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SAN FRANCISCO — Late last summer, YouTube users began noticing a surge of ads for an obscure news outlet called The Epoch Times. One ad touted an exposé of “Spygate,” a baseless conspiracy theory alleging that President Barack Obama and his allies placed a spy inside President Trump’s 2016 campaign. Another praised Mr. Trump’s interest […]

The Air Force Global Strike Command says an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from California on a test flight to a target in the Pacific Ocean February 5, 2020, 7:13 PM 2 min read VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from California early

Nearly four years after breaking away from a large company to run his own digital operation, Bill Simmons is going back into business with a corporate behemoth. The Ringer, the website and podcasting network founded by Mr. Simmons in 2016, will soon become the property of Spotify, the companies said on Wednesday. The terms of

The LinkedIn professional networking service is getting a new CEO By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer February 5, 2020, 5:09 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — The LinkedIn professional networking service is getting a new CEO. Jeff Weiner will become executive chairman after 11 years as CEO of the Microsoft-owned business. Ryan Roslansky, senior

The quadratic equation has frustrated math students for millenniums. But a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh may have come up with a better way of solving it. “When I stumbled on this, I was just completely shocked,” said the professor, Po-Shen Loh. Quadratics, which are introduced in elementary algebra classes, pop up

Notifications on your phone and computer are great for keeping up to date with breaking news, weather and traffic updates. But those real-time alerts popping up can also drive you nuts with the frequent interruptions bombarding your screen — not to mention the battery burn on your device from all the activity. Between a presidential

For more than a century, the New York City Police Department has required its officers to keep a detailed, handwritten memo book while on patrol. “It’s basically our bible,” said Officer Ramses Cruz, who joined a platoon of officers writing down patrol assignments in oversize black leather binders at a recent afternoon roll call at

This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series, which examines technological, economic, social and cultural shifts that happen as businesses evolve. Five seconds after a Los Angeles rider unlocks a dockless electric scooter with a smartphone app and sets off to a destination, a city-operated databank is informed. Five seconds after the trip

A team of scientists is preparing to dive deep into the depths of the Indian Ocean into a “Midnight Zone” where light barely reaches, but life still thrives By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press February 5, 2020, 8:16 AM 3 min read BARCELONA, Spain — A team of scientists is preparing to dive deep into the

Globally about 500,000 children die each year due to diarrheal infection, but many lives could be saved with better hand hygiene. Now a primary school in Kerala, India has taken part in a trial using a robot to encourage children to spend more time washing their hands. Pepe the robot offers hygiene advice from the