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Plant your flag on the Virgin Galactic spaceflight
For $1000, you can hold a seat on one of their commercial space flights through the One Small Step program
1 min
2402
CDC and WHO warn US to prepare for a possible c...
At the moment, the risk of the disease to the general public is minimal -- but the organizations still encourage precaution
1 min
2403
Inpixon is bringing tracking technology to schools
School districts are using student phones to track their location on campus, prioritizing safety over privacy
5 min
2404
The Tesla Model Y is nearly ready for delivery
Customers who preordered the new electric vehicle received an email requesting delivery information
2 min
2405
Facebook is continuing its mission to connect t...
On Tuesday, the social media giant announced a multitude of projects aimed to bring affordable internet access to people in developing countries and rural regions
5 min
2406
Amazon Go Grocery store will sport its 'just wa...
The company's physical Seattle grocery store opens on Tuesday. No cash, no card, no problem
2 min
2407
You can still play your older games on the new ...
Microsoft's new console will sport backwards compatibility
3 min
2408
Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician and trail...
Johnson was one of a group of black women who aided in the US space race and broke barriers at the space agency
3 min
2409
Accessing your cryptocurrency is usually safe.....
A drug dealer in Ireland lost $58 million in bitcoin, thanks to his landlord
2 min
2410
Bloomberg campaign taps social media influencer...
He isn't the only presidential candidate using influencers, but the media strategy highlights the loopholes in political ad policies
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2411
Twitter experiments labeling misinformation pos...
The bright orange label would appear beneath tweets from politicians and public figures
3 min
2412
Uber's new safety feature for riders worries it...
The tool lets riders report nonemergency incidents directly to Uber during their ride. Drivers worry it could affect their record
2 min
2413
Tariffs, data privacy, antitrust laws - how the...
Technology is big issue. Here's where each of the democratic presidential candidates stands on some of the industry's biggest problems
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2414
Thanks to Brexit, US will now be in charge of s...
By leaving the European Union, people who use the search engine in the UK forfeit their data protections
2 min
2415
Newly detected fast radio bursts could point to...
Harvard astronomer, Avi Loeb, says we can't rule out aliens as the source mysterious repeating pattern of signals
4 min
2416
FBI Director says Russia is waging 'information...
As the US gears up for the 2020 election, Chris Wray spoke to the House Intelligence Committee about Russian interference
1 min
2417
Rudy Giuliani tweets a lot of typos, leaving hi...
The former New York City mayor's Twitter posts are riddled with errors, typo-squatting hackers are starting to notice
3 min
2418
Despite overwhelming criticism, Facebook defend...
The social network is under fire for continuing its policy of allowing politicians to lie in their campaign ads
3 min
2419
Nevada caucus hopes to avoid repeat of Iowa cau...
2000 iPads will be preloaded with Google Forms and distributed to precinct chairs to calculate results
1 min
2420
NOAA declares January 2020 hottest January ever...
The agency predicts 2020 will continue to see record heat temperatures
2 min
2421
Apps are taking more data than you think. Accor...
You give an app an inch of permission, and more often than not, they'll take a mile of data
7 min
2422
GSMA cancels MWC because of COVID-19
Companies continued to withdraw their attendanc, forcing the organization to cancel the biggest mobile phone event of the year
2 min
2423
Senate proposes creating a Data Protection Agency
The federal privacy watchdog is part of the Data Protection Act of 2020, introduced by Senator Kristen Gillibrand of New York.
1 min
2424
With the Galaxy Z Flip, Samsung now has two fol...
The mobile phone giant unveiled the Galaxy Z Flip on Tuesday, which differs from the Galaxy Fold
4 min
2425
Huawei has backdoor access to global mobile net...
The backdoors were created for law enforcement use, but the telecommunications giant has had access to them for a decade
1 min