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The result is a work that recounts the company’s narrative mainly through the lens of its central figures. It is a largely sympathetic, and occasionally fawning, portrait of Facebook that seems at odds with the company’s recent emergence as an avatar for the risks of unchecked corporate power. Although the book raises questions about Facebook’s […]

Amazon is aiming to kill the supermarket checkout line By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer February 25, 2020, 2:35 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — Amazon is aiming to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, the latest sign that Amazon is serious about shaking up

SAN FRANCISCO — Intuit, the parent company of TurboTax and Mint, agreed on Monday to pay $7.1 billion for Credit Karma, a start-up that has become one of the most popular financial applications for young consumers. The deal, which is being done with both cash and stock, is expected to create a Silicon Valley financial

HAMPTON, Va. — Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died. She was 101. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said on Twitter that she died Monday morning. No cause

Intuit, the home of TurboTax and Mint, is nearing a deal to buy Credit Karma, a start-up that grew to fame by offering consumers free access to their credit scores, for about $7 billion in cash and stock, two people briefed on the matter said on Sunday. The deal, which could be announced as soon

NASA’s newest Mars lander has confirmed that quakes and even aftershocks are regularly jolting the red planet By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer February 24, 2020, 4:07 PM 4 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest Mars lander has confirmed that quakes and even aftershocks are regularly jolting the red planet. Scientists reported Monday

PORTLAND, Ore. — Tiny bits of broken-down plastic smaller than a fraction of a grain of riceare turning up everywhere in oceans, from the water tothe guts of fish and the poop of sea otters and giant killer whales. Yet little is known about the effects of these “microplastics” — onsea creatures or humans. “It’s

A California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is flat or round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth February 23, 2020, 7:11 PM 3 min read BARSTOW, Calif. — A California man

CODY, Wyo. — It’s surprising that a global celebrity who frequently self-identifies as the greatest artist living or dead has become an everyday presence in a tightly connected town of about 10,000 people. It’s more surprising just how much the town’s leaders want him to stay. There Kanye West is at the McDonald’s, the Best

SAN FRANCISCO — In the first few months of his presidential campaign, Michael R. Bloomberg has been as aggressive on social media as President Trump was four years ago. But with a lot more money to spend. Mr. Bloomberg has hired popular online personalities to create videos and images promoting his candidacy on social media.