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Widespread outage leaves Facebook, WhatsApp and...
The outage disrupted communications for the company's roughly 3 billion users.
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Disney's Star Wars themed hotel finally has an ...
Bookings for the wildly expensive Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser attraction open Oct. 28.
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Security experts express privacy concerns about...
The home robot is another example of a product that stretches the bounds of privacy and raises questions about increased surveillance.
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How to buy unclaimed packages from Amazon and USPS
After months of going unclaimed, packages can be auctioned off or end up for sale at local swap meets.
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Spotify adds new features for listeners to inte...
The new features, available on Spotify's mobile apps for most Spotify listeners starting with Anchor podcasts, amp up interactive dialogue between podcaster and audience.
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Ford recalls over 350,000 Ford and Lincoln cars
A few Ford and Lincoln SUVs are affected by a camera recall, while a suspension issue is specific to the Explorer.
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In an open essay, Blue Origin employees accuse ...
A group of current and former employees speak out about the space tourism company.
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United Airlines starts process of firing 1% of ...
In a memo, the airline said more than 99% of its employees have received their coronavirus shots.
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Both on Mars and Earth, landscape-altering floo...
New research suggests many Martian features were formed by catastrophic climate-driven events, similar to ones that post a threat here on Earth.
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Dystopian Korean thriller Squid Game could well...
The Korean series is already set to be Netflix's top non-English show "for sure," co-CEO Ted Sarandos says -- but Squid Game also has a "very good chance" of being its most popular show, period.
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Amazon takes on Google with $40 Blink Floodligh...
Amazon is launching a floodlight mount for its Blink Outdoor camera, following a similar announcement from Nest.
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FCC trying to tackle SIM swapping scams and por...
Identity thieves can use your personal info to convince a wireless carrier to transfer your service to a new device. Now the FCC is taking action.
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Want a pumpkin delivered? Uber Eats will delive...
The ride-hailing company's holiday shop will then transition to offer other holiday items throughout the year.
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Target's holiday shopping season kicks off with...
Some companies and shoppers are hoping to get a head start on holiday shopping to avoid COVID-19 shipping delays.
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Researchers find global mortality rate increase...
Life expectancy at birth declined from 2019 to 2020 in 27 out of the 29 countries examined in the study.
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Hubble Telescope captures intensifying wind spe...
The wind speed change might not have been spotted if it weren't for the telescope's keen eye.
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Elon Musk fires back at Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin...
The SpaceX CEO said of Bezos: "You can't sue your way to the moon."
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Amazon's $250 Always Home Cam is available for ...
The e-commerce giant's strategy for rolling out the drone cam is perhaps more telling than it seems.
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Meet Amazon Astro, the autonomous home robot
Here's what the $1,000 bot can do.
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Man who uses metal detector for the first time ...
"I told him he might as well just sell the detector now because he already peaked," a Danish museum employee told the man.
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Giant sneaky asteroid creeps up on Earth using ...
2021 SG was bigger than the bolide that blew up over Russia in 2013.
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Facebook says Instagram is not toxic for teens ...
The social network said WSJ, which relied on an internal trove of Facebook documents, misunderstood the results of its research.
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Koala-hunting eagle terrorized Australia 25 mil...
Scientists excavated 63 well-kept fossils comprising almost the entirety of the eagle's skeleton.
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Facebook plans to invest $50 million to create ...
The company says it will build the virtual spaces responsibly.
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Chip shortage causing new car buyers to postpon...
A total of 48% surveyed said they plan to postpone their new car purchase at this point.
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