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  • Despite defections, Facebook officially launches Libra

    Facebook to move forward with its Libra digital currency project, despite several high-profile defections from the undertaking and pressure from U.S....

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• Oct 14

  • Has tech made moving nukes safe enough? Depends whom you ask

    U.S. officials trying to determine where to ship and store nuclear waste agree with watchdogs that the public has concerns despite their safety...

    Oct 14

• Oct 14

  • Uber lays off 350 employees in Eats, autonomous vehicles

    Uber is laying off 350 employees from its food delivery, autonomous vehicles, safety, insurance and other teams

    Oct 14

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• Oct 12

  • Latest: Southern California wildfire is now 33% contained

    The Los Angeles County Fire Department says the wildfire in the San Fernando Valley is now 33% contained

    Oct 12

• Oct 12

  • Authorities: 3 deaths tied to Southern California wildfires

    Authorities Saturday said three people are now confirmed dead at the scene of wildfires in Southern California, including two in Riverside County

    Oct 12

• Oct 12

  • The Latest: Powerful typhoon reaches greater Tokyo area

    Helicopters are plucking people from their flooded homes as rescue efforts went into full force in wide areas of Japan, including Tokyo, after a...

    Oct 12

• Oct 12

  • Utah tech CEO reported missing in San Francisco Bay Area

    The CEO of a Utah-based tech company has been reported missing during a business trip to the San Francisco Bay Area

    Oct 12

• Oct 12

  • Army defends decision to close space, tech library

    The U.S. Army is defending a decision to close its historic 57-year-old space and technical library at Redstone Arsenal

    Oct 12

• Oct 12

  • 3.0-magnitude earthquake shakes southeast Missouri

    A small earthquake has been reported in southeastern Missouri

    Oct 12

• Oct 12

  • California power shutdowns raise air pollution worries

    Power shutdowns intended to prevent more devastating California wildfires are raising concerns about another environmental threat: air pollution

    Oct 12

• Oct 12

  • Facebook's Libra currency battered by defections, pushback

    Facebook faces a rough road ahead with Libra, but defections by high-profile partners are still unlikely to spell the end for the digital currency

    Oct 12

• Oct 12

  • Tokyo area shuts down as powerful typhoon lashes Japan

    A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast to be Japan's worst in six decades...

    Oct 12

• Oct 12

  • How tech has fueled a 'leaderless protest' in Hong Kong

    Protesters on navigating a world of online anonymity, encrypted apps and more.

    Oct 12

• Oct 11

  • Greta Thunberg tells Denver rally: 'We are the change'

    Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg says young people must be prepared to continue striking to call for action on climate change for a long...

    Oct 11

• Oct 11

  • With warming, get used to blackouts to prevent wildfires

    Scientists say with worsening fires, longer burn season, California should expect more blackouts to prevent high winds from downing power lines

    Oct 11

• Oct 11

  • Visa, Mastercard shun Facebook's Libra digital currency plan

    Payment giants Visa and Mastercard drop out of Facebook's digital currency project Libra, a difficult blow to Libra

    Oct 11

• Oct 11

  • Visa, Mastercard, others announce they will drop out of Facebook's Libra digital currency project

    Visa, Mastercard, others announce they will drop out of Facebook's Libra digital currency project

    Oct 11

• Oct 11

  • NASA conducts spacewalk as world's 1st spacewalker dies

    Astronauts swap more batteries outside the International Space Station as the world mourns the death of the world's first spacewalker

    Oct 11

• Oct 11

  • Alexei Leonov, 1st human to walk in space, dies in Moscow

    Russia's space agency says Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space, has died in Moscow

    Oct 11

• Oct 11

  • Uber to acquire food delivery service Cornershop

    Ride-hailing service Uber acquires Cornershop as it tries to gain a foothold in the Latin American grocery delivery business

    Oct 11

• Oct 11

  • Apple unveils Apple Watch Series 5

    The high-tech smart device features an “always on” display and a built-in compass.

    Oct 11

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• Oct 11

  • Inside the lab working to restore Notre Dame

    Scientists at the French government's Historical Monuments Research Laboratory are using objects rescued from Notre Dame Cathedral to figure out how...

    Oct 11

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• Oct 11

  • Hospitals resume accepting patients after malware attack

    An Alabama hospital chain is again accepting new patients after paying the ransom in a computer malware attack

    Oct 11

• Oct 11

  • Arrested stalker used pupil image reflections in selfie to locate victim

    Japan has many young female performance groups.

    Oct 11

• Oct 11

  • Better protection sought for Thailand's helmeted hornbill

    Better protection sought for Thailand's exotic, endangered helmeted hornbills

    Oct 11

• Oct 10

  • NASA launches satellite to explore where air meets space

    NASA has launched a satellite to explore the mysterious region where air meets space

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • NASA administrator explains Twitter spat with SpaceX

    NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says a Twitter statement critical of SpaceX was a signal to all the agency's contractors that more realism needs to...

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • California outlines ways to comply with upcoming privacy law

    California has proposed rules for companies preparing for the state's data privacy bill, including setting out specific ways people can ask for their...

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • Brazil: No bids received for oil fields near coral reef

    The Brazilian government has failed to auction four oil fields located near one of the nation's biggest coral reef systems

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • You're gonna need a bigger boat? UMaine has printer for that

    The world's largest 3D printer and the largest object ever printed have been unveiled at the University of Maine

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • All-female Delta crew flies 120 girls to NASA headquarters

    The flight was meant to promote STEM careers and inspire female aviators.

    Oct 10

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• Oct 10

  • 'Flash drought' brings dust and dread to Southern farmers

    A furnace-like "flash drought" is intensifying as it blasts away the little moisture left across a vast swath of the South, shriveling up crops and...

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • AP Explains: Streaming of German synagogue attack on Twitch

    AP Explains: Streaming of German synagogue attack on Twitch

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • Video of synagogue shooting in Germany viewed more than 2,000 times on Twitch

    Twitch shared new details on their investigation into how this happened.

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • Apple takes action after criticism from Chinese government

    Plus, SpaceX passengers, and a thinner lense on your phone.

    Oct 10

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• Oct 10

  • The Latest: New report shows US 'flash drought' more intense

    Forecasters say a "flash drought" is intensifying across the southern United States

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • Super typhoon on track to drench Japan's main island

    A super typhoon is on track to hit central and eastern Japan over the holiday weekend with potential damage from torrential rains and strong winds

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • The Latest: PG&E cuts power in San Francisco Bay Area

    Pacific Gas & Electric has begun shutting off power to the San Francisco Bay area, adding more than 200,000 customers to a sweeping blackout that...

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • Alaska Supreme Court hears youth climate change lawsuit

    Attorneys for 16 young Alaskans who sued over state climate change policy have argued their case before Alaska Supreme Court justices

    Oct 10

• Oct 10

  • Report: US plans to allow some technology sales to Huawei

    Report: Trump administration plans to allow companies to supply "non-sensitive goods" to Chinese tech giant Huawei in move that might help to cool...

    Oct 10

• Oct 9

  • Police: Memory card depicts woman's killing, man in custody

    A charging document alleges a memory card found on a street in Alaska's largest city contained videos of a woman being strangled and pictures of her...

    Oct 9

• Oct 9

  • Warm weather amplifies tarantula mating season, but don't fear these 'gentle giants'

    One entomologist described tarantulas as the "puppies of the spider world."

    Oct 9

• Oct 9

  • AP Explains: Meet Twitch, Amazon's live-streaming video site

    AP Explains: Meet Twitch, Amazon's live-streaming video site

    Oct 9

• Oct 9

  • Nobel prize honors breakthroughs on lithium-ion batteries

    Three scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for their contributions to lithium-ion batteries

    Oct 9

• Oct 9

  • US nuclear, uranium mining industries hope for Trump bailout

    U.S. uranium mining companies and nuclear power plant operators are hoping for a bailout in the name of national security

    Oct 9

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• Oct 9

  • Wealthy counties get many FEMA buyouts of flood-prone homes

    A new study finds that FEMA buys flood-prone homes more often in wealthy, populous counties than in poor, rural areas, even though lower-income rural...

    Oct 9

• Oct 9

  • Scientists are asking the public to help name Saturn's 20 newly discovered moons

    The rules for naming Saturn's moons mean "Moony McMoonface" is off the table.

    Oct 9