TESLA CEO ELON MUSK'S NEXT BIG BET RIDES ON BETTER BATTERIES

Tesla is working on new battery technology that CEO Elon Musk says will enable the company within the next three years to make sleeker, more affordable cars that can travel dramatically longer distances on a single charge.

SCIENTISTS COMBAT ANTISEMITISM WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

An international team of scientists said it had joined forces to combat the spread of anti-Semitism online with the help of artificial intelligence.

TIKTOK'S OWNER APPLIES FOR CHINESE LICENSE TO CLOSE US DEAL

TikTok’s owner said Thursday it has applied for a Chinese technology export license as it tries to complete a deal with Oracle and Walmart to keep the popular video app operating in the United States.

MICROSOFT WILL BUY VIDEO GAME MAKER ZENIMAX FOR $7.5 BILLION

Microsoft is buying the company behind popular video games The Elder Scrolls, Doom and Fallout.

NEW MEXICO UTILITY, LAB PARTNER TO MAKE GRID MORE RESILIENT

New Mexico’s largest electric utility and one of the nation’s premiere federal research laboratories will team up on a series of projects aimed at making the electric grid more resilient as the state prepares to add more renewable energy to the mix, officials said.

FACEBOOK OVERSIGHT BOARD TO START OPERATING IN OCTOBER

Facebook’s long-awaited oversight board that will act as a referee on whether specific content is allowed on the tech giant’s platforms is set to launch in October.

AMERICANS LOAD UP ON CANDY, TRICK OR TREAT - OR NOT

Americans may not know if trick or treating will happen this year because of the pandemic, but they’re buying a lot of Halloween candy while they wait to find out.

WHEN CAN I SHRED THIS CHECK? ANSWERS TO ONLINE BANKING FAQ

As the COVID-19 pandemic leads banking customers to lean into online technology to manage their money, those trying online banking for the first time may find themselves with questions about how to handle things previously done in person or with paper documents.

WHAT ARE THE RULES ON MASKS IN SCHOOLS?

What are the rules on masks in schools?

US GOVT: UPCOMING WECHAT ‘BAN' WON'T TARGET ITS USERS

A looming U.S. ban on the Chinese app WeChat won’t target people who use the app to communicate, according to a government court filing Wednesday.

SONY'S NEW $500 PLAYSTATION 5 WILL LAUNCH NOV. 12

Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 5 video game console will cost $500 and launch Nov. 12, the company said Wednesday, setting up a holiday battle with Microsoft’s Xbox Series X over whose new console will turn up under more trees this year.

Q&A: T-MOBILE PUSHES INTERNET FOR VIRTUAL SCHOOL

T-Mobile is pushing to offer internet service to schools that are doing online learning with a program aimed at low-income students who don’t have access. In the U.S., millions of students don’t have high-speed internet or computers at home — a difficult enough situation when it was just about trying to get homework done, but a much bigger problem when many school districts have moved part or all of the school day online during the coronavirus pandemic.

NVIDIA TO BUY UK'S ARM, SPARKING FEARS OF CHIP DOMINANCE

U.S. graphics chip maker Nvidia said it plans to buy U.K.-based Arm Holdings in a deal worth up to $40 billion, in a move that would create a global powerhouse in the industry.

EUROPE TESTS GATEWAY FOR TRACING APPS TO WORK ACROSS BORDERS

Six European Union countries and the bloc’s executive Commission have begun testing a virtual “gateway” to ensure national coronavirus tracing apps can work across borders.

GOOGLE RECEIVES $25M TAX BREAK FROM NEVADA TO BUILD FACILITY

Google will receive more than $25 million in tax breaks after pledging an additional $600 million for a new data center in southern Nevada, state officials said.

AUSTRALIA TO AMEND LAW MAKING FACEBOOK, GOOGLE PAY FOR NEWS

The author of proposed Australian laws to make Facebook and Google pay for journalism said Thursday his draft legislation will be altered to allay some of the digital giants’ concerns, but remain fundamentally unchanged.

AI ROBOTS SERVE RESTAURANT CUSTOMERS IN SOUTH KOREA

A burger shop in the South Korean capital is a bit different from typical fast food restaurants: Its key staff are robots.

American Airlines Will Drop Flights to 15 Cities in October

American Airlines will drop flights to 15 smaller U.S. cities in October when a federal requirement to serve those communities ends.

SAMSUNG WINS $6.6 BILLION CONTRACT FROM VERIZON TO CREATE 5G

Samsung Electronics Co. will develop 5G network infrastructure for Verizon Communications under a $6.65 billion deal announced this week.

CHINA'S FIRST REUSABLE SPACECRAFT LANDS AFTER 2-DAY FLIGHT

China’s first reusable spacecraft landed last Sunday after two days in orbit, a possible step toward lower-cost space flight, the government announced.

MICROSOFT TO LAUNCH NEW $500 XBOX CONSOLE NOV. 10

The holiday video game console battle is heating up. Microsoft says its Xbox Series X will cost $500 and debut Nov. 10, just ahead of the holidays.

UN REPORT: INCREASED WARMING CLOSING IN ON AGREED UPON LIMIT

The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report.

US SANCTIONS ON HUAWEI HIT CHIP SUPPLY AND GROWTH, EXEC SAYS

A Huawei executive says that recent U.S. sanctions against the company have caused a shortage of computer chips for the company, hurting the growth of its smartphone business.

US LONG-TERM MORTGAGE RATES FALL; 30-YEAR AT 2.86%

U.S. average rates on long-term mortgages fell this week amid signs that the halting economic recovery slowed over the summer. The key 30year mortgage again marked an all-time low.

FACEBOOK MAY HAVE TO STOP MOVING EU USER DATA TO US

Facebook may be forced to stop sending data about its European users to the U.S., in the first major fallout from a recent court ruling that found some trans-Atlantic data transfers don’t protect users from American government snooping.

DOES MY EMPLOYER HAVE TO SAY IF A COWORKER HAS THE VIRUS?

Does my employer have to say if a coworker has the virus?

CHINA'S EXPORT GROWTH QUICKENS IN AUGUST, IMPORTS EDGE LOWER

China’s export growth accelerated in August while imports edged lower as the world’s second-largest economy extended its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

US AGENCY POSTS ONLINE MAP TO TRACK AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TESTS

If you’ve ever seen one of those self-driving vehicles with strange equipment on the roof and wondered where it’s going, then there’s a website for you.

U.S. PRODUCTIVITY RISES A RECORD 10.1% IN SECOND QUARTER

U.S. productivity rose at a 10.1% rate in the second quarter as the number of hours worked declined by the largest amount since the government started compiling the data more than 70 years ago.

SWISS REGION TO TAKE CRYPTOCURRENCY FOR TAX PAYMENTS IN 2021

A Swiss region that has billed itself as a hub for high-tech finance said that it plans to accept cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ether for tax payments starting next year.