U.S. tech companies would be forced to disclose if they allowed American adversaries, like Russia and China, to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military under proposed legislation, Senate staff told Reuters on Thursday. The bill, approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, comes after a year-long Reuters investigation […]

Data center infrastructure company Nutanix dropped about 5 percent in extended trading on Thursday after losing more money in the fiscal third quarter than analysts expected. While revenue beat estimates, Nutanix also gave a forecast for the current quarter that disappointed investors. Earnings: Loss of 21 cents per share, excluding certain items, vs. loss of […]

Jason Spero, a vice president at Google, said that before the 2016 presidential election, his political activism amounted to attending the occasional fundraiser and writing checks to his preferred candidates. But after Trump’s victory, that all changed. “I’d never been as aware, awake, and active as I have been since that November,” he said. Now, […]

A Twitter user has crafted the exact search needed to send your feed back 10 years — and it’s resurfacing some early, silly tweets. The specific search, shared by early Kickstarter executive Andy Baio, will show you what everyone who you follow now was tweeting about 10 years ago. (You can adjust the date in […]

Journalism is under attack from every corner. Donald Trump has been attacking the industry ever since he started running for president in 2015, and single-handedly popularized the term “fake news.” On Wednesday, he was joined by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who went on an anti-media tirade to his nearly 22 million Twitter followers, telling them […]

The Apple Watch is already one of my favorite tech products — I wear one every day — and I recently started using a feature that’s made it even more fun: Activity Sharing. It’s even helping me move more throughout the day. You probably already use the Activity app on your Apple Watch. It’s the […]

The third iteration of Boeing’s popular 777 airliner series will be able to retract part of its wings. The FAA recently signed off on the proposed designs. Folding wings have been employed for some military planes on aircraft carriers, but this will be the first instance on a commercial plane. The upcoming 777X aircraft will […]

Facebook and Twitter are clamping down on political ads ahead of the 2018 midterm elections in an effort to close loopholes that were exploited during the 2016 presidential campaign. As of Thursday, all election and issue-based ads on Facebook and Instagram must be labeled and have a “paid for by” disclaimer. Users can click through […]

The United Auto Workers say Tesla CEO Elon Musk allegedly broke national labor laws by tweeting. A complaint dated Wednesday and filed with the National Labor Relations Board says Musk violated the National Labor Relations Act when he sent out a tweet the union alleges threatened to take away stock options from any employees attempting […]

Elon Musk may or may not be launching a “Yelp for Journalists” — according to a Wednesday Twitter tirade from the serial tech entrepreneur. “Going to create a site where the public can rate the core truth of any article & track the credibility score over time of each journalist, editor & publication. Thinking of […]