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The federal government has been working to increase cooperation with state election officials to combat election tampering in 2018, sharing cybersecurity intelligence and technologies

With a brass band playing and a parade of workers sporting Mardi Gras beads, a huge component of a new rocket system was wheeled slowly from a New Orleans spacecraft factory on Wednesday to a barge that will float it up the Mississippi River for testing.

STMicroelectronics is making design starts using 8-bit STM8 microcontrollers (MCUs) faster, more affordable, and more accessible for creative minds of all types by introducing new development boards in the easy-to-use Nucleo-32 form factor .

While candidates were focused on campaigning in 2016, Russians were carrying out a devastating cyber-operation that changed the landscape of American politics, with aftershocks continuing well into Donald Trump's presidency And it all started with the click of a tempting email and a typed-in password. Whether presidential campaigns have learned from the cyberattacks is a critical question ahead as the 2020 election approaches. Preventing the attacks won't be easy or cheap.

ON Semiconductor has released the first two devices from its new VE-Trac™ family of power modules for high voltage automotive traction inverters. On display at CES 2020, first devices on platforms from new VE-Trac™ family offer market-leading electrical and thermal performance.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk expects to start converting the company's electric cars into fully self-driving vehicles next year as part of an audacious plan to create a network of robotic taxis to compete against Uber and other ride-hailing services.

Federal officials and at least one state say they've started an investigation into a nationwide CenturyLink internet outage that has caused 911 service disruptions. One official said the outage that started Thursday is "completely unacceptable" because people who need help couldn't use the 911 emergency number.

Ban them outright. Issue speeding tickets. Make users take a driving test. From Paris to Berlin, European cities are searching for solutions to the two-wheeled phenomenon that's fast transforming cityscapes worldwide: Electric scooters. Across the U.S., cities are also struggling to regulate companies renting the vehicles and keep riders safe. Here's what some European countries are doing about it.

An evaluation of state digital privacy laws finds that New Yorkers personal information and online habits are not as safe as they could be.