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• Aug 18

  • Tech companies continue efforts to banish extremist accounts

    Tech companies continue efforts to banish extremist accounts

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Lights out: Eclipse to have big impact on California power

    When the moon passes in front of the sun during Monday's eclipse California will lose enough solar energy to power more than 1.5 million homes

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Eclipse weather forecast: Best in West, least in East

    If you want good eclipse watching weather, Oregon and Idaho look like the best spot

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • What's a total solar eclipse and why this one is so unusual

    What's a total solar eclipse and why this one is so unusual

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Former Uber CEO lashes out at VC firm suing company

    Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is skewering a lawsuit filed by a former ally, describing it as a malicious attempt to sever his remaining ties to the...

    Aug 18

• Yahoo

  Aug 18

  • Alleged Yahoo hacker in Canada agrees to extradition to US

    A Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails will forgo his extradition hearing and go face the charges in the United States

    Yahoo

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • US post offices in path of eclipse offer special postmarks

    More than 110 U.S. post offices offering special postmarks for Monday's solar eclipse

    Aug 18

• NASA

  Aug 18

  • NASA launches last of its longtime tracking satellites

    NASA has launched the last of its longtime tracking and communication satellites

    NASA

    Aug 18

• Apple

  Aug 18

  • Emergency SOS on your iPhone

    Apple adds safety feature to iOS 11 that gives users a quick way to contact emergency services.

    Aug 18

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• Aug 18

  • Eclipse concerns cause school district to cancel classes

    A school district in Ohio has canceled classes on Monday over concerns about students damaging their eyes while looking at the solar eclipse

    Aug 18

• Solar Eclipse

  Aug 17

  • Chasing eclipses across the globe is a way of life for some

    Eclipse chasers from around the globe will be watching again when the sun goes dark in the US

    Solar Eclipse

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Whale found dead off Cape Cod identified as frequent visitor

    A right whale found dead in waters near Cape Cod this week has been identified as a frequent visitor to the area that was first spotted off the Cape...

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Wisconsin Assembly passes $3 billion for Foxconn

    With bipartisan support the Wisconsin Assembly has approved a $3 billion tax break for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group to build a massive...

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Neuroscientist who studied Einstein's brain dies at 90

    A founder of modern neuroscience who studied Einstein's brain has died

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Spacewalking cosmonauts release 3-D-printed satellite

    Spacewalking astronauts have set free the world's first satellite made with a 3-D printer

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Apple CEO makes $2 million pledge to fight hate

    Apple is donating $2 million to two human rights groups as part of CEO Tim Cook's pledge to help lead the fight against the hate that fueled the...

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • What major tech companies are doing on hate groups

    A look at what major tech companies are doing against hate groups

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Lawyer: Woman didn't exploit glitch, she just spotted a deal

    The lawyer for a woman accused of exploiting a consumer glitch on a home improvement chain's website to get thousands of dollars' worth of items for...

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Lithuanian man brought to US to face $100 million fraud case

    A Lithuanian man has been extradited to the United States to face charges that he duped U.S.-based Google and Facebook into sending him over $100...

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Tech companies banishing extremists after Charlottesville

    Major tech companies are taking a stand against white supremacists in the wake of the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • July ranks 2nd for heat globally, hottest recorded on land

    US government scientists calculate that Earth broiled last month to more record-like heat, calling it part of man-made global warming

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Report: German-backed Arabic website blocked by Egypt

    German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle says an Arabic-language news and culture website it operates has been blocked in Egypt

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Science Says: DNA test results may not change health habits

    People who get DNA test results about their risk of disease often don't change their health habits

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Gore to give keynote at US clean energy summit in Las Vegas

    Former Vice President Al Gore has agreed to be the keynote speaker at a national clean energy summit in Las Vegas in October

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • New Ford CEO says company will balance present with future

    The new CEO of Ford Motor Co. says the company isn't taking its eyes off the present as it prepares for transportation in the future

    Aug 17

• Google

  Aug 17

  • Google Home rolls out a new hands-free calling feature

    Users can now make phone calls through their home Wi-Fi connection without using a cellphone.

    Aug 17

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• Aug 16

  • Hyundai unveils new fuel cell SUV with longer travel range

    Hyundai Motor says its new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will travel more than 580 kilometers (360 miles) between fill-ups

    Aug 16

• MH370

  Aug 16

  • Scientists potentially narrow MH370 search area to 3 spots

    Scientists have potentially narrowed the search area for the missing Malaysian airliner to three specific locations in the southern Indian Ocean

    MH370

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Reverence for robots: Japanese workers treasure automation

    The debate over machines snatching jobs from people is muted in Japan, where birth rates have been sinking for decades, raising fears of a labor...

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Neo-Nazi site's publisher says he's got no home on internet

    A neo-Nazi publisher says his website, The Daily Stormer, has "effectively been banned from the internet" after mocking the victim of a deadly car...

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Man sells entire video game collection for $20K

    Amble's home is now lined with empty bookshelves instead of video games.

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Body scanners being piloted in Los Angeles subway system

    Passengers boarding subway trains in Los Angeles may soon be shuffled through airport-style body scanners that are aimed to detect firearms and...

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Man sells entire video game collection for $20K

    A Milwaukee, Wisconsin, man decided to sell his extensive Nintendo video game collection online, and he reportedly made quite a hefty sum.

    Aug 16

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• Aug 16

  • Facebook bans white nationalist's accounts over hate speech

    Facebook has banned the Facebook and Instagram accounts of a white nationalist who attended a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that ended in deadly...

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Protests at Google offices over worker's firing are canceled

    Protests planned at Google offices around the country over the firing of an employee who questioned company diversity efforts have been postponed

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Body scanners being piloted in Los Angeles subway system

    Passengers boarding subway trains in Los Angeles may soon be shuffled through airport-style body scanners that are aimed to detect firearms and...

    Aug 16

• Amazon

  Aug 16

  • On a chaotic day in DC, Trump goes after Amazon, again

    President Donald Trump is renewing his attacks on Amazon, and he says the company is "doing great damage to tax paying retailers."

    Amazon

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Neo-Nazi site sued for defamation, struggles to stay online

    A federal lawsuit accuses the publisher of a notorious neo-Nazi website of defaming a Muslim-American radio host by falsely labeling him the...

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Scottish Parliament under cyberattack, no systems breached

    Officials at the Scottish Parliament say the legislature's IT systems are under sustained cyberattack but have not been breached

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • SpaceX Dragon delivers scientific bounty to space station

    A SpaceX shipment has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering a bonanza of science experiments.

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • German Chancellor Merkel's favorite emoji is a smiley

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel's favorite emoji is a smiley _ and on a good day it's one with a heart

    Aug 16

• Egypt

  Aug 16

  • Egypt archaeologists discover tombs dating back 2,000 years

    Egyptian archaeologists discover tombs dating back more than 2,000 years, from the Ptolemaic Period

    Egypt

    Aug 16

• Amazon

  Aug 16

  • Amazon 'Instant Pickup' takes on your local convenient store

    Users can place their order for basic supplies via the app and can collect as quickly as two minutes later.

    Aug 16

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• Aug 16

  • World's biggest shipper: cyberattack cost up to $300 million

    Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk says the June cyberattack that chiefly paralyzed its core shipping business is estimated to have cost...

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • $1 billion tower lifts San Francisco skyline to new heights

    A 61-story skyscraper nearing completion in downtown San Francisco is remaking the city's iconic skyline and has sparked a debate about architecture...

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • From Isaac Asimov to Aimee Mann, 'robophobia' plagues humans

    From Isaac Asimov to 'Dilbert' and Aimee Mann today, the relationships between robots and humans have both fascinated and chilled us

    Aug 16

• Aug 15

  • Wildlife officials determine bald eagle had lead poisoning

    Pennsylvania wildlife officials say a bald eagle that is suffering from lead poisoning is in guarded condition

    Aug 15

• Aug 15

  • Neutron beams, x-rays reveal more about T. rex relative

    Researchers at one of the nation's top federal laboratories have used neutron beams and high-energy X-rays to produce the highest resolution scan ever...

    Aug 15

• Aug 15

  • Prosecutors seek records related to Inauguration Day protest

    The U.S government is asking a court to force a web hosting company to turn over what the company says is a vast amount of information related to a...

    Aug 15

• Aug 15

  • In US, factory jobs are high-tech, but the workers are not

    US manufacturing faces a new jobs challenge: Not enough qualified workers for increasing automation and advanced technology

    Aug 15