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A former longtime Connecticut chief medical examiner who played a key investigative role in the state’s most infamous murder cases has died By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press December 27, 2019, 7:54 PM 2 min read HARTFORD, Conn. — Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the former Connecticut chief medical examiner whose office examined the bodies of […]

Uber is increasing its footprint in the Pittsburgh area with the purchase of a $9.5 million parcel to be used as a new test track for self-driving cars December 27, 2019, 5:59 PM 1 min read PITTSBURGH — Uber is increasing its footprint in the Pittsburgh area with the purchase of a $9.5 million parcel

Amazon is linked into the community in other ways that often end up benefiting Amazon. In 2016, the company donated 25 Kindle Fire tablets to Campbellsville kindergarten and first grade classrooms. It also donated $2,500 in “content.” The town schools are increasingly buying supplies from Amazon for a total of about $50,000 in the last

Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry. Hi, This is Karen Weise, the tech correspondent for The New York Times in Seattle. Since the holiday shopping season is ending, it’s not a bad time to talk about Amazon. Let me start with a single,

“No Chinese company is an independent company,” Norbert Röttgen, a former government minister from Ms. Merkel’s party, said recently, adding that Huawei’s involvement was “an imminent question of national security.” Yet one German telecommunication company, Telefonica Deutschland, has announced that it intends to contract Huawei for its 5G development. European Union rules make it difficult

China says its Beidou Navigation Satellite System that emulates the U.S. Global Positioning System will be competed with the launch of its final two satellites in the first half of next year December 27, 2019, 6:45 AM 2 min read BEIJING — China said Friday its Beidou Navigation Satellite System that emulates the U.S. Global

The Federal Aviation Administration proposed wide-sweeping regulations on Thursday that would require that all but the tiniest drones incorporate technology that would enable them to be tracked at all times while flying in United States airspace. “Remote ID technologies will enhance safety and security by allowing the F.A.A., law enforcement and federal security agencies to

Japan has revised a roadmap for the cleanup of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, further delaying the removal of thousands of spent fuel units that remain in cooling pools By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press December 27, 2019, 1:52 AM 6 min read TOKYO — Japan on Friday revised a roadmap for the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear

Having to leave a child’s bedside when they’re being cared for in hospital can be a huge wrench, especially at this time of year. To help reduce the separation anxiety, a third of neonatal units in the UK have signed up to an app that helps parents stay in touch with their premature babies 24

“We are two people working eight automatic registers, when there could be six more cashiers,” Mr. Naubir, 21, said. “Older workers are especially concerned that machines used Sunday afternoons could stretch to the entire week, and then they would lose their jobs.” Around 15,000 cashier jobs — almost one-tenth of the total — have disappeared