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NASA Launches Orion Crew Capsule To Test Abort System
NASA conducted a full-stress launch abort test Tuesday for the Orion capsules designed to carry astronauts to the moon.
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July 6, 2019
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Samsung Electronics Misses Forecast On Lower Phone Sales
Samsung Electronics Co. reported a lower-than-expected gain in the second-quarter earnings this week, indicating an end to its streak of record-breaking financial results as sales of smartphones and display panels slowed while memory chip profit stabilized.
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Fending Off Fortnite: Can Overwatch Stay Atop Esports World?
The Overwatch League has planted its flag atop the esports mountain. But just like its twitchy-thumbed superstars, the premier circuit can’t afford to sit still.
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August 4, 2018
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Film Inclusion Report Says Rhetoric Doesn't Equal Results
Despite enthusiastic discourse around diversity in film, a report from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released this week says when it comes to the numbers, little has changed. The most popular movies are still largely the domain of white, straight, able-bodied men, both in front of the camera and behind.
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August 4, 2018
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New Homeland Security Center To Guard Against Cyberattacks
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is creating a center aimed at protecting banks, electric companies and other critical infrastructure against cyber attacks — a threat that now exceeds the danger of a physical attack against the U.S. by a hostile foreign group, Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said.
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August 4, 2018
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Streaming: Changing The Future Of TV
Streaming: Changing The Future Of TV.
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Instagram Emerges From Facebook's Shadow
Instagram Emerges From Facebook's Shadow.
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Field To Fingertips: Tech Divide Narrows For World Cup Teams
Field To Fingertips: Tech Divide Narrows For World Cup Teams.
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Science Says: What Makes Something Truly Addictive
Now that the world’s leading public health group says too much Minecraft can be an addiction, could overindulging in chocolate, exercise, even sex, be next?
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June 23, 2018
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High Court: Online Shoppers Can Be Forced To Pay Sales Tax
The Supreme Court says states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax.
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June 23, 2018
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Google To Give Away $25 Million To Fund Humane AI Projects
Google will give away $25 million to projects that propose ways to use the artificial intelligence of computers to help create a more humane society.
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Beatles Release New Video For ‘glass Onion' On Apple Music
The Beatles have released a new music video on Apple Music for their 1968 song, “Glass Onion.”
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Purging Long-Forgotten Online Accounts: Worth The Trouble?
The internet is riddled with long-forgotten accounts on social media, dating apps and various shopping sites used once or twice. Sure, you should delete all those unused logins and passwords. And eat your vegetables. And go to the gym.
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October 21, 2018
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Alexa, Send Up Breakfast: Amazon Launches Echo For Hotels
Alexa has a new job: hotel concierge.
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June 23, 2018
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Microsoft Raises Alarms About Face Recognition
Microsoft is calling on Congress to regulate the use of facial recognition technology to protect people’s privacy and freedom of expression.
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Netflix's Stock Sinks As 2Q Subscriber Growth Disappoints
Netflix has added far fewer subscribers than management had projected, renewing fears that its growth may sputter as it tries to fend off fiercer competition.
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Wisconsin Company Unveils New Lighting Technology
A Wisconsin manufacturer has debuted new fusion technology in solar LED light fixtures that can be used in commercial and industrial applications.
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South Africa Unveils New Telescope Aimed At Galaxies
South Africa Unveils New Telescope Aimed At Galaxies
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Satellite Imagery Company Launches Wildfire Twitter Feed
A new tool for visualizing and tracking wildfires from the sky was launched on twitter by a New Mexico-based startup company, in an effort that combines super-computing capabilities with satellite imagery.
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Foxconn Plans To Open West-Central Wisconsin Facilities
Foxconn Plans To Open West-central Wisconsin Facilities
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Alphabet's Q2 Profit Triggers Rally, Despite $5.1b EU Fine
Google parent Alphabet on Monday reported second-quarter earnings that pleased Wall Street, even as it booked a $5.1 billion charge to cover a fine levied by European regulators.
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OLED: The Future Of Screen Tech
The iPhone X was, in a series of further experiments, also found to come out on top for color representation, white balance - for which the X’s True Tone technology can be thanked - and viewing angles.
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Gal Gadot Shows 'Wonder Woman 1984' First Look At Comic-Con
“Wonder Woman 1984” is only three and a half weeks into production, but that didn’t stop star Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins from bringing some footage to Comic-Con.
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Water Is Buried Beneath Martian Landscape, Study Says
A huge lake of salty water appears to be buried deep in Mars, raising the possibility of finding life on the red planet, scientists reported Wednesday.
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EU Top Court Rules New Breeding Techniques Count As GMOS
The European Union’s top court ruled Wednesday that food produced by a series of new biotechnology breeding techniques should be considered genetically modified organisms, thus falling under the EU’s strict regulations of the products.
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Trolls And Snowflakes: Once-Stuffy DC Embraces Tough Slang
The House speaker dismissed the actions of a U.S. president as merely “trolling.” And the nation’s attorney general knocked America’s university students as a bunch of sensitive “snowflakes.”
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Facebook Sets Up Subsidiary In China, Where It's Blocked
Facebook is blocked in China but it’s still setting up a subsidiary in the world’s most populous country.
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Following Accidents, Dutch Uber Lifts Minimum Driver Age
Ride hailing firm Uber said it is raising the minimum age of its drivers in the Netherlands and taking other measures to increase road safety after a series of fatal accidents involving Uber drivers.
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Toyota, Panasonic Announce Venture For Green Auto Batteries
The Japanese automaker and the Japanese electronics maker said in a joint statement this week that Toyota will take a 51 percent stake and Panasonic 49 percent in the joint venture, which is to be running by the end of 2020.
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‘Ant-Man And The Wasp' Punches Above Its Weight
Not since Animal against the advice of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker ingested Insta-Growth pills has a movie had as much fun with scale as “Ant-Man and The Wasp.”
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