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Netflix shares drop 25% after service loses 200K subscribers

SAN FRANCISCO – Netflix sustained its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25% in extended trading amid concerns that the pioneering streaming service ma...

Connected cars accelerate down data-collection highway

SAN FRANCISCO – That trip over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house could turn into nice little gift for automakers as they increasingly collect oodles and oodles of data a...

Google’s Waze expands carpooling service throughout U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO – Google will begin offering its pay-to-carpool service throughout the U.S., an effort to reduce the commute-time congestion that its popular Waze navigation app is designed to...

Airbnb unveils new category of rentals rated by inspectors

SAN FRANCISCO – Airbnb is dispatching inspectors to rate thousands of the properties listed on its home-rental service in an effort to reassure travelers they’re booking nice places to stay....

Uber reveals cover-up of hack affecting 57M riders, drivers

SAN FRANCISCO – Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack that stole personal information about more than 57 million of the beleaguered ride-hailing service’s cust...

Uber reveals cover-up of hack affecting 57M riders, drivers

SAN FRANCISCO – Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack that stole personal information about more than 57 million of the beleaguered ride-hailing service’s cust...

Facebook gets real about broadening virtual reality’s appeal

SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to be realizing a sobering reality about virtual reality: His company’s Oculus headsets that send people into artificial worlds are too exp...

Apple may test the bounds of iPhone love with a $1,000 model

SAN FRANCISCO – Apple is expected to sell its fanciest iPhone yet for $1,000, crossing into a new financial frontier that will test how much consumers are willing to pay for a device that’s ...

Netflix standing on the threshold of 100 million subscribers

SAN FRANCISCO – Netflix is on the verge of surpassing 100 million global subscribers, a testament to how much the video streaming service has changed the entertainment landscape since its de...

Sharp vision: New glasses help the legally blind see

SAN FRANCISCO – Jeff Regan was born with underdeveloped optic nerves and had spent most of his life in a blur. Then four years ago, he donned an unwieldy headset made by a Toronto company ca...

Your TV may use more energy than you think

SAN FRANCISCO – An environmental group on Wednesday accused three major television manufacturers of misleading consumers and regulators about how much energy their high-definition screens de...

Have phone, will travel – to Silicon Valley

Tourists seek selfies at Silicon Valley icons