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A South Texas police chief said Monday that two Mexican citizens who were arrested at the border used account information stolen during the Target security breach to buy tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise. But a federal official said later there currently was no connection between the arrests and the retailer’s credit card data theft.

A new all-electric race car made its debut Monday at a makeshift racetrack behind the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Chip maker Nvidia Corp. fessed up Sunday: They were responsible for the 310-foot “crop circle” in a California barley field, designed to draw attention to a new product as CES got going in Las Vegas.

On the day before Christmas, retailers turned shoppers’ attention to the day after the holiday. “After Christmas” sales began before the holiday at Amazon.com, Old Navy and CVS, among other retailers.

While one government agency moves a step closer to removing its prohibition of in-flight calls while another considered a new ban of its own.

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, has proposed installing a built-in anti-theft measure known as a “kill switch” that would render stolen or lost phones inoperable, but the nation’s biggest carriers have rejected the idea, according to San Francisco’s top prosecutor.

I doubt I was alone in rolling my eyes when I first used Windows 8 a year ago. I found its touch controls and gestures awkward, and I was troubled by how little its primary, tile-based interface could do on its own.