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The U.N. weather agency says the world could see average global temperatures rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average for the first time in the coming five years

The football team is under mounting pressure to change its name because it is considered an offensive slur to Native Americans.

A U.S. appeals court says a federal judge was right to restore protections for about 700 grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region of the Rocky Mountains

A two-year audit of Facebook's civil rights record found “serious setbacks” that have marred the social network's progress on matters such as hate speech, misinformation and bias

Six months after COVID-19 started spreading around the globe, desperation rather than information is still driving many decisions about how to treat the disease

Smart thermometers for teachers to monitor student’s symptoms could potentially help schools reopen safely in the fall.

"Trump is going to f--- you," he can be heard saying to an Asian family.

Organizers of the boycott called a meeting with Facebook execs "disappointing."

The feature is designed to help users manage their profiles better and improve control of the comments thread.

Facebook keeps telling critics that it is doing everything it can to rid its service of hate, abuse and misinformation

Hong Kong's leader has provided scant reassurance over the city's future under a new national security law that critics say undermines liberties and legal protections promised when China took control of the city

NASA has added more safety fixes for Boeing's crew capsule following a pair of close calls during last year's test flight

An ex-journalist who worked as an adviser to the director of Russia’s state space corporation has been arrested and jailed on charges of passing military secrets to Czech intelligence

Researchers say a newly discovered species of seaweed is killing large areas of historically pristine coral reef in one of the most protected ocean environments on earth

The United States is baking through an extra hot week and it's only going to get hotter

Officials at one of the nation's premier nuclear labs are investigating the potential exposure of employees to plutonium

Users of the social media platform have requested an edit button since Twitter launched in 2006.

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While the household robots sci-fi experts imagined have yet to come to fruition, there are robots that can help with some household tasks.

The Silicon Valley data-mining firm Palantir Technologies confidentially filed to go public, setting up what could be the biggest stock offering from a technology company since Uber’s debut last year

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he wouldn’t recommend downloading the app unless you “want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.”

TikTok says it will stop operations in Hong Kong after the city enacted a sweeping national security law last week

Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google and Twitter say they will deny law enforcement requests for user data in Hong Kong as they assess the effect of a new national security law enacted last week

Uber has acquired Postmates in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal, expanding its footprint in the fiercely competitive delivery market

Scientists have discovered a pocket sized dinosaur forerunner that was just 4 inches tall

Research is indicating that sewage can help reveal trends in pandemic virus outbreaks, and health officials are taking note

Uber buys Postmates for $2.65 billion as food delivery companies try to survive a crowded, intensely competitive field

Uber buys Postmates for $2.65 billion as food delivery companies try to survive a crowded, intensely competitive field

The company hopes the new deal will expand its on-demand food delivery service.

India is banning dozens of Chinese apps amid a military standoff in the remote Karakoram mountain border region

More than 2 million people have gathered in northern India while trying to practice social distancing to plant 250 million trees as part of a government plan to tackle climate change

Researchers speculate that female sparrows may be attracted to it.

A controversial investigative technique is getting its first real legal test in a federal courtroom in Richmond, where a judge is being asked to toss out evidence gathered through a geofence warrant in a Virginia bank robbery

Plus: Kobe Bryant's image will be featured on the cover of upcoming "Mamba Forever" 2K21 games and Captain America’s available in the Fortnite store.

Earlier this year, CEO Jack Dorsey said, "we'll probably never do it."

The U.N. nuclear agency says that slightly elevated levels of radioactivity detected in northern Europe likely were related to a nuclear reactor that was either operating or undergoing maintenance, but it’s still unclear where it is located

The program can swap in multiple faces with studio-level quality.

A new study has scientists more worried about survival of the world's fish species with global warming

Professional hackers say election infrastructure is a bigger security concern than voting machines.

A Black Facebook employee, joined by two others who were denied jobs at the social network, has filed a complaint against the company, saying it discriminates against Black workers and applicants in hiring, evaluations, promotions and pay

The CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google will appear before a House panel investigating possible anti-competitive practices online.

Federal officials plan to reconsider how they manage Yellowstone National Park’s wild bison herds following longstanding complaints over the thousands of animals killed by hunters or captured and slaughtered as they attempt to migrate into Montana

California regulators have sued Cisco Systems for discriminating against an engineer at the company's headquarters because he is a Dalit Indian

Some Tesla workers and labor activists say the company is threatening to fire employees who haven’t returned to the company’s California factory since it reopened because they're afraid of catching the coronavirus

On Wednesday, more than 500 companies kicked off an advertising boycott intended to pressure Facebook into taking a stronger stand against hate speech

Astronauts have completed their second spacewalk in under a week to replace old batteries outside the International Space Station

NASA has delayed the launch of its newest Mars rover yet again, this time for a rocket issue

The July 2 celebration aims to bring awareness to the concept of unidentified flying objects and hopes to encourage governments worldwide to declassify any relevant information on the subject.