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The advance of lava from a volcanic eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands has slowed significantly

A Rwandan woman who was orphaned during her country’s genocide and lost part of her leg to childhood cancer has been fitted with a new prosthetic leg

The Surface Laptop Studio features a screen that flips into tablet mode.

China’s central bank will soon have access to private credit information of hundreds of millions of users of Ant Group’s online credit service, in a move signaling more regulatory oversight of the financial technology sector

"I can never repay them for the situation I'm in right now," one student said.

The U.S. government has released projections that indicate an even more troubling outlook for a river that serves 40 million people in the American West

A foreign business group in China says the ruling Communist Party’s campaign to tighten control over China’s industries and reduce use of foreign technology is denting its economic growth

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Fortnite maker Epic, said Wednesday it's been told by Apple that the game will be “blacklisted from the Apple ecosystem" until the companies' legal case is resolved and all appeals are exhausted, which could take as long as five years

Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is stepping down from the social media company, taking on a part time role while longtime executive Andrew Bosworth will replace him next year

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing a push to expand a U.S. compensation program for people who were exposed to radiation following uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out during the Cold War

Growing armies of firefighters are battling wildfires in the heart of California’s sequoia country

Apple’s and Google’s cooperation with the Russian government’s efforts to suppress an app opposed to the ruling regime is escalating concerns about whether Big Tech’s pursuit of ever-higher profits has trampled their commitment to protecting civil rights

Ford Motor Co. is investing $50 million in an upstart electric vehicle battery recycling company as the automaker moves to bolster its U.S. battery supply chain

Tech watchers are anticipating the new Surface Pro X with chip refresh.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has caused slight damage in suburban Melbourne in an unusually powerful temblor for Australia

Coronavirus cases are surging to the worst levels of the pandemic in a rebel stronghold in Syria

Both China and the United States are starting new financial attacks on climate change

The ancient massive trees of Sequoia National Park’s famed Giant Forest are unscathed even though a wildfire has been burning near them in California’s Sierra Nevada for nearly two weeks

A U_S_ government committee that reviews foreign investment in telecom is probing videoconferencing company Zoom’s $14_7 billion deal for cloud call center company Five9 for national security risks due to “foreign participation.”

President Joe Biden is betting on millions more rapid, at-home tests to help curb the latest deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

On the Spanish island of La Palma, a new volcanic vent has blown open and unstoppable rivers of molten rock are flowing

Activision Blizzard, one of the world’s most high-profile video game companies, has confirmed a regulatory probe and said it is working to address complaints of workplace discrimination

Google is planning to buy New York’s St.  John’s Terminal for $2.1 billion, making it the anchor of its Hudson Square campus

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Johnson & Johnson says a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose

The launch of iOS 15 will give some users the option to share health data directly with their doctors.

Twitter said Monday it will pay $809.5 million to settle a consolidated class action lawsuit alleging that the company misled investors about how much its user base was growing and how much users interacted with its platform

Young people are sharing their reactions to the investigation online.

A ransomware attack hit a cooperative of Iowa corn and soy farmers.

Officials are touting faint progress on money, but little on pollution at a United Nations world leader summit on climate change

Giant rivers of lava are tumbling slowly but relentlessly toward the sea after a volcano erupted on a Spanish island off northwest Africa

The head of the United Nations is warning of a potential new Cold War if the United States and China don't repair their relationship

Authorities say four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia National Park

Computer-maker HP, consumer goods business Procter & Gamble and coffee capsule company Nespresso have joined a corporate pledge to sharply cut their greenhouse gas emissions over nearly two decades

The U.N.’s intellectual property agency says innovation marched forward last year despite the impact of the coronavirus outbreak

The company's latest operating system for iPhones and iPads offers new features like the ability to Facetime Android users.

A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma has erupted after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of residents

Spanish scientists say the volcano on La Palma island in the Canary Islands Atlantic archipelago has erupted

Iron-laden nutrients in algae were seen thousands of kilometers away.

Officials in both the U.S. and the European Union are struggling with the same question

A trailblazing tourist trip to orbit has ended safely with a splashdown in the Atlantic

SpaceX's 1st tourists splash down in the Atlantic off Florida after 3 days in orbit

Aluminum wraps designed to protect homes from flames are getting attention as wildfires burn in California

California wildfires have burned into at least four groves of gigantic ancient sequoias in national parks and forests

Cambodia’s prime minister has boasted of barging uninvited into a video conference call hosted by his political opponents

A Pakistan resident has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a conspiracy to “unlock” phones from AT&T's network, a scheme that the company says cost it more than $200 million

SpaceX's first private crew is taking in sweeping views of Earth that few have witnessed

Jacobo Rendon knows dozens of birds by name and grew up drawing them

A trio of Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after a 90-day stay aboard their nation’s first space station in China’s longest mission yet

Chinese regulators have set up a platform that allows the public to report on gaming companies they believe are violating restrictions on online game times for children