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  • US attorney general says encryption creates security risk

    Attorney General William Barr says increased encryption of data on phones and encrypted messaging apps are putting American security at risk

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  • Alibaba lets US small, medium businesses to sell on platform

    China's e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba opens door to nearly 30 million small and medium sized businesses from the US

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  • Sex with HIV still a crime? Updated laws divide advocates

    Advocates and health experts are divided over changes to state laws that make it a crime for HIV carriers to have sex without informing their partner...

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  • Teen climate activist to French critics: Listen to science

    Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has told lawmakers at France's lower house of parliament that they need to listen to scientists on the...

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  • Facebook taking action to fix messaging app for kids

    Also, Facebook may be fined $5 billion by the government for improperly sharing user data with Cambridge Analytica; and crossing the English Channel...

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  • All-girls school becomes 1st in US with varsity esports

    With help from a former U.S. Department of Education employee, private school near Cleveland has become the first U.S. all-girls school to launch a...

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  • Las Vegas man's Apollo 11 film reels auctioned for $1.8M

    Gary George earned 8,000 times the price he paid for the three film reels.

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• Jul 22

  • India launches moon mission a week after it was aborted

    The unmanned spacecraft aims to land on the far side of the moon.

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  • Chris Kraft, 1st flight director for NASA, dies at 95

    Engineer Chris Kraft, who was NASA's first flight director as the space race developed between the U.S. and Soviet Union, has died

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  • Trump meets with chipmakers on Huawei, other economic issues

    President Donald Trump met with executives from several of the nation's leading chipmakers and discussed restrictions his administration has imposed...

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  • Chris Kraft, 1st flight director for NASA, dies at 95

    NASA says Chris Kraft, the space agency's first flight director, has died.

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  • Police investigate if crashed car was partially self-driving

    Authorities say a woman was arrested after running a red light in a rented Tesla in San Francisco and causing a crash that killed a tourist and left...

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  • Eastern US cities spewing more methane into air than thought

    In older Eastern US cities, nine times as much natural gas is leaking out of pipelines, homes than federal government had thought

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  • Equifax to pay up to $700M in data breach settlement

    The 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other information.

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• Jul 22

  • What consumers should know about Equifax $700M settlement

    Equifax's $700 million settlement with the U.S. government announced Monday over a massive 2017 data breach includes up to $425 million in monetary...

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  • Microsoft pays $25 million to settle corruption charges

    Microsoft is paying more than $25 million to settle federal corruption charges involving a bribery scheme in its Hungary office

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  • Man flies jetpack around the Sydney Opera House

    The Australian entrepreneur previously flew around the Statue of Liberty in 2015.

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  • Oakland bans facial recognition technology

    The California city became the third city after San Francisco and Somerville, Massachusetts, to ban the technology.

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  • Equifax will pay $700 million to settle 2017 data breach that exposed private information of nearly 150 million people

    Equifax will pay $700 million to settle 2017 data breach that exposed private information of nearly 150 million people

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  • The Latest: India sends unmanned mission to moon's far side

    India's space agency says it has launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon a week after aborting the mission due to a technical...

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  • Opponents of giant Hawaii telescope launch protest march

    Opponents of planned telescope on Hawaii's highest peak have launched a protest march

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  • Teen climate activist gets Normandy's first Freedom Prize

    Swedish teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg has received the first Freedom Prize awarded by France's Normandy region, which last month...

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  • A 'moonshot' is about more than landing on the moon today

    Different ingredients may be needed to take the next giant leap for humankind.

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  • Moon back in NASA's court 50 years after 1st lunar landing

    The moon is back in NASA's court, 50 years after humanity's first lunar footsteps

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  • The Latest: Pence marks Apollo 11 anniversary at launch site

    Pence marks Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary with visit to Florida launch site

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  • 'Survive, not enjoy': Heat, humidity gripping half the US

    A heat wave gripping much of the Midwest and Eastern United States has canceled events like horse races and festivals but hasn't kept everyone from...

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  • Russian capsule carrying 3 docks with space station

    A Russian space capsule with three astronauts aboard has docked with the International Space after a fast-track trip to the orbiting laboratory

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  • American crocodiles thriving outside nuclear plant

    American crocodiles, once headed toward extinction, are thriving at an unusual spot -- the canals surrounding a South Florida nuclear plant

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  • Nation marks 50 years after Apollo 11's 'giant leap' on moon

    Americans mark 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing at parties, races, concerts and ball games

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  • Official: Tech execs gathering at White House

    A Trump administration official says tech company executives are due to meet at the White House on Monday with Larry Kudlow, the president's chief...

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  • Native Hawaiians say telescope represents bigger struggle

    Native Hawaiians who are trying to stop a telescope from being built on Hawaii's tallest peak say the project represents a larger struggle

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  • 50 years after the moon landing: How close is space travel, really?

    Flights to the edge of space could be accessible in the next few months.

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  • Hawaii officials want a peaceful end to telescope protests

    Officials in Hawaii said Friday that they will not call up additional National Guard troops or use force on peaceful telescope protesters blocking...

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  • Giant Hawaii telescope to focus on big unknowns of universe

    Scientists are expected to explore fundamental questions about the universe when they use a giant new telescope planned for the summit of Hawaii's...

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  • Pocket-sized shark squirts glowing clouds from pockets

    A pocket-sized pocket shark found in the Gulf of Mexico turns out to be a new species

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  • The Latest: Mayor: No National Guard for telescope protests

    Big Island Mayor Harry Kim says the state will order National Guard to stand down and that police will not immediately use force to remove peaceful...

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  • Report: Equifax to pay $700 million in breach settlement

    The Wall Street Journal says Equifax will pay around $700 million to settle with the FTC over a 2017 data breach that exposed some 150 million...

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  • Apollo 11: 50 years later

    50 years ago tomorrow, humans walked on the moon for the first time in history - bringing together not only the nation, but the world.

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  • Defense in murder case can obtain private social media posts

    The California Supreme Court ruling has opened the way for defense lawyers in a gang-related murder trial to obtain private social media postings

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  • The Latest: Facebook mulls response to private posts ruling

    Facebook says it's deciding how to respond to a California Supreme Court ruling that says defense lawyers in a gang-related murder trial can obtain...

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  • Report: YouTube to pay FTC fine over kids' data protection

    Report: Google is expected to pay a multimillion dollar penalty from the Federal Trade Commission over its handling of kids' information on popular...

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  • Apollo 11 astronauts reunite on 50th anniversary of moonshot

    Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins reunite on eve of 50th anniversary of humanity's first moon landing

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  • A bad year for right whales: 2 more found dead off Canada

    The Canadian government says two more rare North Atlantic right whales have been found dead in the country's waters

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  • Ex-NSA contractor to be sentenced in stolen documents case

    A former National Security Agency contractor who stored two decades' worth of classified documents at his Maryland home has been sentenced to nine...

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  • Instagram expands hiding 'likes' to make you happier

    Instagram is expanding a test to hide how many "likes" people's posts receive on its photo-sharing app as it tries to combat criticism that such...

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  • Fast-growing web of doorbell cams raises privacy fears

    America's fast-growing web of doorbell cameras is being fueled in part by the support of cities and police departments whose officials see them as a...

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  • Virgin Orbit in launch deal with UK's Royal Air Force

    Virgin Orbit says it has been selected by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force to provide launches of small satellites on short notice

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  • Netflix loses subscribers

    Plus, GateHouse Media looks to buy Gannett, and iPhone may be losing loyalty.

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  • Deepfake videos pose a threat, but 'dumbfakes' may be worse

    Deepfake video could threaten elections, but simpler 'dumbfakes' may be even worse

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