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Zoox becomes fourth company to land driverless testing permit in California

Zoox, the automated vehicle technology startup that was acquired by Amazon this year, has been issued a permit from California regulators that will allow it to test driverless vehicles on public road

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Watch SpaceX launch 60 more Starlink satellites for its broadband internet service live

SpaceX is set to launch the latest batch of its Starlink satellites on Thursday, with a target lift-off time of 2:19 PM EDT (11:19 AM PDT). The mission will take off from Kennedy Space Center in Flor

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SmartNews’ U.S. app unveils new features for the elections, COVID-19 and local weather

News discovery app SmartNews’ new election features for U.S. usersAt TechCrunch Disrupt today, SmartNews announced the release of major new features for the American version of its news discove

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HKSAR unveils $3 billion package to fight COVID-19, prop up economy

File aerial photo shows the scenery on both sides of the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, south China. /Xinhua Hong Kong announced Tuesday its third round of anti-epidemic funding worth about 24

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Formlabs announces a large-format medical and dental 3D printer

Formlabs was one of a few desktop 3D printing companies to weather the massive tech bubble a few years back. The Somerville, Massachusetts-based company set itself apart by bringing advanced industri

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Kenya govt' says 2020 economic growth to drop to 2.6 percent

Kenya's economic growth is expected to drop to 2.6 percent in 2020, down from the previous year's 5.4 percent, mainly due to COVID-19, a senior government official said on Friday. /Xinhua Keny

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Do Ventures launches $50 million fund for Vietnamese startups, backed by Naver, Vertex and other notable LPs

Vy Le and Dzung Nguyen, the founders and general partners of Do Ventures, an investment firm focused on early-stage Vietnamese startupsNew investment firm Do Ventures announced today the first closing

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Syria's Assad says he wants to expand Russian investments to help offset U.S. sanctions

Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Monday he was keen to expand economic and business deals with Moscow, his closest ally, to help Syria weather crippling economi

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Japan braces for powerful Typhoon Haishen, possible record rainfall

Japan is bracing for powerful Typhoon Haishen as it bears down on the country’s southwest, with weather forecasters warning of potential record rainfall, violent wind,

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Brazil's Bolsonaro extends COVID-19 welfare payments key to popularity

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday extended until the end of the year emergency payments to help low-income Brazilians weather the economic fallout from the p

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Lenovo’s Smart Clock Essential is less smart by design

The Smart Clock Essential really blurs smart display lines. Aesthetics aside, Lenovo’s news device probably has more in common with the Echo Dot with Clock than it does the company’s first gen

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SpaceX successfully launches its first polar orbit mission from Florida

SpaceX performed a milestone first polar orbital launch of a satellite from its East Coast launch facility at Cape Canaveral on Sunday. The Falcon 9 mission carried three payloads, including a SAOCOM

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Hurricane Laura makes landfall in U.S.

00:44 Hurricane Laura has made landfall in Louisiana Thursday as a category 4 hurricane, U.S. weather officials said.

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Hurricane Laura races toward heart of U.S. oil refining industry

Laura intensified into a strong Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday as it raced over evacuated oil production platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and took aim at the energy industry's refining hub alo

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Google is pushing to get the Nest Hub in more hotel rooms

Given the number of rooms I’ve stayed in over the past couple of years that still sported a 30-pin iPod alarm clock, I think it’s a safe bet that refreshing a new technology isn’t high up on the list

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Japanese supercomputer says cloth masks can block some virus droplets

Modeling by a Japanese supercomputer has shown that masks made of non-woven fabric work best in blocking virus-carrying respiratory droplets, while other types of masks are also effective, accordi

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Tropical storms Laura and Marco churn toward U.S. Gulf Coast

01:46 The U.S. Gulf Coast is bracing for two serious weather systems. Tropical storm Marco has weakened as it approaches Louisiana. But a second storm, Laura, is expected to strengthen