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Virgin Galactic's spaceship has landed in the New Mexico desert after its first glide flight from Spaceport America

NASA and SpaceX are urging spectators to stay home for the first home launch of astronauts in nearly a decade because of the coronavirus pandemic

After widespread opposition, the organization overseeing internet domain names has voted against the $1.1 billion sale of the dot-org online registry to an investment firm

A prominent George Mason University professor who studies human sexuality is suing the school, saying he was wrongly punished for frank sexual discussions with students that prompted complaints

Plus, Apple's plans to reopen its stores, and the FDA approves NASA's new ventilator.

China sent scientists to climb Mount Everest while the world’s highest peak is empty of commercial climbers because of the coronavirus pandemic

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News that an experimental drug seems to be the first effective treatment for the new coronavirus has unleashed a flurry of interest from doctors and patients — and questions about how soon it might be available

Apple’s profit dipped slightly while revenues rose in the January-March quarter, reflecting early fallout from a coronavirus pandemic that shut down its factories and then forced hundreds of Apple retail stores to close

NASA is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in a half-century

Amazon has spent years honing the business of packing, shipping and delivering millions of products to doorsteps around the world

Twitter’s stock has tumbled after the company failed to show that it’s weathering the pandemic-borne digital advertising slump the same way its bigger rivals Facebook and Google are

US intel agencies: COVID-19 virus not man-made or altered, but still studying if outbreak began in China lab accident

Students are recreating their schools in popular online games Animal Crossing and Minecraft in hopes of holding virtual graduations.

YouTube is bringing fact-checking panels to the United States as part of its efforts to crack down on misinformation, especially in regard to the coronavirus.

Apple Maps is now showing the locations where you can get tested for the coronavirus.

Plus, Apple's latest iOS update makes it easier unlock your phone while wearing a mask, and Michael Jordan trading cards are a hot item on eBay.

Tesla has reported a small first-quarter net profit and its CEO has gone on a rant about the legality of government stay-home orders issued to prevent the coronavirus from spreading

Amazon has spent years honing the business of packing, shipping and delivering millions of products to doorsteps around the world

Utah will be refunded $800,000 it spent to buy malaria drugs once touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus despite warnings from doctors

Facebook on Wednesday reported its slowest quarterly growth as a public company, pressured by the coronavirus pandemic and a resulting global slowdown in the digital advertising market

Ongoing demand for Microsoft's cloud computing services helped softened the blow of the coronavirus pandemic on the software giant's other products in the first three months of the year

Plus, the Oscars make streaming movies eligible for best picture, and Facebook and Instagram will hold a virtual graduation for the class of 2020.

A journalist who went to federal prison for hacking attacks on California media is now charged with a similar attack on a magazine

Samsung Electronics Co. says its operating profit for the first three months of 2020 rose 3.4% from a year earlier driven by increasing demands for computer chips

Some communities in the U.S. heartland are taking a more natural approach to preventing the kinds of floods that have devastated the region in recent years

Google reported its weakest revenue growth in nearly five years as the pandemic-driven recession began to shrivel its advertising sales in the first quarter

Some communities in the U.S. heartland are taking a more natural approach to preventing the kinds of floods that have devastated the region in recent years

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Harvard University has agreed to pay more than $1.3 million to settle claims that a research team overcharged certain federal grants

The crew spent 520 days in a simulated spacecraft without sunlight, fresh food or air.

Plus, Airbnb has new standards for hosts and Oprah headlines the 24-hour "Call to Unite."

Germany’s farmers, foresters and firefighters are eagerly awaiting widespread rain forecast for this week, as a warm and dry spring has raised fears of a third summer drought in as many years

Demand for digital advertising is shriveling after a decade of explosive growth amid the pandemic-fueled downturn

Tesla is rolling out a new feature of its partially automated driving system designed to spot stop signs and traffic signals

The social media giant is now offering the "Messenger Room" feature to compete with Zoom and others.

When the Japanese government declared an emergency to curb the spread of the coronavirus and asked people to work from home, crowds rushed to electronics stores

Two physics experts answer a bewildering shower thought.

An unmanned Russian cargo capsule has docked with the International Space Station, bringing more than two tons of supplies to the three-person crew

With people’s social lives moved indefinitely online, a bevy of tech companies want to unseat fast-rising Zoom from its perch, given security concerns and other issues with the video-calling service

A federal judge has cleared a planned pilot program by the Baltimore Police Department to consistently surveil the city for six months using cameras attached to airplanes

Studies have begun to emerge that try to determine how many Americans have been infected by the new coronavirus

The popular video conferencing service is rolling out an upgrade allowing participants to quickly report or remove someone from a meeting.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is stepping down after leading the telecommunications giant for 13 years

Organizers of a year-long international Arctic science expedition say they have found a way to keep going despite difficulties caused by the pandemic lockdown

A big picture look at global insect decline shows land bugs are disappearing at a rate of nearly 1% a year

Twitter to delete tweets with incorrect and misleading information; The Beatles to release 1968 animated film "Yellow Submarine" on YouTube.

Coyotes, pumas and goats are wandering around cities, while air across the world is becoming less polluted

A minor earthquake shook the Los Angeles region but no damage was reported