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Biden's infrastructure plan will add 30 new Amt...
The administration's infrastructure plan allocates $80 billion for the nation's rail network.
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Tinder lets daters swipe around the world for f...
A free month of Tinder's Passport feature returns for daters still at home.
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Amazon plans to bring employees back to offices...
Most will be back by fall, the company tells workers in a memo.
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Apple is pushing its manufacturing partners int...
The tech giant is also working on a solar farm project in California that'll reportedly use Tesla Megapack batteries.
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Johnson & Johnson confirms a batch of 15 millio...
Company says it should still be on track to deliver 24 million vaccine doses through April.
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US Supreme Court rules that Facebook's automate...
In a 9-0 decision authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court barred a proposed lawsuit against Facebook over automated text messages.
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Biden will reportedly let Trump's H-1B visa ban...
Biden will not pursue restrictions Trump placed on h-1B visas.
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Some Google employees could return to offices i...
Like many other companies, Google is exploring what work will look like after the pandemic.
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2021 child tax credit: is your child a qualifie...
Qualified dependents need to meet specific requirements, like age and citizenship status, in order to receive CTC payments.
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How to get Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Spark,...
For a monthly cost of $15, Adobe's new Design Mobile Bundle combines its popular desktop software titles for customers on-the-go.
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Amazon's first US union could form in the South
If the company's warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama vote to unionize, it could spark more unionization efforts in Amazon warehouses around the country.
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Borisov comet is first interstellar object obse...
The comet appears to be pristine, wandering through deep space without ever coming near another star.
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Study finds the human heart shrinks in space
The study measured NASA astronaut Scott Kelly's heart before and during his 340-day stint in space.
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YouTube will start hiding likes among some user...
People will see the change in the coming weeks.
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Volcanoes probably didn't kill the dinosaurs, a...
New research digs deep into the theory that carbon dioxide from volcanic eruptions in India helped kill off the dinosaurs.
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Nike sues company over Satan Shoes with human b...
Only 666 pairs of the limited-edition sneakers were made, selling out in less than a minute.
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SpaceX SN11 test flight ends in foggy explosion
The Starship prototype joined SpaceX's past three prototypes in rocket heaven.
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Volkswagen becomes 'Voltswagen' -- but only for...
No, it's not a prank, we swear.
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Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are 80% effective i...
Previous studies indicated those vaccines prevented only symptoms of the coronavirus.
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Fox News hit with a second defamation lawsuit o...
Dominion Voting Systems joins Smartmatic USA in suing the media giant for allegedly making defamatory comments about the company's products.
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Microsoft's Flight simulator shows the now re-f...
Download a free add-on to witness the maritime shipping crisis.
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Solve NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge and win ...
The space agency is figuring out how to feed astronauts heading on a potential mission to Mars.
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Black Adam's release date announced
The Rock will play the DC anti-hero, and made the announcement himself, booming it over a giant speaker in Times Square.
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Egypt's Suez Canal is still blocked
The Ever Given, entering its sixth day of being stuck, has blocked the crucial waterway longer than any other cargo ship in history.
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Spotify gives its desktop and web app design a ...
Spotify is also allowing offline downloads on desktop for premium subscribers.
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