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Can cops use a phone left at scene of a crime to call 911 and find its owner?

(credit: Kārlis Dambrāns)

On Thursday morning, a federal judge in Sacramento will evaluate a novel legal theory recently raised by the defense lawyer representing an admitted California burglar and suspected kidnapper.

The lawyer, Thomas Johnson, claims that cops shouldn’t have been able to pick up his client's Samsung Galaxy left at the scene of a burglary, where they...

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Experts call Olympics “unethical,” want them moved/postponed—CDC disagrees

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With Brazil already swarming with Zika-loaded mosquitoes, hosting 500,000 foreign athletes and spectators for the 2016 Olympic games there in August poses unnecessary health risks and is downright “unethical,” according to an international group of 150 health experts.

In an open letter to Margaret Chan, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, the...

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Liveblog: Apple’s Q1 2016 earnings call happens at 5pm ET today

Enlarge / The iPad Pro, Smart Keyboard, and Apple Pencil were all launched in Q1. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)

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2016-01-26T16:00:00-06:00

It's that time again: Apple will hold its quarterly earnings call at 5pm ET/2pm PT (10pm GMT) this afternoon, giving us an update on how its products are doing and just how many billions of dollars...

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