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NASA CAPSULE FLIES OVER APOLLO LANDING SITES, HEADS HOME

NASA's Orion capsule and its test dummies swooped one last time around the moon Monday, flying over a couple Apollo landing sites before heading home.

SALE JUMPSTARTS FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND POWER IN US WATERS

This week marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms, in the deep waters off the West Coast.

THE MIND BEHIND THE RUBIK'S CUBE CELEBRATES A LASTING PUZZLE

If you've ever had trouble solving a Rubik's Cube, a good piece of advice is to break it down into steps. It's worth a shot: That advice is from the man who invented it.

APPLE MUSIC OFFERS A CHANCE TO SING WITH YOUR FAVORITES

Apple Music Sing gives the user the ability to adjust a song's vocals and an enhanced beat-by-beat lyric display, which both draw on the platform's massive song library. The result is what Apple hopes will be an effortless invitation to karaoke.

MICROSOFT STRIKES 10-YEAR DEAL WITH NINTENDO ON CALL OF DUTY

Microsoft agreed this week to make the hit video game Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 years should its $69 billion purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard go through an apparent attempt to fend off objections from rival Sony.

CHINA EASES ANTI-COVID MEASURES FOLLOWING PROTESTS

China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.

WORK FORGES AHEAD AS SCHEDULED ON KENTUCKY EV BATTERY PLANTS

Ford Motor Co. and a South Korean partner company showed off their progress in developing a massive battery production venture in Kentucky, where they have laid the groundwork for one of the \"big bets\" the automaker is making in its electric vehicle business.

BUZZFEED CUTS 12% OF STAFF CITING WORSENING ECON CONDITIONS

Digital media company BuzzFeed is cutting 12% of its workforce, citing worsening economic conditions.

BOEING'S LAST 747 TO ROLL OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE FACTORY

After more than half a century, Boeing is set to roll its last 747 out of a Washington state factory on Tuesday.

ΜΕΤΑ OVERSIGHT BOARD URGES CHANGES TO VIP MODERATION SYSTEM

Facebook parent Meta’s quasi-independent oversight board said that an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, from some or all of its content moderation rules needs a major overhaul.

MARYLAND BANS TIKTOK IN STATE AGENCIES, LATEST STATE TO ACT

Maryland is banning the use of TikTok and certain China and Russia-based platforms in the state’s executive branch of government, Gov. Larry Hogan said this week, the latest state to address cybersecurity risks presented by the platforms.

BIDEN VISITS ARIZONA COMPUTER CHIP SITE, HIGHLIGHTS JOBS

President Joe Biden on Tuesday visited the site for a new computer chip plant in Arizona, using it as a chance to emphasize how his policies are fostering job growth in what could be a challenge to the incoming Republican House majority.

US POLICE RARELY DEPLOY DEADLY ROBOTS TO CONFRONT SUSPECTS

The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects.

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MAN GOES TO TRIAL ON CHARGES HE RAN UNLICENSED BITCOIN BIZ

A New Hampshire man accused of running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business catered to romance and imposter scammers who conned their victims into wiring him money that he shared as virtual currency with the criminals after taking his cut, a prosecutor alleged during opening statements in his trial Tuesday.

REVIEW: WILL SMITH-LED 'EMANCIPATION' IS AN ACTION THRILLER

It comes as some relief that Antoine Fuqua's \"Emancipation,\" starring Will Smith as a runaway slave in Civil War-era Louisiana, is not, at least traditionally speaking, an Oscar movie.

US FCC BANS SALES IMPORT OF CHINESE TECH FROM HUAWEI, ZTE

The U.S. is banning the sale of communications equipment made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE and restricting the use of some China-made video surveillance systems, citing an \"unacceptable risk\" to national security.

COMPETITORS CHIP AWAY AT TESLA'S US ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHARE

New electric vehicle models from multiple automakers are starting to chip away at Tesla's dominance of the U.S. EV market, according to national vehicle registration data.

MLB SELLS SHARE OF BAMTECH TO WALT DISNEY CO. FOR $900M

Major League Baseball has sold its remaining share of a streaming service technology company to the Walt Disney Co. for $900 million.

NETFLIX NIGHTS STILL COME WRAPPED IN RED-AND-WHITE ENVELOPES

Netflix’s trailblazing DVD-by-mail rental service has been relegated as a relic in the age of video streaming, but there is still a steady — albeit shrinking — audience of diehards like Amanda Konkle who are happily paying to receive those discs in the iconic red-and-white envelopes.

UK WATERS DOWN ONLINE RESTRICTIONS AFTER FREE SPEECH OUTCRY

The British government abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is harmful but legal, after the proposal drew strong criticism from lawmakers and civil liberties groups.

4 REASONS FOR THRIFT STORE GIFTS THIS YEAR

Thrifting is hot, and Goodwill finds are cool again. But while we’re thrilled to find the perfect throwback tee for our own closet, gifting used goods still carries a stigma for some.

IN WHY ARE MAN UNITED AND LIVERPOOL SUDDENLY ON THE MARKET?

English soccer’s two most storied teams are suddenly in play.

STATES SETTLE WITH GOOGLE, IHEARTMEDIA OVER MISLEADING ADS

The Federal Trade Commission and a handful of states announced settlements with Google and iHeartMedia related to misleading radio advertisements about a Google cellphone.

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CENSUS BUREAU CHIEF DEFENDS NEW PRIVACY TOOL AGAINST CRITICS

The U.S. Census Bureau's chief is defending a new tool meant to protect the privacy of people participating in the statistical agency's questionnaires against calls to abandon it by prominent researchers who claim it jeopardizes the usefulness of numbers that are the foundation of the nation's data infrastructure.

TOYOTA RAV4 PRIME VS. HYUNDAI TUCSON PLUG-IN

Since its debut for the 2021 model year, the Toyota RAV4 Prime has served as a benchmark for what a small SUV with a plug-in hybrid powertrain can be. It's efficient, fast and nearly as practical as a regular RAV4. But now SUV shoppers have another choice to consider: the Hyundai Tucson PHEV. It too offers improved performance and efficiency over the standard gas-only Tucson.

DRUG SLOWS ALZHEIMER'S BUT CAN IT MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE?

An experimental Alzheimer's drug modestly slowed the brain disease's inevitable worsening, researchers reported this week -- but it remains unclear how much difference that might make in people's lives.

APPLE MUSIC REVEALS TOP MUSIC IN 2022 AND LISTENER CHARTS

\"Stay\" the smash hit by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber topped Apple Music's global song chart in 2022 as the giant music streamer released its endof-year lists and provided listeners with data on their own most listened-to tunes.

AMAZON SAYS IT HAD ITS BIGGEST THANKSGIVING SHOPPING WEEKEND

Amazon said it had its biggest-ever Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend, aided by a record number of consumers looking for deals online amid high inflation.