Technology Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)

TORONTO (AP) , The maker of the BlackBerry said Friday that it wants U.S. and Canadian regulators to investigate a "false and misleading" report by a financial analyst that claims the company's new smartphone is being returned in unusually high numbers.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) , U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to test-fire a mid-range missile, while rejecting a new U.S. intelligence report suggesting significant progress in the communist regime's nuclear weapons program.

MUMBAI, India (AP) , Indian outsourcing giant Infosys reported lower quarterly profit and forecast subdued revenue growth on Friday due to fragile business confidence in the U.S., sending its shares down 21 percent. Net profit for the January-March quarter fell 4.1 percent from a year earlier to $444 million, the company said.

PERTH, Australia (AP) , Woodside Petroleum's chief executive said he is confident that a major gas field off the northwest Australian coast will be exploited despite the energy company on Friday shelving plans for a 45 billion Australian dollar ($47 billion) plant to process the gas for export.

NEW YORK (AP) , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Silicon Valley leaders have formally launched a political group aimed at revamping immigration policy, boosting education and encouraging investment in scientific research.

WASHINGTON (AP) , A U.S. intelligence report concludes that North Korea has advanced its nuclear knowhow to the point that it could arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, a jarring revelation in the midst of bellicose threats from the unpredictable communist regime.

LAS VEGAS (AP) , As the federal government tries to encourage companies like AT and T and Verizon to create bigger, faster mobile networks, TV broadcasters are feeling like the farmers of yesteryear who were asked to sell their land to make way for the nation's highways.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) , Professional networking website LinkedIn is paying about $90 million to acquire Pulse, which makes an e-reader platform used on mobile devices. More than 30 million people worldwide use Pulse's e-reader applications on devices running both Apple and Android-based operating systems.

LOS ANGELES (AP) , Space fans from Russia scanning NASA images have spotted what may be a Soviet spacecraft that landed on Mars in 1971 and then mysteriously stopped working. Photos taken by NASA's...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) , If fewer people are interested in buying a new personal computer, then fewer investors want to own stakes in companies whose fortunes are tied to the sales of laptop and desktop machines.

TORONTO (AP) , The largest investor in Research In Motion said Thursday that he will stick with the BlackBerry company despite founder Mike Lazaridis's announcement that he will leave the company. Prem Watsa, a board member who owns 10 percent of the company, first became interested in RIM because of his friendship with Lazaridis.

NEW YORK (AP) , The growing number of devices on which Netflix Inc. subscribers can watch movies and TV shows is making the service more valuable, a Goldman Sachs analyst said. He said the company could increase its profit by raising prices.

WASHINGTON (AP) , To whom? ToWhit? Tofu? Senators sidetracked their confirmation hearing Thursday for Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, to discuss secret government email addresses that have been used by senior EPA officials for at least a decade.

LONDON (AP) , It's a promising form of electronic cash free from central bankers and beloved by hackers. It , Bitcoin , may also be in trouble, registering catastrophic losses that have sent speculators scrambling. Although the cybercurrency has existed for years as a kind of Internet oddity, a perfect storm of developments have brought it to the cusp of mainstream use.

BERLIN (AP) , Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, has raised its bid for MetroPCS Communications Inc. to placate shareholders for the cellphone carriers. The announcement late Wednesday came ahead of a special shareholder meeting that MetroPCS had scheduled for Friday.