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Vaccines are finally available in many African countries, but some people there, as well as in South Asia, are wary of taking them.
The Green Bay Packers quarterback, one of the most visible athletes in the country, last week used anti-vaccination rhetoric as his reasoning for not getting vaccinated against Covid-19.
A judge has dismissed Jeff Bezos’s private spaceflight company Blue Origin’s lawsuit against NASA over the awarding of a moon-landing contract to SpaceX.
A federal judge rejected the argument by Jeff Bezos’ rocket company that NASA unfairly awarded a lunar lander contract to Elon Musk’s firm.
Prince Charles is set to tell leaders the world must put itself on “war-like footing” to combat the climate crisis as he opens a key U.N. climate summit.
Many climate activists are applauding the $1.75 trillion spending bill unveiled Thursday by President Joe Biden, a move that experts say will be crucial to
Dogecoin, watch out! Meme-based cryptocurrency Shiba Inu soared more than 45% over the last 24 hours, muscling its way into the top 10 largest digital tokens by market capitalization. Shiba Inu is a spinoff of Dogecoin, itself born as a satire of a cryptocurrency frenzy in 2013, and has barely any practical use. Yet its price has rocketed around…
Legislation aimed at infrastructure and social programs also includes big changes in energy, transportation and disaster preparation. They would amount to the most significant climate action ever taken by the United States.
Pope Francis addressed a gathering of youth climate activists Wednesday, thanking them for their concern about climate change and urging them to help build a “culture of care.”
Apple has quietly hired Andrew Cuomo’s former communications chief, who helped the disgraced ex-governor fight the allegations of sexual harassment that ultimately led to his downfall, The Post has learned. Peter Ajemian — who has been working for Apple’s communications team since at least early August — previously served as Cuomo’s PR chief for nearly…
A new scientific institute aimed at helping the world prevent, prepare and respond more effectively to pandemics is launching today.
A parkour showcase of the agile humanoids is both wondrous and unsettling.
Prevention and treatment fell in poor countries last year as access to health care declined, according to a new report.
It also will create a $100 million fund to pay them. A judge’s decision in a higher-profile fight with Epic Games, a leading video game maker, is still pending.
A proposal in the South Korean legislature is an early test of how forcefully the Biden administration will defend the companies abroad while trying to trim their power at home.
A U.S. trade judge ruled on Friday that Alphabet Inc’s Google infringed five patents belonging to Sonos that concern smart speakers and related technology, a decision that could lead to an import ban. The brief ruling from Charles Bullock, the chief administrative law judge of the U.S. International Trade Commission, did not explain why Google’s sale…
A second union vote may be held at an Alabama warehouse, and new tactics by the Teamsters and other groups aim to pressure Amazon across the country.
The White House has teamed up with TikTok stars, while some states are paying “local micro influencers” for pro-vaccine campaigns.
New York and other states filed a notice on Wednesday saying they will fight the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit that they launched against Facebook.
A federal judge in San Francisco has rejected air taxi startup Wisk Aero’s request for a preliminary injunction against rival Archer Aviation, the latest development in a bizarre legal dogfight between the two deep-pocketed startups. Wisk Aero, backed by Boeing and Google co-founder Larry Page’s company Kitty Hawk, wanted to keep its rival Archer from using…
He explored how viruses multiply. An accomplished administrator, he also turned the Howard Hughes Medical Institute into a global biomedical powerhouse.
The White House-Facebook coronavirus battle distracts us from the real problem: We don’t agree on anything.
After documenting a last-resort treatment at one hospital, a photographer who spent hours in patients’ rooms describes capturing the humanity of the struggle.
French officials said Google ignored a 2020 order from regulators to negotiate a licensing deal with publishers to use short blurbs from articles in search results.
The president and energy companies want new transmission lines to carry electricity from large solar and wind farms. Some environmentalists and homeowners are pushing for smaller, more local systems.
A weight loss device which uses magnets to stop a person’s jaw from opening wide enough to eat solids has been developed by scientists in New Zealand and the UK.
“It is a fight that seems that we will never win,” says Lucía Laguna, as Indigenous Mexicans grapple with geography, the legacy of dams and treaties, narcos and climate change.
Apple CEO Tim Cook described the company’s ironclad control over its mobile app store as a way to keep things simple for customers while protecting them against security threats and privacy intrusions during Friday testimony denying allegations he has been running an illegal monopoly. The rare courtroom appearance by one of the world’s best-known executives…
But in the case, filed by the city of Baltimore, the high court gave the fossil fuel industry far less than it had asked for.
Facebook lost a legal battle Friday with Ireland’s data privacy watchdog over a European Union privacy decision that could result in the social network being forced to stop transferring data to the US.
A court annulled a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between Amazon and Luxembourg’s government amounted to illegal state support.
The Big Bend sector is seeing a sudden uptick in illegal border activity. They only have around 600 agents to cover the entire area, so to help combat the issue they’re using new technologies to give them the upper hand.
The head of the World Health Organization says the US backing of a proposed waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID vaccines is a “monumental moment” in the fight against the virus.
Instagram said Wednesday that it will soon unveil a new feature that will filter offensive words, phrases and emojis from direct messages.
The future of food is here. A restaurant in Florida has added several new high-tech workers to its roster. After struggling with staffing issues, the seafood place decided to invest in robots to help deliver food to tables and perform other important tasks. Mr. Q Crab House in Hollywood, Fla., invested in three foodservice robots, Fox 23 reports. The electronic workers…
With calls for police reform and protests across the United States, software engineer Bryant Young is hoping to use virtual reality (VR) to fight racism. “Our America” puts the viewer in the driver’s seat as a Black father takes his son to school. Along the way, they are pulled over by the police, leading to…
Female Indian jumping ants that lose their bids for the crown can regrow their brains — a feat that has never been seen before in insects.
Some rare footage of two wild pandas having a fierce fight has been captured by researchers in China.
Nearly a year after the Internet Engineering Task Force took up a plan to replace words that could be considered racist, the debate is still raging.
Nearly a year after the Internet Engineering Task Force took up a plan to replace words that could be considered racist, the debate is still raging.
