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We don’t need another Twitter

We don’t need another Twitter Twitter never fulfilled its promise. Don’t expect its current crop of replacements to, either. By Sara Morrison Dec 6, 2022, 12:30pm EST Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All…

US spy satellite launched into orbit from California

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office launched into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy rocket on Saturday. The NROL-91 spy satellite lifted off at 3:25 p.m. from Vandenberg…

US police rarely deploy deadly robots to confront suspects

SAN FRANCISCO — The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available…

US candidate to lead UN telecoms agency after US-Russia race

BUCHAREST, Romania — Doreen Bogdan-Martin of the United States was elected Thursday to head the U.N.’s telecommunications agency, winning a U.S.-Russia face-off for the leadership of a key global agency that sets guideposts for radio, internet and television communications —…

US: 2 Estonians arrested in $575M cryptocurrency fraud

SEATTLE — Police in Estonia have arrested two men accused in a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud, U.S. authorities said Monday. An indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Seattle charged Estonian citizens Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin, both age 37,…