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Report: Popular Chat App a Spy Tool for Mideast Government

NEW YORK — A chat app that quickly became popular in the United Arab Emirates for communicating with friends and family is actually a spying tool used by the government to track its users, according to a newspaper report. The government uses ToTok to track conversations, locations, images and other...

UCLA Names Track After Kingsburg Great Rafer Johnson and Wife

LOS ANGELES — UCLA will honor Olympic decathlon champion Rafer Johnson and his wife Betsy by naming the track at Drake Stadium for the couple. The dedication ceremony is Oct. 25. Gold and Silver Medalist in Olympic Decathlon Johnson won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Rome...

Apple Busts Facebook for Distributing Data-Sucking App

NEW YORK — Apple says Facebook can no longer distribute an app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their phone and web use. In doing so, Apple closed off Facebook's efforts to sidestep Apple's app store and its tighter rules on privacy. The tech blog TechCrunch reported late Tuesday...

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