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SAN DIEGO -- Fact-checking site Snopes.com is asking readers to save the advertising-funded sleuthing service, which is in dire financial straits. The company is seeking donations through a GoFundMe campaign, which has raised upward of $130,000 of its $500,000 goal in a matter of hours.

The reason for the plea is this: Behind the scenes, Snopes...Read more

They say money can't buy happiness, but science begs to differ.

An international research team has demonstrated that you really can make yourself happier by paying other people to do your time-consuming chores.

It doesn't matter whether you're rich or poor, the new study suggests. If you feel pressed for time, your life satisfaction can be ...Read more

NASA has released satellite images that show North Carolina's newly formed Shelly Island was born in November.

The photos, acquired by the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite, show the sands that grew into the island first registered in November 2016 in the shoal area off Cape Point.

A second image, taken in January 2017, shows ...Read more

SEATTLE -- For decades, researchers have built a compelling amount of evidence that the earlier you introduce a child to a second language, the stronger his or her bilingual skills will be.

An infant's brain also appears to benefit from early exposure to two languages. Earlier this year, for example, a team at the University of Washington used ...Read more

This week, instead of elaborating on a new streaming service or delving into the life of a would-be cord-cutter, I've decided to gather a hodgepodge of interesting cord-cutting tidbits.

I hope they either help shed some light on column-related decisions I've made in the past or inform you as to what cable alternative might be the best option ...Read more

Q: To free up storage space on my Android smartphone, I often go to the photo gallery and delete some pictures. But I can't seem to delete the 203 photos that were synced to my phone from Google's Picasa online photo app. How can I get rid of these photos?

--John Knoderer, Manning, S.C.

A: The Picasa photos were automatically downloaded to ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It was Netflix at the open and Netflix at the close, as the internet streaming TV giant conquered the stock market Tuesday.

The Los Gatos-based company's quarterly report pleased just about everyone, from its subscribers to its investors and the Wall Street analysts that cover the company.

Netflix shares climbed 13.5 ...Read more

Q. I know computer speakers will never take the place of full-sized audio equipment, but I'm facing a situation where my listening will be centered around my office desktop computer. What can you recommend for this less-than-ideal scenario? I enjoy crisp and honest sound in my music, so I'm looking to make the best of this compromise.

--D.A., ...Read more

Software and computer companies are judged by the quality of their products. But I also judge a company on how well it supports its products. I write about my tech support winners and sinners and customer service experiences more often these days because I've realized the quality of support can go from great to awful practically overnight.

I ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Even as Silicon Valley applauds the bravery of more than a dozen women who have come forward to report sexual harassment in recent weeks, some tech companies and venture capital firms muzzle their own employees with policies that prevent them from speaking out.

Tech workers often sign nondisclosure agreements promising not ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO -- Make School, a for-profit startup in this city's South of Market district, is one of the most unusual schools in the country: It lets students enroll in classes for free if they agree to pay later after they land a job.

"We can only make money if the students are doing well," co-founder Ashu Desai, 24, said during an interview ...Read more

Public health experts have an unusual suggestion for reducing teen smoking: Give just about any movie that depicts tobacco use an automatic R rating.

If that were to happen, as many as 5.6 million kids who are alive today would be spared a tobacco habit that will ultimately lead to their death, according to the authors of a report published ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO -- In a withering decision, a federal judge attacked the federal government's gender-discrimination probe against Google, calling the U.S. Department of Labor's theory in the case "little more than speculation."

But the Labor Department nevertheless declared victory, saying the judge's order will give it access to the data it ...Read more

The Los Angeles tech company behind Snapchat offers a simple sales pitch to investors: We'll release features niftier than anything our competitors can produce.

In its first four months as a publicly traded company, Snap Inc. has kept its part of the bargain. It introduced a mapping tool that reveals the location of friends and trending events,...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hitting another pothole on its rough road to global domination, ride-hailing company Uber on Thursday ceded control of the Russian market in a merger with rival Yandex.

The two will create a yet-to-be-named company worth $3.7 billion, of which Yandex will have majority ownership, according to a joint news release.

Yandex, ...Read more