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California bill aims to jumpstart 'microstamps' on handguns
| March 23rd, 2021  9:13 AM
California bill aims to jumpstart 'microstamps' on handguns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gun control advocates are making a new attempt to force the gun industry to comply with California's unique law requiring individual identifiers on all bullet casings, a mandate that has been toothless since it was approved in 2007. The law requires gun manufacturers to adopt micro-stamping technology on new types of handguns introduced in California.
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China-Europe sanctions fight shatters image of amicable ties
China-Europe sanctions fight shatters image of amicable ties
March 23rd, 2021  6:18 AM

China looked to Europe as an amicable partner as the continent’s leaders resisted being drawn into President Donald Trump’s conflicts with Beijing over trade, technology and human rights

Report: Extremist groups thrive on Facebook despite bans
Report: Extremist groups thrive on Facebook despite bans
March 23rd, 2021  6:17 AM

Facebook has allowed groups — many tied to QAnon and militia movements — to glorify violence during the 2020 election, a new report finds

Japan spends millions on technology for absent Olympic fans
Japan spends millions on technology for absent Olympic fans
March 23rd, 2021  5:48 AM

Japan’s top telecommunications company is getting about $67 million in taxpayer money to design mobile tracking software to curb the spread of coronavirus infections during the Tokyo Olympics

Japan spends billions on technology for absent Olympic fans
Japan spends billions on technology for absent Olympic fans
March 23rd, 2021  2:49 AM

Japan’s top telecommunications company is getting 7.3 billion yen ($67 million) in taxpayer money to design mobile tracking software to curb the spread of coronavirus infections during the Tokyo Olympics

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sells NFT of first tweet for $2.9M
March 22nd, 2021  8:10 PM

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet for more than $2.9 million

Technology companies lead stocks higher on Wall Street
Technology companies lead stocks higher on Wall Street
March 22nd, 2021  4:39 PM

Gains in big technology companies led stocks broadly higher on Wall Street as traders welcomed some easing in long-term bond yields

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How major US stock indexes fared Monday
March 22nd, 2021  4:23 PM

Gains in big technology companies led stocks broadly higher on Wall Street as traders welcomed some easing in long-term bond yields

Cops’ posts to private Facebook group show hostility, hate
Cops’ posts to private Facebook group show hostility, hate
March 22nd, 2021  2:36 PM

In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists,” “racist” or “thugs.”

Tech leads stocks higher as bond yields ease; banks fall
Tech leads stocks higher as bond yields ease; banks fall
March 22nd, 2021  2:30 PM

Stocks are headed higher in afternoon trading Monday as a modest drop in bond yields helps lift the broader market

Fed's Powell: Public should understand risks of Bitcoin
Fed's Powell: Public should understand risks of Bitcoin
March 22nd, 2021  2:08 PM

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the U.S. public needs to understand the risks behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, even as the central bank itself is studying the potential costs and benefits of a digital dollar

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Auto industry braces for more chip shortages after fire
March 22nd, 2021  1:42 PM

A fire at a plant owned by Japanese chipmaker Renesas could deepen the ongoing global semiconductor shortage that has especially hampered automobile production

UK unveils plan for smaller, more high-tech armed forces
UK unveils plan for smaller, more high-tech armed forces
March 22nd, 2021  1:37 PM

Britain plans to cut the size of its army and boost spending on drones, robots and a new “cyber force” under defense plans announced by the government on Monday

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Cyber attack tied to China boosts development bank's chief
March 22nd, 2021  1:04 PM

A previously unreported cyberattack on the website of the Inter-American Development Bank is focusing attention on the role China plays in the multilateral lender

Stocks rise slightly as investors closely watch bond market
Stocks rise slightly as investors closely watch bond market
March 22nd, 2021  12:52 PM

Stocks were slightly higher in afternoon trading Monday as a modest drop in bond yields was helping lift the broader market

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Microsoft to start bringing workers back to headquarters
March 22nd, 2021  11:53 AM

Microsoft will begin bringing workers back to its suburban Seattle global headquarters on March 29 as the tech giant starts to reopen more facilities it largely shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic

Tool created to aid cleanup from Microsoft hack in broad use
Tool created to aid cleanup from Microsoft hack in broad use
March 22nd, 2021  10:20 AM

A tool designed to help businesses protect themselves from further compromises after a global hack of Microsoft email server software has been downloaded more than 25,000 times since it was released last week

Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street; yields fall
Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street; yields fall
March 22nd, 2021  9:47 AM

Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street as gains for several big technology companies offset losses in banks and other parts of the market

The Latest: India drugmaker to produce Sputnik V doses
The Latest: India drugmaker to produce Sputnik V doses
March 22nd, 2021  6:35 AM

Russia’s sovereign wealth fund announced a manufacturing deal with the Indian pharmaceutical maker Virchow Biotech Private Limited for making 200 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine each year

New SBA head plans changes at agency; focus now is COVID-19
New SBA head plans changes at agency; focus now is COVID-19
March 22nd, 2021  3:53 AM

The new head of the Small Business Administration says she expects to make changes at the agency that she says will enable it to further help small companies devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic

Feds want to fix canal, but Nevada town lives off the leaks
Feds want to fix canal, but Nevada town lives off the leaks
March 20th, 2021  1:27 PM

A rural Nevada town founded a century ago by pioneers lured to the West by the promise of free land and cheap water is suing the U.S. government over the way it plans to renovate a 115-year-old earthen irrigation canal

Nevada town sues for rights to water leaking from US canal
Nevada town sues for rights to water leaking from US canal
March 20th, 2021  11:39 AM

A rural Nevada town founded a century ago by pioneers lured to the West by the promise of free land and cheap water is suing the U.S. government over the way it plans to renovate a 115-year-old earthen irrigation canal

Twitter to establish legal entity in Turkey, comply with law
Twitter to establish legal entity in Turkey, comply with law
March 20th, 2021  9:04 AM

Twitter has announced it will establish a legal entity in Turkey in order to continue operating in the country, which passed a controversial social media law last year

Russian man pleads guilty in Nevada to plot to extort Tesla
Russian man pleads guilty in Nevada to plot to extort Tesla
March 19th, 2021  6:56 PM

A Russian man has pleaded guilty to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to cripple the electric car company’s plant in Nevada with ransomware in an extortion scheme

Facebook working on Instagram for kids under 13
Facebook working on Instagram for kids under 13
March 19th, 2021  5:07 PM

Facebook says it is working on a version of its Instagram app for kids under 13, who are technically not allowed to use the app in its current form due to federal privacy regulations

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