A computer hacker who took over networks maintained by Hall County, Ga., escalated demands this week by publicly releasing election-related files after a ransom wasn’t paid, heightening concerns about the security of voting from cyberattacks. ...
Portland City Council passed a sweeping limit on commercial use of facial-recognition technology that experts say is the strongest such rule in the U.S. The law will ban businesses from using the artificial-intelligence-based tools in ...
BEIRUT—An international tribunal convicted a member of Hezbollah of terrorism and homicide over the assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 but acquitted three others and found no evidence that the militia ...
At the start of the coronavirus lockdown, Miguel Arias showed up to every Zoom call in a suit and tie—giving his undivided attention to virtual meetings as city council president of Fresno, Calif. Fast forward ...
HONG KONG—China’s campaign to quash dissent in Hong Kong accelerated with the arrest of pro-democracy media baron Jimmy Lai, sending an ominous signal about the future of a free press and the new limits on ...