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YouTube follows Twitter and Facebook with QAnon crackdownYouTube is following the lead of Twitter and Facebook, saying that it is taking more steps to limit QAnon and other baseless conspiracy theories that can lead to real-wor...
Forecasters: Drought more likely than blizzards this winterU.S. weather officials are predicting a mostly warmer than normal winter, but they are also worried about a worsening drought.
Cybercrime money-launders busted by European police, FBIEuropean and American officials say that they have arrested 20 people for allegedly belonging to an international ring that laundered millions of euros stolen by cybercri...
Former roommate of accused Capital One hacker sentencedThe former roommate of a woman accused of hacking Capital One banking company and at least 30 other organizations has been sentenced to four years in prison for illegally...
Space probe makes 1st Venus fly-by on way to MercuryA spacecraft bound for Mercury has swung by Venus, using Earth’s neighbor to adjust its course on the way to the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet.
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Power cut to thousands in California to prevent wildfiresMore than 50,000 California utility customers are without power because of a fall heat wave that has brought another round of extreme wildfire danger.
Mexico experts find 2,000 ruin sites near Maya train routeExperts in Mexico have detected more than 2,000 pre-Hispanic ruins or clusters of artefacts along the proposed route of the president's controversial “Maya Train” projec...
Italian teenage computer whiz beatified by Catholic Church A 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 has moved a step closer to possible sainthood with his beatification in the town of Assisi.
Pakistan bans Chinese app TikTok over unlawful contentPakistan has blocked the Chinese social media app TikTok, saying the company failed to fully comply with the instructions to develop an effective mechanism to control unl...
Pakistan bans Chinese app TikTok over unlawful contentPakistan has blocked the Chinese social media app TikTok, saying the company failed to fully comply with the instructions to develop an effective mechanism to control unl...
Twitter tightens limits on candidates ahead of US electionTwitter is imposing tough new rules that restrict candidates from declaring premature victory and tighten its measures against spreading misinformation, calling for polit...
Trump administration targets diversity hiring by contractorsAmerican companies promising to hire more Black employees in leadership roles and teach their workforce about racism are getting a message from President Donald Trump’s a...
2 former eBay employees plead guilty in harassment schemeTwo former eBay Inc. employees have pleaded guilty to their roles in a campaign to terrorize a publisher and editor of an online newsletter critical of the company with a...
Facebook removes fake accounts linked to conservative groupFacebook has removed more than 275 accounts that used fake profile to pose as conservative Americans.
Experts: Warming makes Delta, other storms power up fasterAtlantic hurricanes, like Delta, lately are getting stronger faster.
Waymo removing backup drivers from its autonomous vehiclesWaymo is allowing the general public to hitch a ride in its driverless autonomous vehicles in Phoenix.
Am I immune to the coronavirus if I’ve already had it?You have some immunity to the coronavirus if you've already had it, but how much and for how long are big unanswered questions.
IBM to spin off $19B business to focus on cloud computingIBM says it is breaking off a $19 billion chunk of its business to focus on cloud computing.
UK lawmakers warn Huawei 5G may need to be banned earlierUK lawmakers are urging the government to consider banning Chinese technology giant Huawei from next-generation mobile phone networks two years earlier than planned.
