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Elon Musk's SpaceX prepares for upgraded Starsh...
SpaceX’s SN15 prototype is aiming to blast off for Mars in the coming days.
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Fi, Google's wireless service adds a new Simply...
The search giant is trying to attract more customers with cheaper rates.
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PlayStation Plus Video Pass, a video streaming ...
The service is currently limited to PlayStation Plus subscribers in Poland.
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After brief pause, US resumes Johnson & Johnson...
After an investigation the CDC and FDA found that potential blood clots are "very rare events."
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Astronauts aboard SpaceX rocket successfully re...
The four new arrivals at the ISS are set for a six-month science mission aboard the space station.
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California is the first state-wide university s...
The UC and CSU college systems plan to require shots at all 33 campuses.
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Paul Stanley, Kiss frontman, encourages a young...
"There is no such thing as doing art 'wrong,'" Stanley reminds 6-year-old Edie after her art teacher supposedly made a discouraging comment
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Facebook internal task force reportedly found t...
An internal task force found the social network didn't take appropriate action against the Stop the Steal movement, reports BuzzFeed News.
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Senators urge the NHTSA for new safety recommen...
The Democratic Senators want new guidelines for driver-assist systems after a crash that resulted in two deaths.
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Perseverance rover extracts oxygen out of Mars ...
Using a tool called Moxie, the rover pulled breathable oxygen from air on Mars, which is about 96% carbon dioxide.
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Biden's next stimulus plans are already in deve...
The American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan propose aid to boost the economy and give more support to working families.
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter makes a successful ...
The helicopter's second flight was a bit more ambitious than the first.
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Biden wants to cut US emissions 52% by 2030
Companies like Ford and GM are onboard to curb emissions in the US.
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Lawmakers say Google markets apps violate child...
They want the FTC to investigate whether the Google Play Store misleads parents and harms kids.
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TikTok faces lawsuit over child privacy
A legal claim worth billions alleges TikTok illegally collected and used children's data.
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Apple's iOS 14 update comes with a privacy chan...
App Tracking Transparency gives iPhone owners control over whether apps can track their activity, which could hurt Facebook's ad revenue.
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Your state could be holding on to unclaimed ass...
It's easy to check if a state has a financial asset of yours and not much harder to claim it.
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Deadly Tesla Model S crash initial investigatio...
Musk claims data logs recovered "so far" don't show Autopilot engaged during the crash. Investigators say no one was behind the wheel.
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Travel to 80% of all countries off limits due t...
The State Department also "strongly recommends" US citizens reconsider any travel overseas.
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Apple AirTags: everything we know about the new...
The iPhone maker's tracker tech is finally here.
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Apple finally debuts AirTags at Spring Loaded
At its first virtual event of 2021, the tech giant announced AirTags, a new Apple TV, iMacs in a rainbow of colors, and so much more.
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Cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, ...
Bitcoin dropped 9% just days after reaching a record high, according to Coin Desk.
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SpaceX will send Artemis astronauts to the moon
Elon Musk's rocket company won the NASA contract with a $2.9 billion bid, beating out Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.
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Two die in Tesla Model S car crash in Texas
The car ran off a Houston road and hit a tree before bursting into flames.
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Billions of T.rexes once roamed the Earth over ...
Researchers now have an estimate on how many for just how many of these terrifying lizards once lived on Earth.
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