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NANCHANG, China — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners for a supplier to international tech giants such as Apple and Lenovo. Throughout the neighborhood, women in headscarves stroll through the streets, and Arabic signs advertise halal supermarkets and noodle shops. Yet […]

Voyager 2 has been traveling through space for 43 years, and is now 13 billion miles from Earth. But every so often, something goes wrong. At the end of January, for instance, the robotic probe executed a routine somersault to beam scientific data back to Earth when an error triggered a shutdown of some of

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a $50 million lawsuit filed by Representative Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic presidential candidate, that accused Google of infringing on her free speech when it briefly suspended her advertising account last year. The judge, Stephen V. Wilson of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of

SAN FRANCISCO — Anthony Levandowski, a former star Google and Uber engineer who helped pioneer self-driving cars, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday after a court ordered him to pay $179 million to Google over a contract dispute. The damages stemmed from an arbitration case between Google and Mr. Levandowski. The engineer had for years

FBI Director Christopher Wray says law enforcement agents are working to take out the tools that allow increasingly dangerous cyber criminals to carry out their devastating attacks By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press March 4, 2020, 9:48 PM 3 min read CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — To thwart increasingly dangerous cyber criminals, law enforcement agents are

Japan has suspended its yearly funding for a giant telescope project in Hawaii, citing an ongoing stalemate over its construction March 4, 2020, 9:58 PM 2 min read HONOLULU — Japan suspended its yearly funding for a giant telescope project in Hawaii, citing an ongoing stalemate over its construction. Japan is not completely pulling out

A new study published Wednesday found that climate change had raised the chances of Australia’s extreme fire season by at least 30% By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer March 4, 2020, 5:31 PM 3 min read WASHINGTON — Climate change raised the chances of Australia’s extreme fire season by at least 30%, according to a

Combining with competitors to become more profitable is “not that insightful of an observation,” Mr. Xu said, adding that he is focused on DoorDash’s growth strategy. When the company reveals its financials, the potential for profit and growth will be clear, DoorDash investors said. They pointed to Meituan Dianping, a Chinese food delivery company that

Twitter is starting to test tweets that disappear after 24 hours, although initially only in Brazil By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer March 4, 2020, 6:40 PM 2 min read SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter is starting to test tweets that disappear after 24 hours, although initially only in Brazil. The company says the ephemeral tweets,

SAN FRANCISCO — On a website called Azerbaijani Eagles, you can commission a murder for $5,000. The site Slayers Hitmen provides more options, with a beating going for $2,000. Death by torture costs $45,000. But don’t expect someone to get the job done. Experts and law enforcers who have studied these sites — almost all