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'San Francisco is full': Tech backlash reaches new heights with skyscraper battle

A new ballot measure could limit new office space if more housing isn't built — and it's got popular support.

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Try not to touch your face. Also, try not to think about touching your face.

The new coronavairus outbreak has resulted in a push for people to stop touching their face — leading to plenty of anxiety that experts say isn't necessarily helpful.

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Barry Diller weighs in on the Hollywood streaming wars

Quibi is "a total speculation," and Apple "hasn't decided yet" about Apple TV+, the Hollywood mogul says.

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'Gardens and graveyards' of coral discovered in hidden canyons off Australia's coast

Scientists are interested in these submarine crannies because they sit on the front lines of oceanic climate change

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Bloomberg's novel meme strategy is drawing the wrong kind of buzz

The 78-year-old billionaire as a meatball in sauce? "I don't really think it worked," one Democratic strategist said.

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NASA is hiring new astronauts to go to the moon

The astronauts will participate in the agency's next big mission — to help establish "sustainable exploration" on the moon by 2028.

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Some parts of California had no rain in February — and are already seeing wildfires

The National Weather Service confirmed that February was the driest on record for San Francisco, Sacramento and other cities around the Northern Sierra foothills.

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'This dystopian look': Face masks enter mainstream amid coronavirus worries

Coronavirus, pollution and government surveillance have all helped make face masks an increasingly common sign around the world.

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West Virginia backtracks on using smartphone voting app in state primary

Voters with disabilities will instead be able to use a system that prints out their completed ballot, which they can then mail in.

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Coronavirus provides unique opportunity to meddle in U.S. election, officials warn

The possibility of inflating fear of disease to keep people at home on Election Day shows how disinformation campaigns can potentially sidestep tech companies' safeguards.

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Spooky 'blood snow' invades Antarctic island

The blood-red algae behind the phenomenon could kick off a runaway feedback loop of warming, researchers warned.

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Where did the new coronavirus come from? Past outbreaks provide hints.

Although finding the source wouldn't necessarily help scientists develop vaccines or other direct treatments, it could provide crucial pieces of information on how it emerged and evolved.

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Tech workers have drawn a line on Chinese censorship. At Shutterstock, so did the leadership.

"Employees have a lot of opportunities to work here, to work elsewhere," a company executive said in response to questions about the company's China deal.

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'Shark Tank' star Barbara Corcoran lost nearly $400,000 in phishing scam

All it took was one phony email address to bilk her out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the real estate mogul said.

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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg defends her company and her reputation in wide-ranging interview

"I'm a demanding boss, and I'm a tough boss. I think I'm a very fair boss. But I'm demanding," Sandberg says in the debut episode of NBC News' "Byers Market" podcast.

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Tech industry forges ahead in Barcelona despite MWC cancellation

Plenty of companies are still doing deals in Barcelona despite MWC2020 being cancelled because of COVID-19 coronavirus.

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Chinese robot sprays disinfectant to fight spread of COVID-19

The robot is handled using a remote control. The tank is filled with the disinfectant liquid that transformed into steam to spray infected areas.

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Judge rules Instacart has misclassified its California workers

The judge says Instacart is not complying with the new "gig economy" law that requires workers to be considered employees, not independent contractors.

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Humanity poised to set record for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — again

"We've done in a little more than 50 years what the Earth naturally took 10,000 years to do," one scientist said.

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Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician depicted in 'Hidden Figures,' dies at 101

Johnson "was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wrote on Twitter.