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This Aug. 12, 2009, photo shows Nasim Aghdam, right, as she joins members of People for the Ethical for Animals, PETA, protesting at the main gate of Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, Calif., against the Marine's killings of pigs in a military exercise. Law enforcement officials have identified Nasim Aghdam as the person who opened fire with a handgun Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., wounding several people before fatally shooting herself. (Charlie Neuman/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

YouTube shooter’s bizarre videos key to suspected motive

- Associated Press

The woman whom police say shot three people at YouTube’s headquarters was prolific at producing videos and posting them online, many of them bizarre such as a clip in which she removes a revealing purple dress to expose fake breasts with the message, “Don’t Trust Your Eyes.”

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FILE- In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators during a round-table discussion at Cortex Innovation Community technology hub in St. Louis. Zuckerberg will testify before Congress next week as authorities investigate allegations that the political data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica inappropriately accessed data on millions of Facebook users to influence elections. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Facebook: Most users may have had public data 'scraped'

- Associated Press

Facebook's acknowledgement that most of its 2.2 billion members have probably had their personal data scraped by "malicious actors" is the latest example of the social network's failure to protect its users' data.

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on tax policy Thursday, April 5, 2018, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

As Trump tweets, Amazon seeks to expand its business empire

- Associated Press

Amazon is spending millions of dollars on lobbying as the global online retailer seeks to expand its reach into a swath of industries that President Donald Trump's broadsides haven't come close to hitting.

Delta: Data of 'several hundred thousand' customers exposed

- Associated Press

Delta now says that payment-card information for about "several hundred thousand" airline customers may have been exposed by a malware breach last fall that also hit Sears and other companies.

Magnitude 5.3 quake strikes off Southern California coast

- Associated Press

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Thursday afternoon under the ocean off Southern California and was felt widely along the mainland coast, but there were no immediate reports of damage except to a chimney on one of the Channel Islands.

Broadband in jeopardy without state funding, companies warn

- Associated Press

Private companies building a high-speed internet network in Kentucky warned Thursday that the project will fall apart if state lawmakers don't pay for it, potentially forcing taxpayers to pay back hundreds of millions of dollars in loans.

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Diabetes, decisions and justice math

- Associated Press

Visitors attending Supreme Court arguments surrender their electronics on entering the courtroom. So if something rings, chimes or buzzes, it's likely the device's owner is dressed in a black robe.

New Mexico to consider approval for $2B transmission project

- Associated Press

Developers of a $2 billion project that will serve as a path to get renewable energy from New Mexico and Arizona to large markets in the American Southwest are looking to clear another regulatory hurdle as they move toward starting construction on two massive transmission lines and other infrastructure.

FILE- In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators during a round-table discussion at Cortex Innovation Community technology hub in St. Louis. Zuckerberg will testify before Congress next week as authorities investigate allegations that the political data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica inappropriately accessed data on millions of Facebook users to influence elections. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

At a Glance: Zuckerberg to testify, other probes pending

- Associated Press

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress next week. His appearance comes as authorities around the world investigate allegations that the political data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica inappropriately accessed data on as many as 87 million Facebook users to influence elections.

Feds want to serve lawsuit against Colorado man via email

Associated Press

A Colorado man accused of defrauding investors of more than $1 million in a Bitcoin-based investment scheme has eluded being served charging documents and federal regulators are seeking permission to serve him via email.

This March 2, 2016, file photo shows the Google office building on Ninth Avenue in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Google employees protest involvement in Pentagon drone project

- The Washington Times

Thousands of Google employees have signed a letter urging the company's chief executive to pull out of a Pentagon drone surveillance program, "Project Maven," warning further participation will "irreparably damage" its image and conflict with its motto, "Don't Be Evil."

Police tape is shown outside of a YouTube office building in San Bruno, Calif., Wednesday, April 4, 2018. A woman suspected of shooting three people at YouTube headquarters before killing herself was furious with the company because it had stopped paying her for videos she posted on the platform, her father said Tuesday, April 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Little sympathy in Iran for YouTube shooter's frustration

Associated Press

The Iranian-American woman who opened fire at YouTube's headquarters this week appears to have lashed out after she felt the company had censored her often bizarre videos- a motive that many found perplexing in Iran, where YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are blocked.