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National

Apple Isn't (Intentionally) Stealing Your Music, But You Might Want To Back Up Your Library

1:44pm May 14, 2016

A blog post called "Apple Stole My Music" is making the rounds and its popularity highlights confusion about owning music in the age of streaming services.

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Economy

Global Banks Warned To Review Security Systems After Major Cyberattack

7:10pm May 13, 2016

by John Ydstie

Banks around the world are being warned to review their computer security systems. SWIFT, the Brussels-based organization that facilitates bank-to-bank transfers, told banking clients of another cyberattack, this time on a commercial bank. In February, hackers managed to steal $81 million from the central bank of Bangladesh.

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Apple Invests $1 Billion In Chinese Ride-Hailing Company Didi Chuxing

6:54pm May 13, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

Apple is investing $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook says the move will help the company gain a better understanding of the Chinese market. In China, Didi already leads Uber, so this investment sets the stage for a big competitive battle between Apple and Uber.

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Investigators say the same coder is likely behind the latest heist and a decade-long series of attacks.

New Cyberattack Evidence Of A 'Highly Adaptive Campaign Targeting Banks'

11:18am May 13, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Thieves stole $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank in February using the SWIFT messaging network. Now, a second bank has been attacked in a similar fashion.

Joe Milam explains his investor-relations company, AngelSpan, to fourth-grader Anna Allemann (white shirt, left) and third-grader Sage Powell during Pitch-a-Kid in Austin, Texas, on April 30.

For Entrepreneurs, Pitching To Pint-Sized Sharks Is No Child's Play

10:25am May 13, 2016

by Brenda Salinas

Modeled on TV's Shark Tank, entrepreneurs at a Pitch-a-Kid event in Texas had 5 minutes to sell their ideas to a panel of third- through 12th-graders and answer their no-holds-barred questions.

World News

Apple Invests $1 Billion In Chinese Ride-Hailing App

9:56am May 13, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

In China, Didi Chuxing dominates the ride-hailing market — despite Uber's attempts to break in. Now Apple Inc. is investing big in the service, ahead of a visit to China by Apple CEO Tim Cook.

"I'm afraid there's a growing sense that the path to health is through testing," says Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, a Dartmouth Institute internist who has written books on the pitfalls of overdiagnosis. Encouraging the worried well to order their own blood tests

DIY Blood Tests? There's A Downside To Ordering Your Own

9:16pm May 12, 2016

by Jon Brooks

It's legal to order diagnostic blood tests without consulting a doctor in many states. But critics say healthy patients can go down a rabbit hole of invasive assays and unnecessary treatments.

Amid Allegations of Bias, Facebook Explains How 'Trending Topics' Works

8:51pm May 12, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

The release of the internal document represents Facebook's continued pushback against claims that the social media network discriminated against conservative news sources.

Stuart Broad of Nottinghamshire bowls at Nick Gubbins of Middlesex during a match at Lords Cricket Ground in London.

Sports

Want To Be Wicket Smart? Now There's An App For Cricket's Many Rules

4:44pm May 12, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A new app from the "Guardians of the Laws and Spirit of Cricket" takes on the challenge of explaining the game and its many "delightful complications," using videos, animations and quizzes.

Researchers Offer Jet Lag Advice In Return For Data About Your Sleep

1:35pm May 12, 2016

by Alan Yu

Users of an app developed by the University of Michigan to help with jet lag entered information on their time zone and sleep patterns that helped academics with their work. But is the approach valid?