa Android,ni swala linalofanya kuwa vigumu kusikiliza ujumbe unaotum...

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