Craig Timberg

An online network tied to Chinese businessman Guo Wengui has become a potent platform for disinformation in the United States.

Russia’s digital Trojan horse communicated for months undetected.

President Trump’s allies have praised OAN in recent weeks while raging against Fox News for supposed disloyalty during and after this month’s election.

Online declarations, brimming with hatred and potentially violent intent, have become staples of extremism-fueled crime, from police killings to synagogue massacres to bombing plots.

The number of accounts was small and their reach minimal, the company said, but the action underscored how online actors in China have taken an interest in election-year politics.

Researchers long have warned that poor sleep habits from mobile usage can undermine cognitive functioning and mental health while increasing obesity rates.

The Mueller report demonstrates the depth of Russian efforts.

The sweep and seriousness of the hack, which took place over four years before being discovered, prompted immediate speculation that it was carried out by a foreign country.

Hundreds of thousands of users potentially had their personal data exposed because of a previously undisclosed software bug, the company announced Monday.

Technology companies stung by the controversy over the National Security Agency's sweeping Internet surveillance program are calling on U.S. officials to ease the secrecy surrounding national security investigations and lift long-standing gag orders covering the nature and extent of information collected about Internet users.

Google-owned Motorola Mobility, once a pioneer in shifting manufacturing to China, is opening a smartphone factory in Texas, joining a small but growing movement toward bringing technology jobs to the U.S.

Many this week celebrated the latest tech wunderkind, a British teenager who made a fortune selling an app that boils down news reports, no matter how important or complex, into a pithy 400 characters. But for some of those who prefer heartier servings of news, the development carried at least a whiff of the apocalypse.