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Square to purchase Afterpay, an installment payment company, in a $29B deal
Square Inc., a digital payments company, announced it had agreed to purchase Afterpay, which offers merchants a "buy now and pay later" option. The all-stock deal is valued at around $29 billion.Square allows merchants...
Family members urge the use of new DNA technology to identify unknowns at Pearl...
After graduating from highschool in rural Washington, William Edward Mann joined the Navy. He was a guitarist and learned the ukulele in Hawaii.Since Dec. 7, 1941 when Japanese planes bombarded Pearl Harbor, they have been...
Russia blames software failure in space station lab incident
Russian officials blamed Friday's temporary loss of position at the International Space Station for a software issue on a newly docked science laboratory.On Thursday, the space station lost control over its orientation for 47...
Tokyo Olympics’ Fast Track: The technology behind it
Everyone's attention was drawn to the Jamaican sprinter with her Olympic-record time. What's under foot, though, might have been a factor when Elaine Thompson-Herah broke a 33-year-old Olympic record in the women's 100 meters.Olympic Stadium is looking...
China and India miss UN deadline for updating emission targets
Officials said that India and China have failed to meet a deadline set by the U.N. to submit new plans to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in order for the global body include their...
Justice Department: Russians hack federal prosecutors
According to the Justice Department, Russian hackers were responsible for hacking into email accounts of prominent federal prosecutors offices in the country.According to the department, 80% of Microsoft email accounts belonging to employees at...
Robotic police dogs: Dehumanizing or useful hounds?
A robot police dog will visit you if you are homeless and need temporary shelter in Hawaii's capital. It will check your eyes to ensure you don't have any fever.This is just one way...
US regulators increase scrutiny of IPO applicants from China
Chinese companies that want to sell shares in the United States should make more disclosures about potential risks.Friday's announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission came after Beijing announced that it would increase its...
Top phone hackers can be stopped by a simple step: Turn off and turn...
Sen. King is a member secretive Senate Intelligence Committee. Angus King is concerned about hackers. He said that he received some tips and advice from security personnel this year on how to keep his phone safe.Step...
Residents claim that flood-hit German cities were not warned
Wolfgang Huste, like other German residents, knew that a flood was imminent. He says that he was not told how terrible it would be by anyone.Ahrweiler's 66-year old antiquarian bookseller said that the loudspeaker announcements...