AP Exclusive: Billionaires fuel US charter schools movement
Dollar for dollar, the beleaguered movement to bring charter schools to Washington state has had no bigger champion than billionaire Bill Gates.
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FCC head has ‘serious concerns’ with Sinclair-Tribune deal
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is raising "serious concerns" about Sinclair's $3.9 billion deal for Tribune's television stations.
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Elon Musk’s social media conduct may be bad for his business
Whether it's investors betting against his stock or reporters or analysts who ask tough questions, Elon Musk has fought back, often around the clock...
Netflix drops dud on Wall St. as subscriber growth flops
Netflix is adding subscribers at a slower pace than envisioned, renewing fears that its growth may sputter as the video streaming service tries to...
Amazon’s Prime Day runs into early snags
Amazon's website ran into some early snags Monday on its much-hyped Prime Day, an embarrassment for the tech company on the shopping holiday it...
Source: Uber facing probe into alleged gender discrimination
Uber is facing a U.S. government investigation into allegations that the ride-hailing service set up a pay structure that discriminated against its female workers.
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New California law requires voter data breach reporting
Journalists, researchers and political campaigns that receive voter data must tell California officials if it may have been stolen under a new law Gov....
San Francisco to consider tax on companies to help homeless
San Francisco voters will decide in November whether to tax large businesses to pay for homeless and housing services, an issue that set off...
Russian hackers used US online infrastructure against itself
Exactly seven months before the 2016 presidential election, Russian government hackers made it onto a Democratic committee's network.
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Japan, US renew nuke pact amid Japan plutonium stock concern
Japan and the U.S. have extended their nuclear pact as Tokyo pledged to work to reduce its plutonium stockpile to address Washington's concern.
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