7 hours agoUK to ease holiday travel ban yet keeps most quarantinesBritain has announced a “first tentative step” toward resuming international travel for U.K. citizens.
15 hours agoChina discounts possibility of harm from falling rocketChina says the upper stage of its Long March 5B carrier rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly burn up on re-entry, posing little threat to people and property on Earth.
20 hours agoIndonesia's Sinabung spews column of volcanic ash into skyIndonesia’s rumbling Mount Sinabung has spewed a thick column of volcanic ash 1.7 miles into the sky.
1 day agoApple's app store chief fends off attacks in antitrust trialApple’s top app store executive faced a barrage of documents lobbed by an Epic Games lawyer aiming to prove allegations that the iPhone maker has been gouging app makers as part of a scheme hatched by Apple’s late co-founder Steve Jobs.
1 day agoUN: Cutting methane quickly key to curbing dangerous warmingA new United Nations report says cutting methane pollution is crucial to curbing dangerous climate change in the short term.
1 day agoNY: Broadband cos paid for 8.5M fake net neutrality commentsThe Office of the New York Attorney General said in a new report that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of net neutrality.
1 day agoUS proposes ending rule that weakened wild bird protectionsLongstanding protections for wild birds would be restored under a proposal to bring back prosecutions of bird deaths by industry that were ended by former President Donald Trump.
1 day agoMicrosoft pledges to let EU users keep data inside blocMicrosoft is pledging to allow business and public sector customers in the European Union keep cloud computing data inside the 27-nation bloc to avert concerns about U.S. government access to sensitive information.
1 day agoSupport grows for intellectual property protections waiver on virus vaccines; snags remainSeveral world leaders have praised the U.S. move to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines for poor nations by suspending patent protections on the shots.
1 day agoOn social media, memories pop up from a pandemic still goingMemories from earlier in the COVID-19 crisis are popping back up in people's social media feeds as throwback reminders, reposts and anniversary stories crack open the digital time capsule of the pandemic before it’s even over.
1 day agoGoogle says 20% of workers will be remote, many more hybridGoogle says that it expects about 20% of its workforce to still work remotely after the pandemic.
1 day agoSpaceX launches, lands Starship in 1st successful flight from South Texas baseSpaceX has finally launched and successfully landed its futuristic Starship.
2 days agoGiant sequoia still smoldering from 2020 California wildfireA giant sequoia has been found smoldering and smoking in a part of Sequoia National Park that burned in one of California’s huge wildfires last year.
2 days agoStates push back against use of facial recognition by policeState lawmakers across the U.S. are reconsidering the tradeoffs of facial recognition technology amid civil rights and racial bias concerns.
2 days agoFord is betting that solid-state batteries will cut EV costsFord has raised its stake in a manufacturer of solid-state batteries — a move that its chief product and operations officer, Hau Thai-Tang, says will strengthen the company’s effort to increase the range and reduce the costs of its next generation of electric vehicles.
2 days agoMain stage of Chinese rocket likely to plunge to Earth soonThe largest section of the rocket that launched the main module of China’s first permanent space station into orbit is expected to plunge back to Earth as early as Saturday at an unknown location.
2 days agoFacebook board upholds Trump ban, just not indefinitelyFormer President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook — at least not yet.
2 days ago60 years since 1st American in space: Tourists lining upSixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in his cosmic footsteps.
2 days agoNature at its craziest: Trillions of cicadas about to emergeTrillions of cicadas are about to emerge from 15 U.S. states.
2 days agoFacebook board's Trump decision could have wider impactsOn Wednesday, former President Donald Trump will know his fate on the world’s biggest social platform, Facebook.
3 days agoEXPLAINER: Will Donald Trump return to Facebook? Donald Trump will find out whether he gets to return to Facebook on Wednesday.
2 days agoAmerica’s new normal: A degree hotter than two decades agoAmerica's normal temperature is now a degree hotter than just 20 years ago.
3 days agoWine that went to space for sale with $1 million price tagA bottle of French wine that spent more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station is up for sale.
3 days agoResearchers: Climate pledges see world closing on Paris goalScientists say recent pledges by the United States and others could help cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.
Meredith to sell TV station division to Gray TelevisionMagazine publisher and multimedia company Meredith Corp. is selling its Local Media Group consisting of 17 television stations to Gray Television Inc. for $2.7 billion in cash and will focus on expanding its print and digital magazines business.
Intel: $3.5B investment is critical to microchip futureIntel will be investing $3.5 billion in its New Mexico plant to manufacture what executives say will fuel a new era of advanced computing as demands increase for the tiny microchips used in nearly all modern devices.
A decision on suspended Trump Facebook account this weekFormer President Donald Trump will find out this week whether he gets to return to Facebook.
Verizon sells internet trailblazers Yahoo and AOL for $5BAOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm.
Apple's 'walled garden' faces Epic attack in app store trialApple’s lucrative app store was alternately portrayed as a price-gouging monopoly and a hub of world-changing innovation during the preamble to a trial that may reshape the technological landscape.
Apple's app store goes on trial in threat to 'walled garden'On Monday, Apple faces a trial that could upend its iron control over its app store, which brings in billions of dollars each year while feeding more than 1.6 billion iPhones, iPads, and other devices.
Baidu rolls out paid driverless taxi service in BeijingChinese tech giant Baidu has rolled out its paid driverless taxi service, making it the first company that's commercialized autonomous driving operations in China.
SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdownSpaceX has delivered four astronauts back to Earth, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot.
SpaceX making 1st US crew splashdown in dark since Apollo 8SpaceX will attempt the first U.S. splashdown of returning astronauts in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot in 1968.
Big Tech stocks flex muscles again after a rough winterBig Tech stocks are flexing their enormous strength again, after getting knocked around a bit earlier this year.
Mars helicopter aces 4th flight, gets extra month of flyingNASA's little Mars helicopter is getting an extra month of flying.
TikTok names exec at Chinese parent ByteDance as new CEOVideo app TikTok said Friday that its new CEO is Shouzi Chew, the new CFO of its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.
3D-printed home in Dutch city expands housing optionsA Dutch couple have been looking around their new home — a two-bedroom concrete bungalow resembling a boulder that was created using 3D printing.
Pfizer, BioNTech seek EU's OK to use COVID vaccine on kidsPfizer and BioNTech have submitted a request to the European drug regulator for the approval of their coronavirus vaccine to be extended to include children aged 12 to 15 years old, in a move that could offer younger and less at-risk populations in Europe access to the shot for the first time.
EU accuses Apple of antitrust breach after Spotify complaintEuropean Union regulators are accusing Apple of violating the bloc’s antitrust rules, alleging that the company distorts competition for music streaming through rules for its App Store.
Beijing warns fintech firms against anti-monopoly behaviorChinese financial regulators have summoned 13 companies engaged in online finance services, including Tencent and Bytedance, and told them to strengthen anti-monopoly measures.
As virus engulfs India, diaspora watches with despairMillions of Indians around the world are watching in horror and despair as their home country registers the fourth-highest death toll from the coronavirus pandemic.
Senate confirms former Florida Sen. Bill Nelson to lead NASAThe Senate has confirmed Bill Nelson, a former Florida senator who once flew on the space shuttle, to be the next NASA administrator.
4th flight fizzles for NASA's Mars helicopter, retry Friday NASA's Mars helicopter fizzled on its fourth flight attempt after three successes.
Twitter post solid Q1 results but outlook sinks stockLike its bigger tech peers, Twitter posted stronger-than-expected results for the first quarter on Thursday.
US fines German software company SAP $8M over Iran sanctionsU.S. prosecutors say that German software giant SAP will have to pay more than $8 million in penalties in acknowledging allegations that it illegally exported its products to Iran.
People of color more exposed than whites to air pollutionAcross America, people of color are exposed to more air pollution than whites from industry, vehicles, construction and many other sources, a new study has found.
Gigantic Stratolaunch aircraft makes 2nd test flightThe gigantic Stratolaunch aircraft has flown for the second time in two years.
Dutch government pauses coronavirus app over data leak fearsThe Dutch government has temporarily disabled its coronavirus warning app amid data privacy concerns for people who have the app installed on phones using the Android operating system.
EXPLAINER: No ransomware silver bullet, crooks out of reachA new report by a public-private task force including Microsoft, Amazon, the National Governors Association, the FBI and Britain’s and Canada’s elite crime agencies offers a comprehensive plan for assaulting ransomware.
China launches main part of its 1st permanent space stationChina has launched the main module of its first permanent space station that will host astronauts long term.
Apple profit soars in latest quarter on higher iPhone salesDemand for the iPhone and Apple’s other products drove profits to more than double in the January-March period as the tech giant continued to capitalize on smartphone addiction.
Facebook reports soaring quarterly ad revenue, stock jumpsFacebook’s stock is in record territory after the social media giant reported stronger-than-expected results for the first quarter thanks to soaring ad revenue.
Astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11 pilot, dead of cancerApollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins has died at age 90.
Satellites show world’s glaciers melting faster than everA new study of the world's 220,000 mountain glaciers finds that they are melting faster now than in the early 2000s.
China's Huawei says sales down 16.5% amid US sanctionsEmbattled Chinese tech giant Huawei says its revenue fell in the first quarter of 2021 after it sold its lower-priced Honor smartphone brand but profitability improved.
China to launch Heavenly Harmony space station core module China plans to launch the core module for its first permanent space station this week.
Girl Scout cookies take flight in Virginia drone deliveriesA Google affiliate is using drones to deliver Girl Scout cookies in a Virginia community.
Microsoft profits soar as cloud demand continues in pandemicMicrosoft’s profits soared during the first three months of 2021, thanks to ongoing demand for its software and cloud computing services during the pandemic.
Google's Q1 ad sales surge 32%, Alphabet profit doublesGoogle’s digital advertising network has shifted back into high gear after an unprecedented reversal during the early stages of the pandemic.
Egypt archeologists unearth 110 ancient tombs in Nile DeltaEgypt says archeologists have unearthed 110 burial tombs in an ancient site in the Nile Delta province of Dakahlia.
Toyota acquires Lyft's self-driving unit for $550 millionToyota Motor Corp. has acquired the self-driving division of American ride-hailing company Lyft for $550 million, in a move that highlights the Japanese automaker’s ambitions in that technology.
