News Around the Globe
By Berman On the morning of the NBA playoffs, the Knicks touted their May 14th lottery by announcing team legend/Georgetown head coach Patrick Ewing will represent the team on the …
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By Bradford SpaceX successfully launched its new and improved Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Thursday for a paying customer — more than a year after sending up …
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By Garger President Donald Trump in Texas on Wednesday referred to the son of his former foe Jeb Bush as “the only Bush that likes me,” according to reports. Trump …
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By Elvin SHANGHAI/HONG KONG — China’s state planner wants to eliminate bitcoin mining in the country, according to a draft list of industrial activities the agency is seeking to stop …
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By Charlotte Amazon is planning to launch 3,236 satellites so it can provide fast internet to “un-served and underserved communities around the world.” The tech giant is referring to these …
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By Rajat NEW DELHI, INDIA — A boy’s suicide this week in southern India after his mother scolded him for playing a popular online game has inflamed a national debate …
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By Dean Two Oregon college students took a $900,000 bite out of Apple — by swapping counterfeit iPhones for the real McCoy. The swindle revolved around bogus claims that the …
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By Yaron Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed in a TV interview Thursday that he’s “confident” the social media giant has done enough since 2016 to protect next year’s presidential elections …
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By Yaron Dr. Alexa is in the house. Amazon’s voice assistant has gained several skills that will allow consumers to ask questions such as “Alexa, pull up my blood glucose …
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By Rajat MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (INDIA)– Two weeks after a suicide bombing in Kashmir in February killed 40 Indian policemen, a Facebook user called Avi Dandiya posted a live video in …
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By Kevin A former Morgan Stanley wealth manager thought he was doing the right thing by reporting a possible pedophile coworker — only to be drummed out when the guy …
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By A.P TOKYO — It can’t dribble, let alone slam dunk, yet Toyota’s basketball robot hardly ever misses a free throw or 3-pointer. The 207-centimeter (six-foot, 10-inch) tall machine made …
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By Sara Two weeks after a crazed gunman broadcast himself slaughtering 50 people in New Zealand on Facebook, the social network giant says it’s putting in new restrictions on livestreaming. …
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By Nicolas BALTIMORE — A former National Security Agency contractor accused in a theft of classified documents from the agency’s headquarters pleaded guilty Thursday to willful retention of national defense …
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By Christopher The next time President Trump tweets something that’s in violation of Twitter’s standards but still newsworthy, the 280-character message might have a note attached to it. Twitter, which …
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By Mike Regardless of what your own personal idea of a dream job might be, you have to admit that being paid to lounge around in bed sounds pretty awesome …
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By Ruman Facebook said on Tuesday it has removed more accounts from Iran, Russia, Macedonia and Kosovo, citing what it described as “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” A total of 2,632 pages, …
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By Trugman Google re-affirmed its commitment to New York last week. Its real estate chief, Paul Darrah, told a conference the tech giant plans to double in size over the …
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By Milado Could Shaq make Papa John’s a slam dunk again? Shaquille O’Neal announced Friday that he will be the company’s first African-American board member. The fifth-highest-scoring player in NBA …
Read More By Powell WASHINGTON — President Trump said trade negotiations with China were progressing and a final agreement “will probably happen,” adding that his call for tariffs to remain on Chinese …
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