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The dilemma surrounding ransomware payments has left U.S. officials fumbling about how to respond to such demands

President Joe Biden is back in the domestic fray after a week of diplomacy in Europe, capped by his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin

As ransomware attacks surge, the FBI is doubling down on its guidance to affected businesses: Don’t pay the cybercriminals

A federal appeals court has refused to hear Chinese tech giant Huawei’s request to throw out a rule used to bar rural phone carriers on national security grounds from using government funds to purchase its equipment

Stocks were broadly lower Friday after a Federal Reserve official said that the nation’s central bank might need to raise interest rates as early as next year, sooner than the Fed’s latest estimate of possible rate increases in 2023

The Mayflower had a few false starts before its trailblazing sea voyage to America more than 400 years ago

Customers and employees of several Carnival Corp. cruise lines might have had personal information stolen

Ford’s second-quarter outlook is improving, with large numbers of customers making reservations for four of its new vehicles

The head of Detroit’s big international auto show says it will return to the Motor City next year, but with smaller indoor displays, and more emphasis on experiencing vehicles and technology outside

A software bug at a major network provider briefly knocked offline dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe during peak Asian business hours

President Joe Biden has installed an energetic critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator at a time when the industry is under intense pressure from Congress, regulators and state attorneys general

In a story published June 15, 2021, The Associated Press reported that President Joe Biden had installed a critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator and it referenced a big antitrust lawsuit brought last December by the Federal Trade Commission and a number of states

Struggling electric truck maker Lordstown Motors says it doesn’t have any firm orders for its new pickups

A wave of brief internet outages has hit dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies

The chief executive of CureVac says interim results from late-stage testing of its coronavirus shot are “sobering.”

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange says it was hit by technical problems as a wave of brief internet outages appeared to hit dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies

Ukrainian police have carried out nearly two dozen raids targeting alleged associates of a ransomware gang it blamed for a half billion dollars in cyberattacks and extortion that hit the United States and South Korea especially hard

Southwest Airlines is seeing higher numbers of canceled and delayed flights for a third day as it tries to recover from technology glitches earlier this week

Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying that his country is a leading source of cyberattacks

Two men from Estonia have been convicted of federal cybercrime charges involving ransomware and other attacks on computer systems around the globe

General Motors will raise spending on electric and autonomous vehicles and add two U.S. battery factories as it gambles that consumers will eagerly switch from gasoline to the new technology

A new report finds that Latinas have left the workforce at rates higher than any other demographic and also have had some of the highest unemployment rates throughout the pandemic

Amazon is providing $300 million in low-interest loans to support housing located near mass transit in the Washington, D

Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying that his country is a leading source of cyberattacks in the world