Just as the coronavirus outbreak has boxed in society, it’s also squeezed high-flying tech companies reliant on people’s freedom to move around and get together

President Donald Trump will preside over one of America's sharpest drops in climate-changing emissions despite mocking the idea of climate change himself

The European Union has been thrown into a scientific policy dispute at the height of the coronavirus crisis

A university in Tokyo refused to let the coronavirus pandemic stand in the way of its graduation so it deployed tablets and avatar robots dressed in caps and gowns.

Plus, all Microsoft events will be done remotely, and fewer robocalls due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is setting aside $1 billion in stock to establish a philanthropic venture focused initially on global relief efforts for the COVID-19 pandemic

An aerial survey of the Great Barrier Reef shows coral bleaching is sweeping across the area off the east of Australia for the third time in five years

The latest statistical models show a glimmer of hope, forecasting fewer deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic before August

As businesses, schools, churches and others turn to video conference platforms to stay connected amid the global coronavirus pandemic, many have reported being attacked by uninvited guests

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A pandemic forcing everyone to stay home could be the perfect moment for online grocery services

Plus, Peloton cancels live classes after employee tests positive for COVID-19, and robots represent students at a graduation in Japan.

New Hampshire authorities say the remains of a shooting victim found on the side of a highway 50 years ago have been identified as a Vermont man who had been released from prison three months earlier

A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking to be the biggest and brightest of the year

The COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports website tracks retail, transit, workplaces and parks.

The head of the school system is blaming a security problem including so-called “Zoom bombings” where people hijack meetings.

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Anick Jesdanun, deputy technology editor for The Associated Press, has died in New York City of coronavirus complications

Hospitals are starting to line up survivors of the new coronavirus to donate some blood, so doctors can use it to treat the sick

Plus, Amazon is also stepping up efforts to keep the virus from spreading through its workforce and "Goodnight with Dolly" premieres on YouTube.

Plus, smartrings could be used to help diagnose COVID-19, and a new Harry Potter website launches.

More evidence is emerging that coronavirus infections are being spread by people who have no clear symptoms. The findings complicate efforts to gain control of the pandemic

NASA's latest call for astronauts has drawn 12,000 spaceflight hopefuls

Mobile carrier T-Mobile has completed its takeover of smaller rival Sprint, creating a new wireless giant that rivals AT&T and Verizon in size

California is suing Zoom for allegedly giving users personal data to other companies; Uber pledges $10 million in rides to healthcare workers.

Increasing numbers of European hospitals are buckling under the strain of treating tens of thousands of coronavirus patient

A Nobel Prize-winning physicist who expanded the world's understanding of magnetism and superconductivity has died at 96

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Marriott says guests’ names, loyalty account information and other personal details may have been accessed in the second major data breach to hit the company in less than two years

Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers have walked off the job to demand greater safeguards against the coronavirus, even as both companies are speed-hiring hundreds of thousands of new workers to handle a surge in delivery orders

In a story March 30, about workers striking, The Associated Press erroneously reported a Whole Foods “sick out” was scheduled for Wednesday

App “Open Table” sets up reservation times at grocery stores; NBA looks into launching video game tournament.

Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address disparities in the national response to the coronavirus outbreak

Observatories on Hawaii's tallest mountain have shut down operations in response to the governor's stay-at-home order aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus

Plus, Amazon employees threaten to strike, and online baking tips are trending.

A location data company, Uncast, created a scoreboard that grades how well states and counties are following social distancing guidelines based on phone data.

Opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Hawaii's Big Island have left their camp because of concerns over the spread of the coronavirus

Plus, Google search engine will now show which business are temporarily closed, and a big bid for old Apple sneakers.

Plus, sports fans turn to marble racing, and social distancing Wisconsin style.