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NASA is pulling the plug on one of its great space observatories By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer January 29, 2020, 5:17 PM 3 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is pulling the plug on one of its great observatories — the Spitzer Space Telescope — after 16 years of scanning the universe with […]

GENEVA — The United Nations has been hacked. An internal confidential document from the United Nations, leaked to The New Humanitarian and seen by The Associated Press, says that dozens of servers were “compromised” at its offices in Geneva and Vienna. Those include the U.N. human rights office, which has often been a lightning rod

LUDWIGSFELDE, Germany — Inside a warehouse on the outskirts of Berlin, a long line of blue crates moved down a conveyor belt, carrying light switches, sockets and other electrical parts. As they came to a stop, five workers picked through the small items, placing each one in a cardboard box. At Obeta, an electrical parts

The European Union told its members on Wednesday that they should limit so-called “high-risk” 5G vendors, a category that includes the Chinese tech giant Huawei, but stopped short of recommending a ban on the firm, despite a lengthy and aggressive campaign by the Trump administration. The recommendations are as far as the European Union can

Nathan Allebach, a social media manager who counts among his successes the Steak-umm Twitter account, believes the voguish disregard for the established rules of institutional social media traces back to the beginning of the Trump administration. For the first time in American history, he said, we have a president who constantly tweets in his own

The rally got added fuel this month from Tesla’s report that it delivered 367,500 vehicles in 2019. Volkswagen delivered 30 times as many, but bulls argue that Tesla’s figure reflected healthy demand because it fell within the range of 360,000 to 400,000 that the company had forecast early last year. “I think at the end

SAN FRANCISCO — The last few months have not been good for Bitcoin. The value of the digital tokens has steadily dropped. Bitcoin trading on cryptocurrency exchanges has slowed. And using Bitcoin to buy legal items? That has also dropped. But one corner of the Bitcoin economy is still going strong: the sale of illegal

The UK has decided to let Huawei continue to be used in its 5G networks but with restrictions, despite pressure from the US to block the firm. Downing Street said that Boris Johnson had spoken to President Trump to explain the move. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had previously suggested that use of Huawei’s

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is still reaping huge profits from the iPhone while mining more moneymaking opportunities from the growing popularity of its smartwatch, digital services and wireless earbuds. That combination produced a banner holiday season for a company whose fortunes appeared to be sliding just a year ago amid declining sales for the iPhone,

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s profit grew for the first time in a year with the help of an old friend: the iPhone. Sales of Apple’s flagship product had fallen sharply for the past year, but on Tuesday, Apple said iPhone revenue was growing again. The company said customers spent heavily on its latest models, increasing