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OAKLAND, Calif. — In one of the most far-ranging attempts to halt the spread of the coronavirus, Apple and Google said they were building software into smartphones that would tell people if they were recently in contact with someone who was infected with it. The technology giants said they were teaming up to release the […]

Two NASA astronauts said they expect it will be tough returning to such a drastically changed world next week, after more than half a year at the International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer April 10, 2020, 6:17 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article CAPE

“People would post a picture of a red wine glass and be like, ‘If your girl knows what this means, she’s not your girl,’” said Alexis, a 24-year-old dancer at a club in Atlanta who has performed in several of Mr. LaBoy’s livestreams. “It’s become a symbol of the show.” Then women, or, as the

LONDON — On April 2, a wireless tower was set ablaze in Birmingham. The next day, a fire was reported at 10 p.m. at a telecommunications box in Liverpool. An hour later, an emergency call came in about another cell tower in Liverpool that was going up in flames. Across Britain, more than 30 acts

A Mercury-bound spacecraft has swooped past Earth, tweaking its path to the solar system’s innermost planet By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer April 10, 2020, 3:25 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A Mercury-bound spacecraft swooped past Earth on Friday, tweaking its roundabout

BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at the best of the week’s technology stories including: Tesla reveals a prototype of its newly-designed ventilator aimed to help meet the shortage of the devices in hospitals Graduates in Japan are awarded their diplomas via telepresence robots Musicians from the Stay At Home Choir collaborate remotely to perform Vivaldi’s

WASHINGTON — When the federal government opened its $349 billion small-business lending program last Friday, start-ups that specialize in giving such loans were eager to accept applications and send money to the restaurants, gyms and hair salons hit hard by the coronavirus shutdown. Yet these online lenders were locked out of the program for the

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Scientists have found the first direct evidence that Neanderthals could make string By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer April 9, 2020, 3:58 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article NEW YORK — It looked like a white splotch on the underside of a Neanderthal stone tool. But a

In Albany, La., the priests and deacons of St. Margaret Queen of Scotland church recently divided up a list of 900 parishioners to call to check in on them, something they never did because they saw their members in person. Some of the congregants in the rural community outside New Orleans were suspicious when they