“It’s not okay to just say, ‘Switch off.’ And it’s also not okay to say, ‘It’s just online, it doesn’t count.’ It does count, and it’s having a real impact on women’s lives.” That’s the assessment of Canadian-Australian author, women’s rights advocate and UNICEF ambassador Tara Moss, who has used International Women’s Day to speak …

Virginia on Monday became the first state to approve regulations outlining how daily fantasy sports websites can operate legally within its borders. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed into law the “Fantasy Contests Act,” a bill that distinguishes daily fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel from gambling sites. McAuliffe’s approval comes amid a flurry of legislative debate over whether such …

With the November movie release of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Harry Potter fans will have a chance to see wizards in action on US soil since it takes place in 1920s New York City. To celebrate the “Fantastic Beasts” film, Rowling previously revealed a new map on the official Pottermore website in February the locations of many …

How much does your privacy cost? A cool $1.35 million, according to the Federal Communications Commission. Verizon will pay a $1.35 million fine for use of permanent cookies that tracked customers’ web activity. Verizon On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission said it had reached a deal with Verizon over the company’s use of a technology that allowed marketers to track …

A couple months back, my trip to CES in Las Vegas almost didn’t happen. As I was walking to the gate, I received an alert that my flight had been delayed. A few minutes later, another alert: my flight had been canceled. What followed was a long series of calls to the airline and visits to various airport counters. What …

Last October, Sharp became the first electronics company to release an 8K television set, selling the 85-inch monitor for around $140,000 (¥16 million). Those who bought that TV, or one of the few other sets on the market, will finally have something to watch in the 7,680×4,320-pixel 8K resolution come August. The Olympics Broadcasting Services (OBS) will be shooting 130 …

Free movies are hard to argue with. TubiTV has some titles worth checking out in March. First up, “Dances with Wolves.” The lead is played by the man better known as Superman’s Earth Dad from “Man of Steel,” Kevin Costner. The director is better known as the director of “The Postman,” Kevin Costner. In all fairness, “Dances with Wolves” happened …

Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had his hopes of connecting India dashed when Free Basics, a plan offering free access to selected websites and apps, was banned by the country’s regulators. Now, Google is stepping up to the plate to connect rural India. Rajan Anandan, Google’s managing director for India, told the Economic Times that Google has been in …

As Twitter is wont to do, the microblogging network became a de facto town square Sunday as politicians, personalities and every day folk shared their thoughts and memories of former First Lady Nancy Reagan. Reagan, perhaps most famous for her “Just Say No” anti-drug abuse campaign, died Sunday morning at her home in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. She …

Mark is an old friend, and as I recall he was quicker than most of my audiophile pals to embrace CDs in the 1980s. He was playing LPs and CDs until 2001, when he put his turntable away. There it remained for 10 years, and Mark was happy to put all of the problems associated with LPs — noise, non …