Andrew Blake

Donald Trump: ‘Get out and vote Nov. 28’

Florida voters, be forewarned: consult a calendar, not your candidate before casting ballots for president next month -- especially those taking cues from Republican nominee Donald Trump.

October 12, 2016

Martin Gottesfeld, alleged Anonymous hacktivist, wages hunger strike while awaiting trial

A Massachusetts man awaiting trial for orchestrating a digital protest against a Boston hospital is protesting his prosecution with a hunger strike now in its second week.

October 11, 2016

Russia blacklists Deti-404, a website for LGBT teens

A website for LGBT teenagers was blacklisted in Russia this week for violating the country's law against promoting homosexuality.

October 11, 2016

BMW owner goes viral after parking car in living room to protect it from Hurricane Matthew

A car enthusiast from Florida has become a social media sensation after sharing photos that show how he turned his Port Saint Lucie living room into a parking garage over the weekend in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew.

October 11, 2016

Joshua Aaron, suspected of largest bank hack ever, arrested in Russia: Report

A Maryland man accused of participating in a yearslong scheme described by the Justice Department as "securities fraud on cyber steroids" was arrested in Russia on immigration charges several months ago following a lengthy manhunt, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

October 11, 2016

Donald Trump’s vulgar comments condemned by every female Republican in Senate

Every female Republican in the U.S. Senate has either condemned Donald Trump or renounced their support for his presidential campaign within 24 hours of his White House bid being called into question upon the release of a 2005 recording where he's heard making vulgar comments about women.

October 8, 2016

Melania Trump: ‘The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me’

Melania Trump on Saturday said her husband used "unacceptable and offensive" language in a newly unearthed recording that has provoked condemnation from the presidential candidate's family members and fellow Republicans with little more than a month until Election Day.

October 8, 2016

FBI trying to crack iPhone owned by man who stabbed 10 at Minnesota mall

A slain terror suspect's Apple iPhone has presented problems for the FBI yet again, this time in Minnesota where a familiar obstacle has complicated the investigation into the man who stabbed 10 people inside a St. Cloud shopping mall last month.

October 8, 2016

White House removes petition calling for public hanging of Benjamin Taylor, accused child rapist

The White House removed a petition from its website on Friday that had called for the public hanging of Benjamin Taylor, a West Virginia man who was charged this week with the rape and murder of his girlfriend's 10-month-old daughter.

October 8, 2016

Gov. Nikki Haley has chaplain pray for South Carolina at Hurricane Matthew press conference

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley concluded a Friday evening press conference by having a chaplain pray for her state as it readied for the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.

October 8, 2016

Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, drops support for Trump; others follow suit

Donald Trump's remarks about woman as heard in a newly released recording has resulted in Republicans to begin withdrawing support for their party's presidential candidate, beginning with U.S. Rep Jason Chaffetz of Utah.

October 8, 2016

Federal court hears appeal from Ross Ulbricht, convicted Silk Road mastermind serving life sentence

The attorney for convicted Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht told a federal appeals court in New York on Thursday that corrupt government agents and questionable evidence should have been discussed during trial before his client was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2015 for running the infamous internet marketplace.

October 7, 2016

Judge rejects lawsuit waged over open-air urinal in San Francisco park

A San Francisco judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a religious group who wants an open-air urinal removed from a city park.

October 7, 2016

Investigation into illegal electronics smuggling ends in arrest of two Russians and a Brooklyn man

Federal agents arrested two Russian nationals and a Brooklyn man with dual citizenship Thursday who are accused of smuggling high-tech electronics overseas in violation of U.S. export law.

October 7, 2016

Disney closes for fourth time ever; Facebook activates Safety Check as Matthew batters Florida

Hurricane Matthew's approach toward Florida caused the activation of Facebook's Safety Check feature and the closing of four Disney theme parks Friday as the Sunshine State braced for a devastating storm that already claimed more than 200 lives in the Caribbean.

October 7, 2016

Relentless hackers may have manipulated medical records of Olympic athletes, WADA says

Hacked documents recently stolen from a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) database may have been manipulated before being leaked online, the organization said Wednesday.

October 6, 2016

Facebook enables encryption for mobile Messenger app’s 900 million users

Facebook this week said the roughly 900 million account holders who use its mobile Messenger app each month can now make their conversations illegible to eavesdroppers after it finished rolling out a feature that uses end-to-end encryption to protect private messages from prying eyes.

October 6, 2016

AT&T deploys drones to find and fix ‘dead zones’ in congested sports stadiums

A drone program launched near Dallas, Texas, this week hopes to boost cellphone network coverage in sports arenas and other densely populated places with the help of flying robots.

October 6, 2016

Pot not a major health concern, but insight differs between Democrat and Republican doctors: Report

With marijuana legislation on ballots in a record number of states next month, a new study suggests doctors are less concerned with pot's effect on their patients' health than obesity, alcohol or depression.

October 5, 2016

Indonesian billboard prank poses possible prison sentence over porn, hacking law violations

A minutes-long prank that unfolded in downtown Jakarta last week has resulted in the arrest of a 24-year-old IT analyst, police in Indonesia's capital city said Wednesday.

October 5, 2016