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CHADWICK BOSEMAN'S DEATH LEAVES SADDENING MARK ON ROUGH 2020

Kobe Bryant. Rep. John Lewis. And now, Chadwick Boseman.

GOOGLE LOCATION-TRACKING TACTICS TROUBLED ITS OWN ENGINEERS

Google’s own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn’t want to be followed until a 2018 Associated Press investigation uncovered the shadowy surveillance, according to unsealed documents in a consumer fraud case.

SCIENCE FOUNDATION DISCUSSES FUNDING GIANT HAWAII TELESCOPE

The National Science Foundation has launched an informal outreach to Hawaii about possible funding efforts for the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope project.

TIKTOK CEO RESIGNS AMID US PRESSURE TO SELL VIDEO APP

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned Thursday amid U.S. pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app, which the White House says is a security risk.

SOMETIME SOON, YOUR CAR WILL PARK ITSELF IN URBAN GARAGES

So after the coronavirus threat has passed, you head downtown for a baseball game.

MORE THAN 1 MILLION AMERICANS FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, AGAIN

Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other segments of the economy rebound from a springtime collapse.

MILITARY'S TOP CYBER OFFICIAL DEFENDS MORE AGGRESSIVE STANCE

The U.S. military’s top cyber official is defending the government’s shift toward a more aggressive strategy in cyberspace, saying the mission has evolved over the last decade to become more proactive and offensive in order to keep pace with sophisticated threats.

EUROPEAN FLIGHT SAFETY AGENCY TO START 737 MAX TEST FLIGHTS

Europe’s flight safety authority said it had scheduled the first flight tests for the Boeing 737 Max, which has been grounded worldwide after two deadly crashes revealed design issues with the jet.

HUAWEI, ZTE LOSE PATENT APPEAL CASES AT UK SUPREME COURT

Britain’s Supreme Court has dismissed two appeals by Chinese telecoms firms Huawei and ZTE over mobile data patent disputes.

FACEBOOK: APPLE PRIVACY CHANGES WILL MUCK UP ONLINE ADS

Facebook is pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices — and putting app developers in the middle.

DOES A FACE MASK PROTECT ME, OR JUST THE PEOPLE AROUND ME?

Does a face mask protect me, or just the people around me?

NOW PLAYING AT THE MALL PARKING LOT: MOVIES, DRAG SHOWS

Angel Dougherty went to the mall last month — not to shop, but to watch a drive-in drag show in the parking lot.

ZERO G: SOME GERMAN MOBILE USERS STILL WAITING FOR A SIGNAL

From his home on a former East German army base, Jens Raeder can power up a carefully restored Soviet shortwave transmitter and communicate with military radio enthusiasts around the world.

WEATHER CHANNEL APP TO CHANGE PRACTICES AFTER LA LAWSUIT

The operator of The Weather Channel mobile app has agreed to change how it informs users about its location-tracking practices and sale of personal data as part of a settlement with the Los Angeles city attorney’s office, officials.

STATES WRESTLE WITH PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AMID COVID

As heat waves rose from the crackling grass next to a cotton field that stretched far into the distance, Rick Porter watched his young football players struggle through a preseason practice.

RISE IN JOBLESS CLAIMS REFLECTS STILL-STRUGGLING US ECONOMY

The coronavirus recession struck swiftly and violently. Now, with the economy still in the grip of the pandemic five months later, the recovery looks fitful and uneven — and painfully slow.

PANDEMIC PUSHES EXPANSION OF ‘HOSPITAL AT-HOME' TREATMENT

As hospitals care for people with COVID-19 and try to keep others from catching the virus, more patients are opting to be treated where they feel safest: at home.

CHINESE ELECTRIC CAR BRAND NIO LOOKS AT EXPANSION ABROAD

Chinese electric car brand NIO plans to start expanding to Western markets next year and might export a battery-swapping service that could help it compete with rival Tesla, the company’s chairman said Thursday.

HIGH-ALTITUDE AIRSHIPS COMPANY PICKS NEW MEXICO FOR BASE

A technology company aiming to send up high altitude airships to monitor crops and bring broadband has chosen New Mexico for its U.S. production center, state Economic Development Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced this week.

AIRBNB FILES PRELIMINARY PAPERWORK FOR PUBLIC STOCK OFFERING

Airbnb filed preliminary paperwork to sell company stock on Wall Street, undaunted by a global pandemic that has taken some wind out of its home-sharing business.

TELEMEDICINE SHINES DURING PANDEMIC BUT WILL GLOW FADE?

Imagine more contact with doctors or nurses but fewer trips to the office.

AMC TO OFFER 15-CENT TICKETS ON FIRST DAY OF REOPENING

AMC Theatres, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie.

ACTORS AND DISNEY WORLD REACH DEAL AFTER VIRUS TESTING FIGHT

“As a reminder, testing is voluntary and Cast Members will not be paid for testing time,” the notice said.

CAPITAL ONE FINED $80 MILLION IN DATA BREACH

The U.S. Treasury Department has fined Capital One $80 million for careless network security practices that enabled a hack that accessed the personal information of 106 million of the bank’s credit cardholders.

MICROSOFT BACK IN THE SMARTPHONE BUSINESS WITH ITS NEW DUO

The Duo has two 5.6-inch displays and, when opened like a book, is a slim 4.8 millimeters thick, making it what the company says is the thinnest device on the market.

IN A FIRST, AIRBNB TAKES ACTION AGAINST GUEST FOR PARTY

For the first time, Airbnb is taking legal action against a guest for violating its ban on unauthorized parties.

ANDROID PHONES TO TRACK QUAKES; CALIFORNIA GETS ALERT SYSTEM

Android phones will be used to sense earthquakes around the world and may one day be able to provide global warnings, with the first mass alert system unveiled this week in California, Google announced.

FACEBOOK BEEFS UP ANTI-MISINFO EFFORTS AHEAD OF US ELECTION

Beginning this week, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages -- labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcoming presidential election.

NEW MEXICO'S LARGEST NEWSPAPERS COMBINE PRINTING OPERATIONS

The Albuquerque Journal and the Santa Fe New Mexican newspapers are partnering to print both publications at the The New Mexican’s production facility in Santa Fe in a cost-cutting move.

TRIBUNE CLOSING 5 NEWSROOMS INCLUDING NY DAILY NEWS

Tribune Publishing Company, which owns some of the most storied newspapers in American journalism, said that it is closing the newsrooms at five of them, including New York’s Daily News and The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland.