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  • Google tightens political ad rules ahead of Europe elections

    Google tightens political advertising rules ahead of European Union elections next year

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  • Cut off from the world, an Indian island remains a mystery

    The Indian island where a young American was killed last week has been cut off from the world for thousands of years, with islanders enforcing their...

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  • Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals for TVs are on the way

    Amazon also is offering big savings on many kids' edition tablets.

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  • UN weather group: Greenhouse gases in air rose again in 2017

    The U.N.'s weather group says greenhouse gasses in the air hit record levels.

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• Nov 21

  • AP Explains: The hunt for missing, dead in California fire

    AP Explains: Why the search for the missing, dead in Northern California's wildfire could take months

    Nov 21

• Nov 21

  • Outgoing Facebook exec takes fall for hiring opposition firm

    Facebook's outgoing head of communications is taking the blame for hiring Definers, the public relations firm doing opposition research on the...

    Nov 21

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  • European privacy search engines aim to challenge Google

    In the battle for online privacy, Google is a Goliath facing European Davids.

    Nov 21

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  • Scientists wind up deep-water probes in Caribbean waters

    U.S. scientists have wrapped up a 22-day mission exploring waters around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with the deepest dives ever...

    Nov 21

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  • NASA to launch 'workplace safety review' of Elon Musk's high-flying SpaceX firm

    NASA also announced this week that a SpaceX rocket would test launch in January.

    Nov 21

• Nov 21

  • Amazon says error exposed customer names and emails

    Amazon says a technical error on its website exposed the names and email addresses of some customers

    Nov 21

• Nov 21

  • California raises more than $800 million in carbon auction

    California raised more than $800 million from selling permits to release greenhouse gases in latest quarterly auction

    Nov 21

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  • Mars landing comes down to final 6 minutes of 6-month trip

    For NASA's InSight spacecraft, it all comes down to the final 6 minutes of a 6-month journey to Mars

    Nov 21

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  • Moderate quake jolts Alaska's Cook Inlet; no damage reported

    A moderate earthquake in Alaska's Cook Inlet has jolted a large section of the state

    Nov 21

• Nov 21

  • Experimental plane flies silently, may lead to quiet drones

    A nearly silent, drone-sized aircraft has shown it can fly, a possible step toward quieter drones

    Nov 21

• Nov 21

  • What do shrink-wrapped Thanksgiving turkeys and the Higgs Boson have in common?

    Both can be made using the power of particle accelerators.

    Nov 21

• Nov 21

  • Simulator helps experts understand how whales get entangled

    Scientists have developed a video simulation of how whales become entangled in fishing lines, and say the technology could help lead to new and safer...

    Nov 21

• Nov 21

  • Facebook appeals its UK fine in Cambridge Analytica scandal

    Facebook has appealed its 500,000 pound ($644,000) fine for failing to protect the privacy of its users in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, arguing...

    Nov 21

• Nov 21

  • Blocks found in Egypt bear name of famed pharaoh's builder

    Egypt archaeologists on Cairo dig find 2 limestone blocks with inscriptions belonging to engineer working for Ramses II

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• Nov 20

  • 'We need hundreds': Fire victims' families urged to give DNA

    Authorities are using a rapid DNA test that produces results in just two hours to help identify the scores of people killed in the Northern California...

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• Nov 20

  • As Facebook faces fire, heat turns up on No. 2 Sandberg

    For the past decade, Sheryl Sandberg has been the poised, reliable second-in-command to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

    Nov 20

• Nov 20

  • Backlash at Chinese university shows limits to surveillance

    A Chinese university's plan to conduct a blanket search of student and staff electronic devices has come under fire

    Nov 20

• Nov 20

  • Dead whale had 115 plastic cups, 2 flip-flops in its stomach

    A dead sperm whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach including 115 drinking cups, 25 bags and...

    Nov 20

• Nov 20

  • AP Photos: Amur falcons protected where they had been hunted

    AP Photos: Migratory Amur falcons are now protected in an Indian village where they once had been hunted by the thousands

    Nov 20

• Nov 20

  • Mars revisited: NASA spacecraft days away from risky landing

    Mars is about to get its first U.S. visitor in years: a 3-legged, 1-armed geologist

    Nov 20

• Nov 20

  • Let the bargain hunting begin

    Black Friday deals, Uber launches its bike sharing service and Martha Stewart has a rough ride.

    Nov 20

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• Nov 20

  • Amazon HQ expansion means tough fight for talent

    Amazon moving into the neighborhood means a fierce competition for tech talent across industries

    Nov 20

• Nov 19

  • Evacuations urged near Guatemala's erupting Volcano of Fire

    Authorities have asked 10 communities in Guatemala to evacuate.

    Nov 19

• Nov 19

  • The scoop on how your cat's sandpapery tongue deep cleans

    The science behind cat grooming: High-tech scans give a peek at how their sandpapery tongues clean through all that fur

    Nov 19

• Nov 19

  • Russian, US officials say space cooperation remains strong

    Russian and U.S. space officials hail joint work, say cooperation remains strong despite political tensions between countries

    Nov 19

• Nov 19

  • Limiting screen time for your kid? It's harder than it looks

    Screenhead Nation: The battle over screen time has become a rite of passage for America's youth, but how much is too much?

    Nov 19

• Nov 19

  • Space station gets 2 cargo deliveries in record 15 hours

    International Space Station gets two cargo deliveries in 15 hours, a new record

    Nov 19

• Nov 19

  • UNESCO launches Holocaust education website

    The U.N. culture and education agency is teaming up with the World Jewish Congress to launch a website to counter Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism

    Nov 19

• Nov 19

  • Limiting screen time for your kid? It's harder than it looks

    Screenhead Nation: The battle over screen time has become a rite of passage for America's youth, but how much is too much?

    Nov 19

• Nov 19

  • Big tech firms pledge training for workers in Southeast Asia

    Microsoft, Google and other major technology companies have promised to help provide training in digital skills for around 20 million people in...

    Nov 19

• Nov 19

  • Could regulation be coming to Silicon Valley?

    Apple CEO Tim Cook said it's inevitable Congress eventually will pass regulation because the free market is not protecting user privacy.

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  • Authorities call for evacuations around Volcano of Fire in Guatemala after a warning of increasing eruption

    Authorities call for evacuations around Volcano of Fire in Guatemala after a warning of increasing eruption

    Nov 19

• Nov 18

  • Dig resurrects a feud over which town is a state's oldest

    An archaeological dig is rekindling a friendly feud between two towns over which was the first in Connecticut

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• Nov 18

  • Ousted Sri Lankan PM's party asks Facebook to protect users

    The ousted Sri Lankan prime minister's party is urging Facebook to safeguard the identity of the party's supporters on the social media platform

    Nov 18

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  • Explosion at Idaho hazardous waste site kills 1, injures 3

    Officials say an employee at a hazardous waste site in southwestern Idaho was killed after an explosion Saturday that also injured three workers and...

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• Nov 18

  • The Latest: Employee at waste site killed in explosion

    Officials say an employee at a hazardous waste site in southwestern Idaho was killed after an explosion Saturday that also injured three workers and...

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• Nov 17

  • Swimmer in Australia dies after being stung by stingray

    A swimmer in Australia has died of a heart attack after he was stung by a stingray

    Nov 17

• Nov 17

  • Democrats gear up for more digital spending in 2020

    One of the largest outside Democratic groups says ramped-up spending on digital advertising played a key role in battleground races where seats were...

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  • Climate change protesters block off 5 London bridges

    Hundreds of protesters have turned out in central London and blocked off the capital's main bridges to demand the government take climate change...

    Nov 17

• Nov 17

  • Space station supplies launched, 2nd shipment in 2 days

    A rocket has blasted off from Virginia with space station supplies, the second shipment in as many days

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  • Britain says Russian contractors have no say in visa process

    Britain's Home Office says that the company contracted to collect visa applications in Russia has "absolutely no involvement with the decision-making...

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• Nov 16

  • Fight over dinosaur fossils comes down to what's a mineral

    A fight over who owns the fossils of two dinosaurs that appear to have died while locked in battle hinges on the legal definition of "mineral"

    Nov 16

• Nov 16

  • Cargo ship launch clears crewed mission to space station

    A Russian Soyuz rocket has put a cargo ship en route to the International Space Station, a successful launch that clears the way for the next crew to...

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  • Take a weight off: Tears, joy as kilo gets historic update

    In a historic vote, nations on Friday unanimously approved a ground-breaking overhaul to the international system of measurements that underpins...

    Nov 16

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  • Trump signs bill to elevate cybersecurity mission at DHS

    President Donald Trump is signing legislation that elevates cybersecurity work within the Department of Homeland Security

    Nov 16

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  • NASA accepts delivery of European powerhouse for moonship

    NASA has accepted delivery of a key European part needed to power the world's next-generation moonship

    Nov 16