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Another immense crater may have been found deep under Greenland's ice sheet

A bowl-shaped feature about 23 miles across lies buried under more than a mile of ice.

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Trump's artificial intelligence order lacks funding but not a target — China

"It's kind of a new arms race," said Theresa Payton, U.S. chief information officer under President George W. Bush.

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Mysterious Ultima Thule object isn't quite a 'snowman' after all

"The new images are creating scientific puzzles about how such an object could even be formed."

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Why solar farms of the future may float on water

New report spotlights benefits of installing solar panels on bodies of water.

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YouTube announces it will no longer recommend conspiracy videos

YouTube will no longer recommend videos "claiming the earth is flat, or making blatantly false claims about historic events like 9/11."

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Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson sets date of first trip into space

British billionaire plans to make a suborbital flight on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

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Chinese satellite snaps rare photo of moon's far side with Earth

Eye-popping image evokes other iconic space photos, including the famous "Earthrise" portrait taken during the Apollo 8 mission.

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Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer owner of 'extortion and blackmail'

Emails published by Bezos appear to show that the tabloid publisher threatened to publish embarrassing photos if Bezos didn't back off an investigation.

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What does Wall Street have against Twitter?

Despite reporting its first full year of profitability since going public, Twitter stock tanked 10 percent on Thursday.

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Global warming will cause the world's oceans to change color. Here's why.

Declining populations of phytoplankton, the basis of the marine food chain, will alter the seawater hues, potentially decimating fisheries.

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Hot streak: NASA warns global warming shows no signs of slowing

New data finds that "global warming shows no sign of slowing down or stopping."

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Disability-themed emojis coming to platforms this year

Disability-themed emojis coming to platforms this year.

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Instacart changes policy, will not use tips to subsidize worker pay

On Monday, NBC News reported that Instacart and other delivery companies including Doordash were using customer tips to subsidize the fees the company paid to drivers.

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NYPD demands Google stop revealing drunken driving checkpoints

"Revealing the location of checkpoints puts those drivers, their passengers and the general public at risk," the police department wrote.

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Apple paid its retail head $170M to transform its stores. Did she do it?

Angela Ahrendts said Apple's "largest product" was retail, and envisioned the stores becoming "town squares" with plenty of green space.

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Mysterious space object could be 'monstrous' hunk of comet dust

New scientific paper adds chapter to story that has captivated astronomy buffs.

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Spotify jumps into the podcast industry with two acquisitions

Spotify's entry into the podcast world comes as the company continues to build its business amid competition from Apple and Amazon.

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'Trump effect' on climate may be dimming, new polls shows

Among liberal and moderate Republicans, 70 percent said they believed that global warming was occurring, a seven percentage point increase from 2017.

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New 3D map of the Milky Way shows we live in a warped galaxy

The research brings our galactic home into sharper focus.

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Euroviews. The EU’s “softball” approach to AI will lose to China’s “hardball”

China is not just playing catch-up with the West [...]. It is planning to leap over Western economies and seize nothing less than global AI dominance. China is developing a sophisticated national AI strategy and it is allocating massive government funding to capture global market share in AI.