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A woman was fined for bringing a horse into a McDonald’s outlet near Manchester in the UK.

After keeping its developer website offline for about three days, Apple acknowledged on Sunday that the site was hacked by an intruder.

Sony has not announced a release date for the PS4, but the console is available for preorder on BestBuy.com with a revealing November pick up date.

The revelations of PRISM have caused China to suspect American technology firms of espionage.

Despite publicly saying it would leave Tumblr policies on adult content alone, new owner Yahoo has effectively made porn impossible to find on the microblogging site.

Microsoft is giving away 12 months of Xbox Live Gold free to new subscribers of Office 365 for a limited time.

A study from Spotify aims to quantify its effect on music piracy, and finds music festivals and delayed releases both foster it.

To combat secret surveillance programs by the NSA, Google is reportedly working on anti-NSA encryption for Google Drive.

LG Electronics has announced the successor to the flagship LG Optimus G will be known the G2.

We find Gmail Inbox tabs annoying. Here's how to turn them off.

The massive global conglomerate is faring adequately overall, despite unimpressive second quarter results.

A troika of policy heavyweights has established new guidelines aimed at removing advertising revenue from sites with illegal content.

Spotify may have ambitious plans for Asia, but it probably should skip China, as the music streaming industry there is already in trouble.

A FISA court has ruled that the NSA must declassify documents showing that Yahoo fought orders for user data.

The U.S. economy may be sluggish but Goldman Sachs registered another impressive quarter, on trading, loans, and commodities.

The Seattle-based coffee giant was sued by some deaf patrons for being humiliated during a coffee-shop meeting in Manhattan.

After more leaks from Edward Snowden about the NSA PRISM program, private search engines continue to hit record levels of traffic.

An iPhone app called Clue may soon offer women an alternative to the contraceptive pill.

New leaks from Edward Snowden show Microsoft to be much more involved with NSA's PRISM program than initially involved.

In a Thursday e-mail, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced major changes to the company's structure and organization.

PC shipments declined worldwide for the fifth straight quarter, as emerging market consumers sought cheaper tablets.

For the 4th consecutive quarter since the London Whale debacle, JPMorgan Chase is likely to post increasingly strong profits.

Google released its new Google Maps mobile app, bringing a bunch of new features and functions to Android and iOS phones and, for the first time, tablets.

Apple will await a separate trial to determine damages for violating antitrust law.

Apple and Android users show distinctly different patterns of adopting new operating systems.

Carlos Slim invested $40 million into the popular music-identification app, so here are five things we would like to see Shazam develop with that money.

A Texas mother was arrested for child endangerment and theft last week after attempting to use her child as a human shield against officers.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg switched from Asiana Airlines to United, avoiding the Boeing 777 crash in San Francisco.

Samsung's Q2 earnings estimates worry investors who think the telecom giant should branch out to other products such as wearable devices.