Technology
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FAA Seeks to Fine Boeing $3.9 Million for Faulty Jet Parts
Safety regulators want to fine Boeing nearly $4 million, saying the company installed critical wing parts on 133 planes even though it knew the...
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A Locker, a Chirp: How Tiny Clues Help Solve Child Sex Cases
It was the odd-looking locker handles that caught their eye. Investigators spent hours poring over graphic images of little boys changing in and...
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Disappearing Frontier: Alaska's Glaciers Retreating at Record Pace
Alaska will soon close a year that is shaping up as its hottest on record, with glaciers in the "Frontier State" melting at record or near-record...
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Elon Musk wins defamation trial over ‘pedo’ remarks
A lawyer representing Vernon Unsworth called Elon Musk a "billionaire bully," and sought up to $190 million in damages but a jury...
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Boeing Starliner crew capsule and Atlas V rocket complete dress rehearsal ahead of test flight
Boeing and launch partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) completed a key step today in pursuit of launching U.S. astronauts aboard their...
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Bird lays off several Scoot employees
Bird has laid off less than two dozen employees, The San Francisco Chronicle first reported. The layoffs affect employees Bird brought on...
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Samsung Galaxy A71 render confirms the Note10-like look
A lot has leaked over the past couple of weeks regarding the upcoming Galaxy A71 mid-range phone from Samsung and we even got to see what it...
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This week in games: Henry Cavill takes The Witcher to late night, Rune II controversy gets spicy
Last week I was too busy eating to care about news. Cows wearing VR headsets ? Neat. BioWare wants to remind everyone that Dragon Age...
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Saudi Air Force Pilot in Shooting Spree at US Naval Base
U.S. investigators are trying to determine what caused a Saudi air force pilot in the United States for flight training to go on a deadly shooting...
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Afghan Activists Hold Vigil in Honor of Slain Japanese Doctor
Dozens of Afghan activists participated in a candlelight vigil Thursday near the Japanese Embassy in Kabul to mourn for Tetsu Nakamura, a physician...
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Attorney Suggests $190 Million Damages in Elon Musk Lawsuit
An attorney told a Los Angeles federal jury Friday it would be reasonable to award $190 million in damages to a British cave explorer who is suing...
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Louisiana Town Holds Vigil for Detained CITGO Executives
It has been more than two years since Venezuelan authorities arrested a group of CITGO executives, all of them dual U.S.-Venezuelan nationals. The...
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Caroline Kennedy to Christen Carrier Named After Her Father John F
John F. Kennedy's daughter Caroline will participate in the christening of a new aircraft carrier that's named after the 35th U.S. president....
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‘Reno 911!’ is coming back as a Quibi exclusive
It looks like Punk'd isn't the only mid-aughts TV series that's coming back thanks to Quibi. Comedy Central says it's making a...
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Facebook's plan to label state media is taking longer than expected
Facebook's effort to label state-backed media has hit some snags. The social network was due to start labeling outlets in November, but...
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Raising VC in Silicon Valley as a female POC
Squad, an invite-only community and app, is trying to fill the need for offline connections by curating tight-knit events for Gen Z and...
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The Samsung Galaxy S11e will have 5G connectivity and fast charging
The Samsung Galaxy S11e - SM-G9810 - will have 5G connectivity, according to the 3C certification papers. This year only the premium Galaxy S10...
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Hallelujah! Google Keep notes and lists are finally coming to Google Assistant
After years of promises, changes, and utter confusion involving what should be a staple feature of all assistants, Google appears to finally...
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Russian Blogger Given Suspended Sentence for 'Inciting Online Extremism'
A court in Moscow has handed popular blogger Yegor Zhukov a three-year suspended sentence after finding him guilty of inciting extremism online in...
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(Im)migration Recap: Dec. 1-6
Editor's note: We want you to know what's happening, and why and how it could impact your life, family or business, so we created a weekly digest...
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Britain's 'Lesser of Two Evil' Election May Go Down to Wire
Britons vote next Thursday in the country's third general election in under four years, with pollsters and politicians warning it isn't going to...
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Prosecutors Accuse Weinstein of Mishandling Ankle Monitor
Harvey Weinstein violated his bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor _ sometimes going unaccounted for hours at a time, a New...
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Learning Environments
VOA Connect Episode 99 - We look at different educational settings, from Native American studies to training veterans about beekeeping to kids...
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Readers weigh in on what makes the OnePlus 7 Pro a worthy contender
With the release of the 7 Pro, OnePlus showed it learned from the mistakes on the 6T: The company kept everything that users loved about the...
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Magic Leap reportedly only sold 6,000 AR headsets in six months
After years of hype, it looks like reality is starting to catch up with Magic Leap. According to a report from The Information, the augmented...
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Gift Guide: VR gear you won't feel stupid for buying
There have been holiday gift guides for VR for the past five years or so, and, for most of that time, buying a VR headset was generally a bad...
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AI-powered Lego sorter knows the shape of every brick
For some people, rummaging through a bunch of Lego bricks is part of the fun. But if you've got an enormous collection or take on...
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Report: Magic Leap's early device sales aren't looking good
Magic Leap just announced that they're in the midst of closing a Series E round of funding, but it sounds like they're going to have to clinch...
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Samsung's next foldable phone to feature a 108MP camera and 5x zoom
The chances of Samsung releasing a foldable smartphone with clamshell design are getting bigger by the day and today's intel coming from...