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Microsoft has confirmed that executives in 2008 warned Bill Gates to stop sending flirtatious emails to a female employee but dropped the matter after he told them he would stop

Two women from Georgia and Alabama who contracted COVID-19 during their pregnancies are urging other pregnant women to get vaccinated

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The United Kingdom is hosting a meeting aimed at attracting billions of dollars in foreign investment for green projects in Britain

The Pixel 6 will reportedly cost around $600 with the Pro model, which has a better camera, costing $300 more.

A Chinese researcher says moon rocks brought back to Earth by a robotic spacecraft last year have provided new insights into ancient lunar volcanic activity

After nearly seven years in China, LinkedIn says it will stop operating its localized version of the platform, replacing it with a jobs listing site

Global automakers are stepping up the pace when it comes to building factories to prepare for what many believe will be a fast-moving transition from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles

Data shows a massive cargo ship that was supposed to be at anchor repeatedly crossed over an undersea oil pipeline during a January storm

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reclassified a rare Colorado River Basin fish called the humpback chub from endangered to threatened status after a decades-old effort to stabilize its populations

China says its launch of a new spacecraft was merely a test to see whether the vehicle could be re-used

The company is expected to unveil redesigned MacBook Pros along with next generation AirPods at its Oct. 18 event.

Facebook says it plans for workers in the EU to work on a new computing platform

Megan Rice broke into a government security complex to protest nuclear weapons.

A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has landed after a 3 1/2-hour trip from the International Space Station

He allegedly hid relationship with Chinese university while getting NASA grants.

A NASA spacecraft named Lucy has rocketed into the sky with diamonds on a 12-year quest to explore a record-setting eight asteroids

Chinese astronauts have begun their six-month mission on China’s first permanent space station, after successfully docking aboard their spacecraft

China has sent three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay for the country

The company behind a digital token called Tether has agreed to pay $41 million to settle charges that it misled investors for years by falsely claiming its token was fully backed at all times by U.S. dollars and other fiat currencies

California has added the Pacific leatherback sea turtle to its endangered species list

Biden administration taking steps to address economic risks from climate change.

A forthcoming flight to space by a Japanese billionaire will let the public have a closer look at life on board the International Spacer Station

China launches 3-person crew for six-month mission aboard space station in longest-yet mission for Chinese astronauts

Shortly ahead of sending a new three-person crew to its space station, China has renewed its commitment to international cooperation in the peaceful use of space

The instant messaging service now allows users to encrypt their chat history in the cloud.

A second 4.5-magnitude earthquake in two days has rattled the Spanish island of La Palma

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. says it plans to build a computer chip factory in Japan

Microsoft says it is shutting down its main LinkedIn app in China later this year following tighter government rules on internet companies

Federal meteorologists say there's another La Nina, which can be bad news for parts of the parched West

Scientists and other workers at one of the nation’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories face a deadline Friday — be vaccinated or prepare to be fired

NASA is on an asteroid roll as it gets set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar system's most enticing rocks

The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute says that respected Dutch climate scientist Geert Jan van Oldenborgh has died at age 59

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken Spain’s La Palma island off northwest Africa in what was the strongest recorded since a local volcano began erupting 26 days ago

Game maker Electronic Arts is removing the former Las Vegas Raiders coach from its Madden NFL 2022 game. He will be replaced by a generic likeness.

China is preparing to send three astronauts to live on its space station for six months — a new milestone for a program that has advanced rapidly in recent years

A historic drought tied to climate change is making wildfires harder to fight.

The chief of the World Health Organization has honored the late Henrietta Lacks, an American woman whose cancer cells ended up providing the foundation for vast scientific breakthroughs, including research about the coronavirus

"Star Trek" star William Shatner and three other civilian crewmembers were launched into space and returned to Earth after a 10-minute trip.

Shatner was overcome with emotion upon his return to earth.

Hundreds of people in Spain’s Canary Islands are fearing for their homes and property after a new lava stream from an erupting volcano threatened to engulf another neighborhood on the island of La Palma

U.S. safety investigators want to know why Tesla didn’t file recall documents when it updated Autopilot software to better identify parked emergency vehicles, escalating a simmering clash between the automaker and regulators

The International Energy Agency is urging governments to make stronger commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions at an upcoming U.N. climate summit

Plus "Tile" announces world's first tracking tag to work with Android and Apple devices.

Australia has agreed to build a 44-pound semi-autonomous lunar rover for NASA to take to the moon as early as 2026

A government agency says England will be hit hard by floods like those that devastated Germany this summer if the country does not improve its defenses against more extreme weather brought by climate change

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Plus Facebook has launched an audio hub to compete with Twitter Spaces and Clubhouse.

Pacific Gas & Electric has started cutting power to about 25,000 customers in northern and central California as high winds toppled trees, downed power lines and ignited at least one of several fires that forced people to flee from their homes

A former utility executive who lost billions on a failed nuclear project in South Carolina is heading to prison soon