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  • Zinc-air batteries provide power in remote areas

    Remote villages in Africa and Asia are receiving electricity using a little-known type of technology: zinc-air batteries

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  • Lyft wants to pay users to give up their car

    Lyft co-founder and President John Zimmer talks new "Ditch with Lyft" initiative, plus the future of autonomous vehicles and potential company IPO,...

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• Sep 26

  • Senate panel to hear from internet execs on privacy policies

    Executives of a half-dozen U.S. internet titans have been summoned by a Senate panel to explain their privacy policies as interest grows in Congress...

    Sep 26

• Sep 25

  • Japan preschools using tablets to prep tots for digital age

    Japan preschool programs use tablets to help prepare tots for the digital age

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Governments to discuss tackling tuberculosis at UN summit

    Governments from around the world will address the persistent scourge of tuberculosis at a high-level meeting Wednesday on the sidelines of the U.N....

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• Sep 25

  • Into the fold? What's next for Instagram as founders leave

    The departure of Instagram's founders underscores the degree to which Facebook has already put its stamp on the photo-sharing service it acquired in...

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Bill overhauling songwriter royalties heads to Trump's desk

    Legislation to substantially overhaul the way music is licensed and songwriters compensated for songs online is being sent to the president's desk for...

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Big changes about small fish are in store for fishermen

    Big changes are in store for herring fishermen in New England

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • US attorneys general discuss social media privacy concerns

    Top state law enforcement officials have met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions to discuss how the government can safeguard the privacy of social...

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • The Latest: Big changes for small fish for fishermen

    Big changes are in store for herring fishermen in New England

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Florence is nation's second wettest storm, behind Harvey

    A government meteorologist's quick analysis shows that Florence's four days of rain were the nation's second rainiest storm in 70 years

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Wyoming, Idaho weigh options after grizzly hunt ruling

    It blocks the first hunts planned for the animals in the Lower 48 in 3 decades

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Rochester firm wins $1M NY clean energy contest

    A Rochester company has won a $1 million clean energy and energy efficiency contest put on by New York state

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Judge restores energy lease on Montana land sacred to tribes

    A federal judge has reinstated an oil and gas lease on land in northwestern Montana that's considered sacred to some Native American tribes in the...

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• Sep 25

  • NASA's Mars Opportunity rover seen, but still not heard

    NASA's Mars rover, Opportunity, has been seen, but still not heard

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Automakers seek flexibility at hearing on mileage standards

    Automakers sought flexibility while environmental groups blasted the Trump administration's proposal to roll back fuel economy standards at a public...

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Hackers are trying to reroute your direct deposits

    Plus, the co-founders of Instagram resign and Sirius XM purchases Pandora.

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• Sep 25

  • Is a hunt the answer when bears start getting bolder?

    Bears have been encroaching on humans in record numbers this year in Connecticut

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Instagram co-founders resign from social media company

    The co-founders of Instagram are resigning their positions with the social media company

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Florence is nation's second wettest storm, behind Harvey

    A government meteorologist's quick analysis shows that Florence's four days of rain were the nation's second rainiest storm in 70 years

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Europe tech firms urge tougher rules to offset US dominance

    European tech companies call on EU officials to toughen up proposed legislation aimed at combating US dominance

    Sep 25

• Sep 25

  • Instagram CEO, co-founder abruptly resign

    Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger will step down in the coming weeks.

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• Sep 24

  • Judge restores protections for grizzly bears around Yellowstone National Park, blocking planned hunts in Wyoming, Idaho

    Judge restores protections for grizzly bears around Yellowstone National Park, blocking planned hunts in Wyoming, Idaho

    Sep 24

• Sep 24

  • SiriusXM presses play on deal with Pandora Media

    SiriusXM is buying music streaming service Pandora Media in an stock deal valued at about $3.5 billion

    Sep 24

• Sep 24

  • Why the 'gig' economy may not be the workforce of the future

    Why the 'gig' economy might not be the workforce of the future: Tepid pay is limiting growth

    Sep 24

• Sep 24

  • AP Explains: The US push to boost 'quantum computing'

    A race by U.S. tech companies to build powerful 'quantum computers' could be getting a $1.3 billion boost from Congress

    Sep 24

• Sep 24

  • Russian national held in Norway suspected of spying

    A Russian national has been arrested in Norway on suspicion of spying after he attended a conference on strengthening cooperation between Europe's...

    Sep 24

• Sep 24

  • Apple, Salesforce teaming up on mobile apps for business

    Customer relations software company Salesforce and Apple to create new business apps exclusively for iPhone and iPad

    Sep 24

• Sep 24

  • Forbes reports possible problem with Apple's new phone operating system

    Some iPhone X users say iOS 12 system degrades the quality of their screen.

    Sep 24

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• Sep 24

  • Germany looking to sell costly, rarely used drone to Canada

    Germany wants to sell Canada a secondhand drone that's cost over 700 million euros ($823 million) _ without many core components it needs to fly

    Sep 24

• Sep 24

  • Why the 'gig' economy may not be the workforce of the future

    Why the 'gig' economy might not be the workforce of the future: Tepid pay is limiting growth

    Sep 24

• Sep 24

  • Sky shares rally after Comcast wins bidding war

    Philadelphia-based Comcast said it hoped to complete the takeover by October.

    Sep 24

• Sep 23

  • Actor James Woods bashes Twitter after getting locked out

    Actor James Woods has been locked out of his Twitter account over a tweet from July that Twitter found to be in violation of its rules

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• Sep 23

  • What ignited many of California's worst wildfires a mystery

    Investigators never find what ignites many of California's worst wildfires, and that leaves officials with missed chances to learn something new

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• Sep 23

  • Germany's Porsche says it won't produce new diesel models

    Porsche's chief executive says the sports car maker won't produce any new diesel models in the wake of parent company Volkswagen's diesel emissions...

    Sep 23

• Sep 22

  • Japanese supply ship heads to space station after delays

    It's bringing 12,000 pounds of cargo including food, experiments and batteries.

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Comcast beats Fox in Sky auction with $39B bid

    Comcast beats Fox in rare auction for Sky TV with $39B bid

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Fox, Comcast bid for Sky in rare auction

    Comcast and 21st Century Fox are contenders for the highest bid for European broadcaster Sky

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • British regulator says Comcast has won an auction to formally bid for Sky, offering 29.6 billion pounds ($38.6 billion).

    British regulator says Comcast has won an auction to formally bid for Sky, offering 29.6 billion pounds ($38.6 billion).

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Russian space chief: No '2nd-tier status' with NASA outpost

    Russia's space agency chief has warned that it wouldn't accept a second-tier role in a NASA-led plan to build an outpost near the moon, but Roscosmos...

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Billionaires buying up media: Savior complex or civic duty?

    For beleaguered news organizations the prospect of a deep-pocketed savior _ perhaps from the same tech industry that was instrumental in sending print...

    Sep 22

• Sep 21

  • Is $1,100 too much for an iPhone? Get an older one for less

    Is $1,100 too much for an iPhone? You can get an older model for less - maybe way less

    Sep 21

• Sep 21

  • PayPal is the latest platform to ditch Alex Jones, Infowars

    PayPal is the latest platform to ditch Jones and his Infowars site, which along with conspiracy theories peddles "I Stand With Trump" t-shirts, Wake...

    Sep 21

• Sep 21

  • Twitter finds software privacy bug affecting direct messages

    Twitter says a bug might have caused private messages and protected tweets from some users to be mistakenly sent to developers who were not the...

    Sep 21

• Sep 21

  • FBI arrests Oregon man over alleged YouTube threats

    The FBI has arrested an Oregon man who they say threatened to kill YouTube employees and specifically threatened the CEO of the company, telling her...

    Sep 21

• Sep 21

  • California becomes 1st state to restrict restaurants on handing out plastic straws

    The law is intended especially to help protect marine animals.

    Sep 21

• Sep 21

  • Naval Academy's cybersecurity program receives accreditation

    U.S. Naval Academy's cyber operations program has been formally accredited

    Sep 21

• Sep 21

  • Memory's frailty may be playing role in Kavanaugh matter

    In he-said, she-said disputes like Kavanaugh case, frailty of memory may play a role

    Sep 21

• Sep 21

  • Congressmen question Google over kids' privacy on YouTube

    Two members of Congress are calling on Google to address concerns that YouTube might violate children's privacy

    Sep 21

• Sep 21

  • Amazon's Alexa helps parents with quiet mode

    Plus, a new backpack lightens the load and GoPro announces its new Hero 7 camera.

    Sep 21

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