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The last child tax credit payment of 2021 arriv...
Congress is debating whether to extend the advanced child tax credit payments past spring in 2022.
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Tornado strikes Amazon warehouse near St. Louis...
Unseasonably strong storms and tornadoes ravaged Illinois and several other states in the South and Midwest over the weekend.
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Paramount Plus basically becomes cable TV again...
The streaming service launches channels for everything from comedy to TV classics to SpongeBob SquarePants.
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How effective is Moderna booster against omicro...
Omicron has pushed talk of a COVID booster to the top of the page.
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Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket carries Michae...
The mission, dubbed NS-19, also featured four paying customers.
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Ford closes signup reservations for the electri...
Ford has plenty of interested parties for its electric pickup, with over 200,000 people on the reservation books.
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YouTube will stay on Roku as Google and Roku re...
The agreement will also restore YouTube TV to Roku.
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NASA investigates communications issue with Mar...
The Ingenuity helicopter temporarily lost contact with the Perseverance rover.
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Consumers might see a new slate of Apple Watche...
Citing a note from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, MacRumors said the iPhone maker could be working on two new iPhone SE models.
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Scientists hope to collect sample of asteroid A...
Apophis will come within 20,000 miles of Earth, but there's zero chance of impact.
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Canadian carjackers make use of Apple Airtags, ...
Thieves spot their target vehicle in a public place and attach an AirTag where the owner likely won't find it.
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Instagram CEO advocates for creation of industr...
The Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security is holding a series of hearings on online child safety.
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Life360 location sharing app reportedly sells d...
The news comes just weeks after Life360 bought Tile, a well-known location tracking company.
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Uber will now deliver Christmas trees to your d...
The feature is part of the company's newly launched holiday shop.
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Microsoft gains control of websites used by Chi...
Microsoft confirmed that it seized 42 websites being used to execute attacks.
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Elon Musk slams infrastructure bill, promises C...
Despite the bill's provisions for electric vehicles, Musk says the US government should "get out of the way."
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Alleged bitcoin creator wins court battle to ke...
Craig Wright, who says he is bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, is still on the hook for $100 million.
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A monolith in the Australian desert will record...
Humans love preparing for the end times.
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NASA announces 'Artemis generation,' 2021 class...
The space agency's 10 candidates were chosen out of a pool of over 12,000 applicants.
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Find out if your closest pharmacy has Moderna o...
Here's all the information you get about booster availability near you.
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Epic Games releases pre-download for The Matrix...
The "experience," appearing on PS5 and XBox Series X consoles, is almost certainly a fancy tech demo and not a game.
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Sony executive fired after appearing in pedophi...
George Cacioppo, who had been working on the Playstation since 2013, was terminated after he was allegedly trying to arrange a meeting with a 15-year-old boy.
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Starting early 2022, Capital One eliminates ove...
The banking giant is the first of its size to eliminate the often criticized practice.
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Uber adds more safety features and pilots audio...
Uber is expanding RideCheck and reminding riders to wear seatbelts.
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Federal agencies step up efforts to combat malw...
The moves comes after a string of cyberattacks reignited concerns about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure.
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