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US Ends Oil, Gas Lease Sales From Public Land Through June

The U.S. Interior Department is cancelling oil and gas lease sales from public lands through June amid an ongoing review of how the program contributes to climate change, officials said.

LOUISIANA CREATES RULES FOR SELF-DRIVING DELIVERY DEVICES

Louisiana has created a framework for self-driving delivery robots to drop off packages on the state’s streets, under a bill backed by lawmakers and Gov. John Bel Edwards.

SELF-DRIVING CAR PIONEER WAYMO GETS $2.5B TO FUEL AMBITIONS

Waymo, the self-driving car pioneer spun off from Google, isn’t allowing a recent wave of executive departures to detour its plans to expand its robotic taxi service.

HONG KONG WATCHING CHINESE NUCLEAR PLANT AFTER LEAK REPORTED

China’s government said Tuesday no abnormal radiation was detected outside a nuclear power plant near Hong Kong following a news report of a leak, while Hong Kong’s leader said her administration was closely watching the facility.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHINA'S NEW SPACE STATION

Adding a crew to China’s new orbiting space station is another major advance for the burgeoning space power.

CASSILL TO BE PAID IN CRYPTOCURRENCY IN DEAL WITH VOYAGER

Landon Cassill will be the first NASCAR driver paid entirely in cryptocurrency in a sponsorship deal with Voyager that begins at Nashville Superspeedway this weekend.

INTERNET OUTAGES BRIEFLY DISRUPT ACCESS TO WEBSITES, APPS

A wave of brief internet outages hit the websites and apps of dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe Thursday and Friday.

CAN YOU MIX AND MATCH COVID-19 VACCINES?

Can you mix and match two-dose COVID-19 vaccines?

AMAZON ALLOTS $300 MILLION FOR HOUSING NEAR MASS TRANSIT

Amazon is providing $300 million in low-interest loans to support housing located near mass transit in the Washington, D.C., area and the Seattle and Nashville, Tennessee, regions.

AIRBUS-BOEING DEAL EASES US EU TENSIONS BUT CONFLICTS REMAIN

The deal the United States and the European Union reached this week to end their long-running rift over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus will suspend billions in punitive tariffs. It will ease trans-Atlantic tensions. And it will let the two sides focus on a common economic threat: China.

SENATE PASSES BILL TO BOOST US TECH INDUSTRY, COUNTER RIVALS

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill that aims to boost U.S. semiconductor production and the development of artificial intelligence and other technology in the face of growing international competition, most notably from China.

GLOBAL WAR ON RANSOMWARE? HURDLES HINDER THE US RESPONSE

Foreign keyboard criminals with scant fear of repercussions have paralyzed U.S. schools and hospitals, leaked highly sensitive police files, triggered fuel shortages, and, most recently, threatened global food supply chains.

SCIENTISTS HAIL GOLDEN AGE TO TRACE BIRD MIGRATION WITH TECH

A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park then plucks a cicada from the ground for a snack.

GERMANY STARTS ROLLING OUT A DIGITAL EU VACCINATION PASS

Germany on Thursday started rolling out a digital vaccination pass that can be used across Europe as the continent gets ready for the key summer travel season.

STARTUP LORDSTOWN MOTORS WARNS IT MAY NOT STAY IN BUSINESS

Startup commercial electric vehicle maker Lordstown Motors says it may not be in business a year from now as it tries to secure funding to start full production of an electric pickup truck.

OWN AN ECHO? AMAZON MAY BE HELPING ITSELF TO YOUR BANDWIDTH

Do you own an Amazon smart device? If so, odds are good that the company is already sharing your internet connection with your neighbors unless you’ve specifically told it not to.

FERRARI TAPS EUROPEAN CHIP-MAKER EXECUTIVE AS NEW CEO

Luxury sports carmaker Ferrari has tapped Benedetto Vigna, an Italian executive at Europe’s largest semiconductor chipmaker, as its new CEO, the company announced this week.

EYING DEAL, GM SOFTENS ON TOUGH STANDARDS FOR CAR POLLUTION

The nation’s largest automaker said Wednesday it can support greenhouse gas emissions limits that other car manufacturers negotiated with California — if they are achieved mostly by promoting sales of fully electric vehicles.

CHINA SAYS US REVOKING OF CHINA APPS BAN A ‘POSITIVE STEP'

China’s Ministry of Commerce said that a U.S. move to revoke the Trump administration’s executive orders intended to ban apps like TikTok and WeChat was a “positive step,” amid strained relations between the two countries.

JAPAN'S VACCINE PUSH AHEAD OF OLYMPICS LOOKS TO BE TOO LATE

It may be too little, too late.

IN POST-PANDEMIC EUROPE, MIGRANTS WILL FACE DIGITAL FORTRESS

As the world begins to travel again, Europe is sending migrants a loud message: Stay away!

SUPREME COURT LIMITS PROSECUTORS' USE OF ANTI-HACKING LAW

The Supreme Court limited prosecutors’ ability to use an anti-hacking law to charge people with computer crimes.

SHOPPERS GO BACK TO STORES, BUT RETAILERS FACE CHALLENGES

Americans are going back to one of their favorite pastimes: store shopping.

GOV'T USE OF CHINESE DRONES IN LIMBO AS CONGRESS WEIGHS BAN

More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams, volcanoes and wildlife, it’s starting to look like they won’t be flying again any time soon — if ever.

TWITTER STARTS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA

Twitter is rolling out a subscription service, starting in Canada and Australia, that offers perks like an undo button for subscribers.

TECH CALMS DOWN, BUT STILL STRONG AS THE WORLD GOES DIGITAL

Technology company stocks are in rest mode this year, but what may seem like weakness as the economy recovers is really just dormancy.

IN VISIONS OF POST-PANDEMIC LIFE, ROARING '20S BECKON AGAIN

History repeats itself. But do decades duplicate?

EU PLANS DIGITAL ID WALLET FOR BLOC'S POST-PANDEMIC LIFE

The European Union unveiled plans for a digital ID wallet that residents could use to access services across the 27-nation bloc, part of a post-pandemic recovery strategy that involves accelerating the shift to an online world.

EU GIVES TIKTOK A MONTH TO RESPOND TO CONSUMER COMPLAINTS

The European Commission said it has given the Chinese-owned video app TikTok one month to answer complaints from a European consumer group over its commercial practices.

DAIMLER TRUCK TO SHIFT SPENDING TO BATTERY, HYDROGEN RIGS

Daimler’s truck and bus division says it plans to shift most of its vehicle development resources to zero-emission vehicles by 2025 and predicts that battery and hydrogen-powered trucks could be competitive with diesels on cost later this decade.