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Obamacare enrollment ends: Is an extension preferable to penalties?Congressional Democrats are arguing that the approximately 4 million uninsured – who now owe tax penalties – should get a second chance to sign up for Obamacare. For 2014, the fine for remaining uninsured was $95 or 1 percent of household income, due with 2014 returns, but the fine goes up for 2015 and 2016.
Google, Mattel unveils a new virtual reality View-Master for the 21st centuryTargeted at families, the updated version of the 75-year-old View-Master has users insert a smartphone into a headset. Using a smartphone app, the gadget hopes to immerse kids in a slew of virtual worlds, from far-off cities to outer space.
Facebook short outage Tuesday 'self-inflicted;' other sites affectedFacebook's last significant outage was nearly five years ago.
- Teenage boy builds better Braille printer from LEGOs
13-year-old Shubham Banerjee built a Braille printer for $350 out of LEGOs. Now, he's got venture capital funding to build a better Braille printer.
Google Glass sales to be halted as company goes back to the drawing boardThe sales moratorium on the nearly 2-year-old 'Explorer' edition of Google Glass goes into effect Jan. 19.
Innovation grant winners: Up to $3 million go to 14 cities worldwideThe Bloomberg innovation grant city winners include Boston, L.A., Jerusalem, Seattle, and Jersey City, N.J. The Bloomberg Philanthropies grants range from $400,000 to $1 million annually for three years,
Pushing for diversity in Silicon ValleyTechnology companies in Silicon Valley are notorious for lacking diversity. So Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow Push organization held a summit Wednesday to promote diversity in technology companies.
Web founder says Internet should be human right, criticizes government surveillanceThough most business and information is spread over the Internet, some people still lack access to it. Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the Web, says everyone should be able to make use of it.
Sony PlayStation store suffers cyberattack a week after Sony Pictures hackThe FBI is investigating threatening emails sent to some employees of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and trying to identify the person or group responsible.
Digital video surges as Americans watch less live TVA new study finds that Americans are turning away from live television events. What does that mean for the future of television?
Sony Pictures hack causes major disruption, FBI investigatingSony's corporate email and other internal systems were knocked offline, according to reports by Variety and other trade publications.
Six things to know about Apple Pay Everything you need to know about Apple Pay.
Looking for a new smart phone? Why lower price devices are no longer inferior.Shopping for a new phone, but don't want to break the bank? Here are some good smart phones that cost a third of top-brands but still have all the frills.
Cybersecurity for cars? Yes, hackers could kill a car's engineThe U.S. military and automakers are scrambling to fortify the cyber defenses of commercially available cars before criminals and even terrorists penetrate them.
Howard University hoped to make history. Now it’s ready for a different role.
Ukraine’s Pokrovsk was about to fall to Russia 2 months ago. It’s hanging on.
Cover StoryWomen in construction find solidarity as ‘sisters in the brotherhood’
Facing Trump 2.0, Palestinians voice rising concern: What’s our plan?
Worries rise over a Trump ‘warrior board’ to remove officers ‘unfit for leadership’
