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RocketLab loses pair of satellites in uncontrol...
The second stage of one of its Electron rockets failed to make it to orbit Saturday.
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18 scientific experts pen letter pushing for in...
The letter argues for a more transparent, data-driven and objective investigation than was conducted by the joint China-WHO study.
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Bill Gates reportedly left Microsoft board amid...
The Microsoft employee alleged in a 2019 letter that she had a years-long sexual relationship with Gates.
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AT&T merges WarnerMedia and Discovery to create...
The deal is pegged to be worth $43 billion.
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Disney Plus has surpassed 100 million subscribe...
In comparison, juggernaut Netflix has 207 million global subscribers.
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Ramping up for Amazon Prime Day, Amazon looks t...
The retail giant says hiring across the US and Canada for warehouse workers and delivery drivers.
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China's Zhurong rover lands on Mars, making his...
China follows the US in becoming just the second nation to have a rover travel across the Martian surface.
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Twitter reportedly planning to launch subscript...
Jane Manchun Wong, a tipster, tweeted the service may have a tiered pricing model, with users who pay more getting more features.
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E3 2021 will be a virtual event with a "bespoke...
It'll be just like being there, but without the sore feet.
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Five Ohio residents will win $1 million each fo...
The lottery is part of Ohio's push against declining demand for vaccination.
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Disney's Jungle Cruise finally gets a release d...
The Rock took a few minutes out of his training session to bring us the news.
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Fully vaccinated people can mostly stop wearing...
The agency updates its guidance for fully vaccinated Americans, saying they can safely go maskless both indoors and outdoors. There are still some restrictions though.
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You can no longer buy a Tesla with Bitcoin
The electric vehicle maker stopped accepting the cryptocurrency as payment because its hugely energy-intensive.
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Dogecoin's fall inspires wave of new joke-meme ...
It appears Dogecoin has fallen...for now.
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Colonial Pipeline paid hackers in to restore fu...
According to Bloomberg, the company paid a $5M ransom hours after the attack.
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Amazon lawsuit targets text message scammers
The spam texts allegedly used the company's name to offer fake deals and discounts.
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eBay will allow users to sell NFTs
The company will allow "trusted sellers"to sell NFTs across music, art, trading cards and entertainment later this year.
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James Webb Space Telescope set to launch into s...
NASA's successor to the Hubble Telescope opened its golden mirror for the last time on Earth this week.
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Scientists explore new ways to keep space "unde...
The garments have to be shared, and astronauts don't have the luxury of just tossing them into the laundry.
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Facebook will soon know its "long term plan" fo...
The social media giant suspended the former president's account after January's deadly Capitol Hill riot.
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NTSB reports camera footage indicates driver be...
Local authorities first reported last month that no one was behind the wheel of the Model S at the time of impact.
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SpaceX breaks record for rocket reuse
Just hours after the iconoclastic CEO hosted Saturday Night Live, his company conducted a landmark launch.
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Colonial Pipeline hack: everything you need to ...
The FBI blamed the attack and weekend shutdown of the pipeline on a group called Darkside.
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Apple claims its App Store review team stopped ...
The company's anti-fraud announcement is the latest in a series of disclosures from the tech giant as part of its high-profile lawsuit with Epic.
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NASA Voyager 1 is detecting a “hum” of plasma w...
Voyager 1 left Earth in 1977, and its finding that space isn’t so void-like after all.
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