Apple urges organ donation via new iPhone software

Apple wants to encourage millions of iPhone owners to register as organ donors through a software update that will add an easy sign-up button to the health information app that comes installed on every smartphone the company makes.

Honda airbag recall prompts owners to immediately stop driving

Owners of several older model Hondas and Acuras are told to stop driving right now. A new recall said the older vehicles from 2001-2003 are too dangerous for the road, because the airbags have a 50 percent chance of exploding in a crash, sending metal fragments flying out. 

$6.5B mega project in Santa Clara could be biggest private development ever

It's a massive billion dollar project in the South Bay putting two cities at odds. On Thursday, there are growing concerns after the Santa Clara City Coucil approved "City Place," considered the largest private development of its kind in Silicon Valley, north of Levi's Stadium.

New air bag warning for some Honda, Acura drivers

New tests run on some of the recalled Takata air bags shows a far higher risk of ruptures, prompting an urgent move to get affected cars off the road and into a repair shop. 

Pillsbury releases Girl Scout Cookie baking mixes

If Girl Scout Cookie season is marked on your calendar, (see how many days stand between you and your local chapter's cookie season here), we have the perfect treat to tide you over in the meantime. 

Boeing says it signs historic sales agreement with Iran Air

Boeing Co. said Tuesday it signed an agreement with Iran Air "expressing the airline's intent" to buy its aircraft, setting up the biggest business deal between the Islamic Republic and America since the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran -- if it goes through.    

Apple makes Siri smarter, rolls out software improvements

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple kicked off its annual software developer conference with an artificial intelligence upgrade for Siri, its digital assistant, as well as new software features for other devices and an overhaul of its music service.

Microsoft to buy networking site LinkedIn for $26.2 billion

NEW YORK (AP) — In a surprise move, Microsoft said Monday that it is buying professional networking service site LinkedIn for about $26.2 billion. It is by far Microsoft's largest acquisition — much larger than Skype, which the company bought for $8.5 billion in 2011. LinkedIn, based in Mountain View, California, has more than 430 million members. Users can network with other...

Gawker files for bankruptcy, to sell itself to Ziff Davis

Gawker Media is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and putting itself up for sale, strained by a jury's verdict that that it must pay $140 million to pro wrestler Hulk Hogan in an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit.