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  • Son of Pentagon chief works at company that bid for contract

    The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Mark Esper has removed himself from decision-making on a cloud computing contract potentially worth $10 billion,...

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• Oct 22

  • 47 attorneys general back antitrust probe into Facebook

    A state-level antitrust investigation into Facebook now has the backing of a bipartisan group of 47 attorneys general

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • South Pole's ozone hole shrinks to smallest since discovery

    NASA says Earth's ozone hole near the south pole is the smallest since it was discovered in 1985

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • Facebook says Libra won't launch without US approval

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to tell Congress Wednesday that the company's planned Libra cryptocurrency won't launch unless U.S. regulators...

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • Verizon offers free year of Disney Plus in swipe at Netflix

    Verizon is offering new and current customers a free year of Disney Plus as the battle for streaming customers heats up

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • One of Europe's last untamed rivers is threatened by dams

    The Vjosa is one of Europe's last free-flowing rivers, but for how long?

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • Drone drugstore flyby aims to improve convenience for pharmacy customers

    UPS and CVS are partnering to develop a drone delivery service for prescription drugs

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• Oct 21

  • The most dangerous celebrity online is revealed

    Actress Alexis Bledel has been named the most dangerous celebrity online by cybersecurity firm McAfee

    Oct 21

• Oct 21

  • Man sentenced for hacking LA court system

    A man who hacked Los Angeles County court computers, sent 2 million malicious phishing emails and stole hundreds of credit card numbers has been...

    Oct 21

• Oct 21

  • Researchers find 2nd warship from WWII Battle of Midway

    A group of deep-sea researchers looking for sunken World War II ships have found a second Japanese aircraft carrier that went down in the Pacific...

    Oct 21

• Oct 21

  • US takes step to require DNA samples from asylum-seekers

    Trump administration plans to collect DNA from asylum-seekers who are detained at border facilities under amended regulations

    Oct 21

• Oct 21

  • Climate change making stronger El Ninos, study finds

    A new study finds that climate change is making El Ninos stronger

    Oct 21

• Oct 21

  • Oklahoma prison officials say cellphone jamming would help

    Thousands of illegal cell phones are making it into the hands of prison inmates who use the devices to commit crimes, but prison officials say they're...

    Oct 21

• Oct 21

  • Female spacewalking duo uplifted by excitement below

    Two astronauts who took part in the first all-female spacewalk are still uplifted by all the excitement down on Earth

    Oct 21

• Oct 21

  • Zimbabwe says 55 elephants have starved to death in 2 months

    Zimbabwe says 55 elephants have starved to death in 2 months amid a serious drought

    Oct 21

• Oct 21

  • Researchers find second warship from WWII Battle of Midway

    Japanese aircraft carrier went down in the Pacific during the historic battle.

    Oct 21

• Oct 21

  • The Latest: Experts identify WWII Battle of Midway shipwreck

    A group of deep-sea researchers looking for sunken World War II ships have found a second Japanese aircraft carrier that went down in the Pacific...

    Oct 21

• Oct 21

  • Google smartphone security needs work

    The tech company's new Pixel 4 has a facial recognition software that can work while users eyes are closed.

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• Oct 20

  • Research vessel locates second Japanese warship that sank in the Pacific during World War II Battle of Midway

    Research vessel locates second Japanese warship that sank in the Pacific during World War II Battle of Midway

    Oct 20

• Oct 20

  • Schumer calls for federal probe of contaminated baby food

    The Senate's top Democrat is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to examine a report that found dozens of baby food products contaminated with...

    Oct 20

• Oct 20

  • Qantas completes longest non-stop New York-Sydney flight

    Australia's Qantas completes the first non-stop commercial flight from New York to Sydney, which was used to run a series of tests to assess the...

    Oct 20

• Oct 19

  • Artist uses 'historic' markers to raise climate awareness

    Arts project uses signs that imagine possible future effects of climate change.

    Oct 19

• Oct 18

  • 1st of many federal broadband grants announced in Tennessee

    U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has announced the first of many federal investments targeting the creation of critical broadband internet...

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • Google affiliate begins drone deliveries in Virginia town

    A Google affiliate has started delivering packages with drones in a test being run in a Virginia town

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • Facebook reaches licensing deal with News Corp for headlines

    News Corp. says it has reached a licensing deal with Facebook that lets the social network feature headlines from The Wall Street Journal, the New...

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • New Facebook oversight board results to be public, exec says

    A Facebook executive says a new quasi-independent oversight board will soon be weighing decisions on some of the platform's most difficult content...

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd is dead at 62

    Oracle CEO Mark Hurd dies at 62

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • First all-female spacewalking team makes history

    The world's first female spacewalking team has made history high above Earth

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • Fatal crash involving self-driving car eyed by US agency

    The National Transportation Safety Board is moving to determine the probable cause of the first fatal crash involving a self-driving vehicle

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd is dead at 62

    Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd is dead at 62

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • Mark Zuckerberg on the defense

    Plus, Motorola hints at a foldable phone, and Jim Bean is on AirBnB.

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• Oct 18

  • European Medicines Agency recommends licensing Ebola vaccine

    The European Medicines Agency has recommended that the world's first Ebola vaccine be approved, after its use in hundreds of thousands of people in...

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • Astronauts to make history with all-female spacewalk

    U.S. astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will step outside the International Space Station Friday morning, the first time in history that two...

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• Oct 17

  • Study: California's big July quakes strain major fault

    Scientists say the earthquakes that hammered the Southern California desert near the town of Ridgecrest last summer involved ruptures on a web of...

    Oct 17

• Oct 17

  • Facebook CEO defends refusal to take down some content

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is defending the social media platform's refusal to take down content it considers newsworthy even if it goes against...

    Oct 17

• Oct 17

  • Space station's 2 women prep for 1st all-female spacewalk

    International Space Station's 2 women prep for the 1st all-female spacewalk

    Oct 17

• Oct 17

  • Mars lander's digger is burrowing again after snag

    A Mars lander's digger is burrowing into the red planet again after hitting a snag several months ago

    Oct 17

• Oct 17

  • Weather Service winter forecast: A bit warmer, but chaotic

    National Weather Service's forecast sees a slight chance of a warmer winter for most of US

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• Oct 17

  • Groups: Saving Mexican gray wolves requires new approach

    Dozens of environmental groups and scientists are asking U.S. wildlife managers to rethink how they plan to ensure the survival of Mexican gray wolves...

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• Oct 17

  • Queuing for eternity: Fossils show lining up is primal urge

    Scientists say fossils found in Morocco suggest the practice of forming orderly lines may date back 480 million years

    Oct 17

• Oct 17

  • Yahoo Groups will end in December

    The soon-to-be released Analogue Pocket will allow users to revisit their favorite childhood games; "Despacito" tops Vevo's most-watched video list.

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• Oct 17

  • London commuters scuffle with climate activists

    Angry commuters have scuffled with climate activists who climbed onto the roofs of trains, snarling services in the busy morning rush hours in the...

    Oct 17

• Oct 16

  • California earthquake alerts to become available statewide

    The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services says earthquake early warning alerts will publicly available statewide starting Thursday

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• Oct 16

  • Netflix heads into showdown with slowing subscriber growth

    Netflix subscriber growth fall below management projections for 2nd consecutive quarter with tougher competition still looming

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Virgin Galactic, Under Armour reveal new spacesuit

    Spearheaded by Branson, Virgin Galactic is working to develop commercial spacecrafts to cater to the future industry of private space travel and...

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• Oct 16

  • Scientists discover big storms can create 'stormquakes'

    Scientists have discovered something they call 'stormquakes,' which are a mash-up of hurricanes and earthquakes

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• Oct 16

  • Toxic PCBs linger in schools; EPA, lawmakers fail to act

    Toxic PCBs linger in schools decades after chemicals were banned; lawmakers fail to act

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  • Hot again: Another month, another global heat record reached

    Earth sizzles to another heat record in September, tying 2015

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• Oct 16

  • The FCC approves T-Mobile-Sprint deal in party-line vote

    The Federal Communications Commission has approved the $26.5 billion combination of wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile on a 3-2 party-line vote

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Hubble Telescope zooms in on interstellar visitor

    Hubble Space Telescope captures the best pictures yet of a comet visiting from outside our solar system

    Oct 16