Benjamin Fearnow

University of Central Florida kicker Donald De La Haye was ruled ineligible Monday after he refused to shut down or demonetize his popular YouTube channel.

Jul 31, 2017

Wikileaks published a searchable archive of more than 21,000 emails associated with the presidential campaign of Emmanuel Macron Monday morning, along with more than 50,000 additional unique emails it could not “verify.”

Jul 31, 2017

Ohio State Fair officials say ride attractions at the park’s midway will reopen for “normal operations” Sunday after a mid-ride malfunction killed one 18-year-old man and injured seven others last week.

Jul 30, 2017

Honolulu will ban pedestrians from crossing the street while looking at their smartphones in an attempt to curb “distracted walking" and "smartphone zombies."

Jul 30, 2017

Facebook is providing the initial funding for a Harvard-based initiative, Defending Digital Democracy, which aims to protect U.S. political parties, voting networks and election information providers from hackers and propaganda.

Jul 26, 2017

President Trump said CEO Tim Cook told him that Apple would build “three big plants – big, big, big” in the near future.

Jul 26, 2017

A Muslim minority group in the Chinese province of Xinjiang must install spyware apps on their phones to enable the government to detect “terrorist and illegal religious” content.

Jul 25, 2017

John McAfee, the eccentric computer programmer and founder of his namesake cybersecurity company, has run into some Twitter troubles with his wife, Janice (née Dyson).

Jul 25, 2017

Despite “fake news” dominating headlines and President Donald Trump’s tweets, fact-checking website Snopes.com says it’s in financial trouble and may shut down without crowdfunding help.

Jul 24, 2017

WebMD’s stock has jumped nearly 20 percent as the medical news and health information website agreed to a $2.8 billion deal to be purchased by private equity firm KKR & Co.

Jul 24, 2017

Snooty, the world’s oldest manatee, died in what is being viewed as a “heartbreaking accident” Sunday at the age of 69 at the South Florida Museum in Bradenton, Florida.

Jul 23, 2017

U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has won 23 gold medals in the pool but he will take on a great white shark for the opening night event of Shark Week 2017 on Sunday night.

Jul 23, 2017

Niantic promised a “legendary” experience for this weekend’s first-ever Pokemon Go Fest in Chicago, but Wi-Fi problems and long wait lines derailed the event as thousands of players were issued ticket refunds.

Jul 23, 2017

In response to the auction of lunar rocks, a group called For All Moonkind wants the U.N. to help prevent the commercialization of space.

Jul 20, 2017

Increasingly lifelike robots attempt to mimic both the physical and mental reactions of humans, but several new advertisements for such sex dolls allow for “reserved and shy” settings that encourage rape.

Jul 19, 2017

Baltimore rapper and anti-violence community organizer Tyree Colion is recovering from being stabbed in the neck – a bloody and violent scene that he broadcast the aftermath of on Facebook Live.

Jul 18, 2017

A Knightscope robot security guard tasked with patrolling the Georgetown Waterfront shopping area in Washington, D.C. apparently rolled into a fountain and drowned itself Monday.

Jul 17, 2017

Netflix stock shares jumped 9 percent Monday to $176.2 after the closing trading bell, sparked in part by the streaming giant’s announcement that it added more than 5 million new subscribers internationally this quarter.

Jul 17, 2017

Conservative groups supporting the FCC’s potential move to gut net neutrality rules claim that millions of pro-net neutrality comments are "fake" and from Russian, German and Pornhub-tied origins.

Jul 17, 2017

A “routine” cataract surgery in England uncovered nearly 30 contact lenses stuck together in two separate chunks in a 67-year-old British woman’s eye.

Jul 16, 2017

The Airbnb host of a Big Bear, California mountain cabin has been ordered to pay $5,000 and take a course in Asian-American studies after canceling a guest’s reservation using a racist comment.

Jul 13, 2017

Webcam website CamSoda is encouraging men to take an establishing shot of their penis, collectively known as a dick pic, to use in place of a password.

Jul 13, 2017

The "monkey see, monkey sue" PETA case heard arguments in San Francisco's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday.

Jul 13, 2017

A Manhattan judge ordered Tumblr to release the names of more than 500 anonymous site users who viewed or shared the revenge porn video.

Jul 12, 2017

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief is challenging scientists to engage in a televised debate in which they defend climate change as a serious threat to the planet.

Jul 11, 2017

Nevada’s governor and the state’s department of taxation have issued a “state of emergency” to create a structure for recreational marijuana regulations.

Jul 11, 2017

A U.S. Military DARPA program is putting $65 million into the creation of an implantable device providing data-transfer bandwidth between human brains and the digital world.

Jul 11, 2017

Snapchat’s stock price has fallen below its IPO for the first time amid speculation that the company won’t grow as quickly as expected and amid. This comes just ahead of the lockup period at the end of the month in which insiders can begin selling their shares.

Jul 10, 2017

Want to have more control over your Twitter notifications? A new feature rolled out Monday by the social media giant allows users to mute accounts that don’t follow you, were just created and several other customized options.

Jul 10, 2017