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Two wildfires have merged to form a massive inferno in southeast Australia, and a man suffered serious burns protecting a home during a night of treacherous conditions By NICK PERRY Associated Press January 10, 2020, 10:59 PM 4 min read BURRAGATE, Australia — Two wildfires have merged to form a massive inferno in southeast Australia, […]

Facebook has argued that it shouldn’t be an arbiter of truth, and that it has a responsibility to remain politically neutral. But the company’s existing policies are anything but neutral. They give an advantage to candidates whose campaigns are good at cranking out emotionally charged, hyperpartisan content, regardless of its factual accuracy. Today, that describes

Rare salt formations are being documented for the first time on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, and they could yield insights about salt structures found on Mars before they disappear for good By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press January 10, 2020, 8:13 PM 4 min read SALT LAKE CITY — Rare salt formations have

SAN FRANCISCO — David Drummond, the chief legal officer of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, and one of its most senior executives, is resigning amid an investigation into his relationships with women at the company. In an email sent to employees at Google and Alphabet, Mr. Drummond, who joined Google in 2002, said he planned to

Google’s parent company Alphabet says David Drummond, its legal chief, is leaving at the end of the month January 10, 2020, 7:20 PM 2 min read SAN FRANCISCO — David Drummond, the legal chief of Google parent company Alphabet, is leaving at the end of the month, following accusations of inappropriate relationships with employees. Alphabet

Officials say an upstate New York airport and its computer management provider were attacked by ransomware over the Christmas holiday January 10, 2020, 4:47 PM 2 min read COLONIE, N.Y. — An upstate New York airport and its computer management provider were attacked by ransomware over Christmas, officials said. Officials at the Albany County Airport

Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry. WASHINGTON — Big Tech did not get the fresh start it had hoped for in the first full week of the new decade. Debate over political ads, privacy and the market power of the biggest companies were

To make 5G easier to swallow, let’s rename the jargon into ice cream flavors: The much-hyped, ultrafast variant of 5G is known as “millimeter wave,” but let’s call it rocky road. It lets carriers transmit data at incredibly fast speeds — the kind that would let you download an entire movie in a few seconds.

The Chinese paddlefish’s long, protruding snout made it one of the largest freshwater species in the world By YANAN WANG Associated Press January 10, 2020, 10:23 AM 3 min read BEIJING — The Chinese paddlefish’s sharp, protruding snout made it one of the largest freshwater species in the world. Since scientists declared it extinct in

LAS VEGAS — Like it or not, the future is connected. Your next car will probably connect to the internet. So will your TV and doorknobs. One day, you may even adopt a robot companion capable of analyzing its environment and reacting to your actions in real time. That future, or at least a glimmer