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Businesses are buying into devices that claim to stop lightning, despite skeptics

  Lightning flashes in the distance as a thunderstorm passes over Busch Stadium during a rain delay in a baseball game between the...

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Trump wants a ‘big’ cut from the Federal Reserve. Instead, get ready for a small one.

  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell speaks at a news conference in Washington in January. ((Leah Millis/Reuters) September 18 at 6:00 AM...

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Top Democrat attempts to block Trump from paying farm bailout money

  Storm clouds building in D.C. on July 24, 2019. (chasingmailboxes via Flickr) Mike DeBonis Congressional reporter covering the House of Representatives September...

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For NASA contractors, lunar landing failures by Israel and India hit close to home

  The reaction at the Indian Space Research Organization was dismay when India’s lunar lander apparently crashed on descent. U.S. companies also felt...

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This water bottle knows how much you’ve had to drink — and it tells your phone

Reston-based LifeFuels makes flavors and nutrients part of a high-tech hydration system.

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Huawei says U.S. enticing, coercing staff to provide company info

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies on Tuesday said the U.S. government had instructed law enforcement to “coerce” and “entice” its employees to...

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Uber, Lyft floating a $21 minimum wage. Critics say it’s closer to $15.

California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon endorses a bill that would limit when companies can label workers as independent contractors during a rally July...

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s account hacked

A sign outside of the Twitter office building in San Francisco. (Jeff Chiu/AP) August 30 at 10:16 PM Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack...

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Google uncovers 2-year iPhone hack tied to malicious websites

  A reporter walks by an Apple logo during a media event in San Francisco in 2015. (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images) August 30 at...

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People do grammar bad. Google’s AI is hear too help.

This gif from a Google blog post depicts how grammar and spelling mistakes are detected while the user types an email. August 26...

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Trump says trade deal with Japan has been reached; Abe warns that more work remains

The president’s description of the deal made it sound as if it would be narrower in scale, though he didn’t provide many details.

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Three financial experts address retirees’ five most pressing worries about the recession and their retirement funds

Retirees are worried about what to do with their investment accounts in this volatile economic environment.

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Behind the scenes of the Disney-Sony fight for Spider-Man

Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) shake hands in ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home.” The Sony Pictures release was guided by Disney, but...

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Google says only talk about work at work — and no politics

(Jeff Chiu/AP) Greg Bensinger Reporter covering algorithms and artificial intelligence August 23 at 3:38 PM Google has a message to its workers: Heads...

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Why so many of your favorite YouTube videos are secretly infomercials

  The Try Guys are playing Jenga Truth or Dare, dressed in animal onesies and having a great time for their 6 million...

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Shareholders blow hot over SEC’s move to ban distribution of gifts at AGMs

The Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN) has faulted the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) move to ban distribution of gifts at Annual...