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Blue Origin Launches, Lands Same Rocket Record 6 Times
Blue Origin, JeffBezos’ space company, has scored another successful spaceflight.
Santa Claus House: Everything is Merry Year Round
Santa Claus House operations manager Paul Brown says that the business is almost like an “Alaska house.”
Amid Climate Change Concern, GM Rolls Out Big New Chevy SUVs
Global concerns about climate change are not stopping General Motors from making large SUVs for U.S. drivers.
RESEARCHERS WARN CENSUS ABOUT ACCURACY CONCERNS WITH METHOD
A new technique to protect the privacy of participants in the 2020 Census could foster distrust between the Census Bureau and researchers if it results in too many inaccuracies, demographers warned officials Wednesday.
‘THE AERONAUTS' DOESN'T EXACTLY SOAR, BUT JONES DOES
Would you like to ride in Eddie Redmayne’s beautiful balloon?
SPACEX DELIVERS ‘MIGHTY MICE,' WORMS, ROBOT TO SPACE STATION
SpaceX made an early holiday delivery to the International Space Station last weekend, bringing muscle-bound “mighty mice,” pest-killing worms and a smart, empathetic robot.
COMPLETE LIST OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS
COMPLETE LIST OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS
Holidays Bring Phishing Scam Surge Aimed At Small Business
The email looked legitimate, so Danielle Radin clicked on the link it contained, expecting to have her products included in a holiday gift guide.
Complacency A Concern As Aids Treatment Improves In Africa
AIDS has no cure. HIV is still here. But some people are forgetting that.
European Space Agency Gets More Funds, Also For Moon Mission
The 22 member states of the European Space agency pledged to boost their funding to support more missions and research projects, including a new generation of satellites to monitor climate change.
Huawei Moving US Research Center To Canada
The founder of Huawei says the Chinese tech giant is moving its U.S. research center to Canada due to American sanctions on the company.
Video Game Maker To Pay $10 Million In Gender Bias Case
The maker of popular video game League of Legends has agreed to pay $10 million to female employees to settle a broad gender discrimination case.
UK Election Is Full Of Dirty Tricks And Political Clicks
Britain is proving a lawless landscape for political mudslingers mining cyberspace for votes in an election that could determine the U.K.’s future relationship with the European Union.
Deadly Defect Found In Another Version Of Takata Airbags
A new and distinct problem has been discovered in air bags made by the now bankrupt company Takata which has led to at least one death.
Microsoft Shareholders Defeat 2 Activist Proposals
Microsoft’s shareholders have defeated two proposals by activist investors calling for the company to add a rank-and-file employee on its board of directors and report on gender disparities in company salaries.
Angry China Weighs Options As Trump Backs Hong Kong Bills
China’s fury over President Donald Trump’s decision to sign legislation supporting human rights in Hong Kong is evident.
Airbnb To Verify All 7 Million Properties To Improve Trust
Airbnb says it will spend the next year verifying that all 7 million of its listings are accurate and that the homes and rooms being offered for short-term stays meet basic quality standards.
Best Buy Cruises Into The Holidays
Best Buy is entering the critical holiday season with good cheer, raising its profit expectations for the current quarter.
3-D Printing Recreates Ancient Sculpture Destroyed By ISIS
A figure of a roaring lion, about the size of a loaf of bread, is the latest step in the fight to preserve culture from conflict.
Trump Campaign, Gop Groups Attack Google's New AD Policy
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and other Republican election groups criticized tech giant Google on Tuesday for making it harder for political advertisers to target specific types of people.
Panasonic Leaves Semiconductor Business With Taiwan Sale
Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic Corp. is abandoning the semiconductor business with the sale of its last business in that sector to a Taiwanese company.
Nissan Invests In Production To Prepare For Electric Age
Nissan is investing 33 billion yen ($303 million) in its flagship auto plant in Japan’s Tochigi prefecture in a first rollout of a production system geared toward electric vehicles.
Group Of French Lawmakers Wants To Ban Black Friday Sales
Some French lawmakers want to ban ‘Black Friday’, the post-Thanksgiving sales event that has morphed into a global phenomenon.
Gift-Wrapping This Season Trends Jazzy But Sustainable
The trend in gift wrapping this holiday season is toward jazzy yet sustainable options.
Ebay Selling Stubhub To Viagogo For $4.05 Billion
EBay is selling StubHub to ticket seller viagogo for $4.05 billion in cash.
Consumer Confidence Still High Despite November Decline
US consumer confidence declined slightly for a fourth consecutive month, but it remains elevated with the holiday shopping season ramping up.
Bosch To Stop Motor Scooter-Sharing Service Coup In Europe
German engineering firm Bosch is shutting down its motor scooter-sharing service Coup, currently operating in four European cities.
Uber to Let Users Record Audio of Rides in Brazil, Mexico
Uber will allow passengers and drivers in Brazil and Mexico to record audio of their rides as it attempts to improve its safety record and image.
Sibling Rivalry, Affection Rule New season of 'The Crown'
Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter, aka Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret in Netflix’s “The Crown,” are perched royally atop folding chairs as they hold court in a hotel suite serving as an interview room.
Amnesty International Calls Facebook, Google Rights Abusers
Amnesty International issued a scathing indictment of the world’s dominant internet corporations, arguing in a new report that Google and Facebook should be forced to abandon what it calls their surveillance-based business model because it is “predicated on human rights abuse.”