The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday briefly suspended arrivals at New Jersey’s Newark Airport after drones were spotted nearby. A pair of drones were seen flying 3,500 feet (just over 1 km) over the smaller Teterboro Airport, which is about 17 miles away from Newark — the 11th busiest airport in the US — at …

Google was forced to remove outdated search results about a Dutch surgeon’s medical suspension in a landmark EU “right to be forgotten” case, The Guardian reported Monday.   The doctor’s name showed up in an unofficial blacklist about medical negligence after she was suspended over post-operative care of a patient, according to the UK newspaper. Her punishment was later reduced …

Google celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday with a Doodle depicting the late civil rights leader studying at home. King was born Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, and rose to prominence by advocating for civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott against the policy of racial segregation in the Alabama city’s …

Russia’s telecom regulator on Monday opened a civil case against Facebook and Twitter over their alleged failure to explain how they’ll comply with data laws. Roskomnadzor wants to know how and when the social media sites will comply with legislation requiring all servers that store Russians’ personal data to be located in the country, it confirmed in an emailed statement. …

Spotify apparently knows there are some musicians you just don’t want to hear from, as it’s reportedly testing a block feature on iOS. The music streaming service is letting a select group of users stop an artist from playing, Thurrott reported Monday. The feature will ensure a blocked artist won’t appear in your personal library, playlists, curated playlists, charts, radios …

The Apple Watch immediately created a buzz with its health applications, and now it’s going to be used for research that could help save lives. A study will investigate whether an app from Johnson & Johnson can be used with the Watch’s irregular rhythm notifications and built-in electrocardiogram feature to more quickly diagnose atrial fibrillation (AFib), the pharmaceutical giant said …

Nearly a month after doing so for iOS users, Twitter is letting Android users switch to a chronological timeline. The company tweeted Tuesday to let people using Android devices know they could change from tweets picked by an algorithm to the most recent tweets from the accounts they’re following. Android, we got you. Starting today, tap ✨ to switch between …

Apple’s $29 battery replacement program may have seriously dinged sales of its 2018 iPhone models. The company replaced 11 million iPhone batteries under the program, John Gruber of tech-focused blog Daring Fireball reported Monday, citing Apple CEO Tim Cook at an all-hands meeting. Typically, the company replaces 1 million to 2 million batteries each year, Daring Fireball noted. Cook cited the program’s …

A German antitrust watchdog will order Facebook to stop gathering some user data, according to a report. The Federal Cartel Office, known locally as the Bundeskartellamt, is mainly concerned about the data sharing with apps and sites outside Facebook — including Twitter and the Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Instagram, German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported Sunday. The group’s been investigating Facebook …

Dialog Semiconductor reported on Monday that its quarterly sales projection would be at the low end of its target. The German chipmaker, which relies on Apple for about 75 percent of its revenue, said its preliminary revenue for the fourth quarter of 2018 was around $431 million. That compares with the guidance range of $430 million to $470 million given …