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Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates, has died at 65

Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates, has died at 65

After a wobbly day of trading, U.S. stocks closed broadly lower for the seventh time in eight days as technology companies continued to slide.

Harris Corp., L3 Technologies merging to form one of world's largest defense contractors

South Korea's foreign minister says Seoul is considering lifting some of its unilateral sanctions against North Korea to create more momentum for diplomacy, but Trump indicates disapproval of such a possiblity

Sears Holdings, DSW fall; Esterline, Imperva rise

US and European safety officials are ordering replacement of software on some passenger jets after several aborted takeoffs

Japanese online retail tycoon planning trip to the moon on SpaceX rocket says he respects and trusts fellow entrepreneur Elon Musk, despite his recent troubles

When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California, both the night sky and social media lit up

European aircraft maker Airbus names head of commercial aircraft division as new CEO

Italian authorities say they have placed a 25-year-old Italian under investigation for allegedly hacking eight NASA web domains in 2013

The U.S. unemployment rate has fallen to 3.7 percent, the lowest since 1969, when young men were being drafted to fight in Vietnam and the American auto industry and the space program were going full blast

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A top Russian diplomat is warning the U.S. that its allegations of cybercrimes by the Russian intelligence could dangerously escalate tensions

IOC president Thomas Bach says the world Olympic body has "not been contacted by the different agencies" in the West who have alleged that a Russian military intelligence unit carried out cyberattacks against sports organizations

Alleged operations by Russia's shadowy GRU in recent years, targeting the global chemical weapons watchdog, the Olympics and the U.S. election among others

The global chemical weapons watchdog that was targeted by Russian hackers says it "takes very seriously the security of its information systems and networks."

A Russian space capsule with three astronauts onboard has safely landed in a barren steppe in Kazakhstan

Middle Eastern countries locked out of buying U.S.-made drones due to rules over excessive civilian casualties are instead flying Chinese armed drones across the region's battlefields

The Air Force is warning residents of California's central coast to be prepared for unusual sights and sounds this weekend as SpaceX attempts its first return of a rocket to a launch site on the West Coast