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When Hilda Bastian and I first caught up over Skype to talk about Covid-19 vaccines last autumn, she showed me the boxes and unfinished rooms in her new home in Victoria, Australia. She’d been so busy tracking the global vaccine effort, she hadn’t had time to settle in.
Bastian — an expert in …
Parliamentarian is set to weigh in on which components of Covid-aid package can be advanced with just 51 votes
WASHINGTON—A decision on whether raising the minimum wage as part of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package is acceptable under the Senate’s rules is expected as soon as Wednesday, …
The Food and Drug Administration’s staff endorsed Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, a critical step in bringing a third shot to …
Trump appointee Louis DeJoy is still dismantling the United States Postal Service, and he’ll be there because President Biden can’t directly oust …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fry’s Electronics, the go-to chain for tech tinkerers looking for an obscure part, is closing for good.
The company, perhaps even more well known for outlandish themes at some of its stores, from Aztec to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” said Wednesday in an online posting …
The search for extraterrestrial life may not take us very far from home. Astronomers from the University of Copenhagen recently published an incredible study demonstrating there’s a high likelihood the Milky Way is absolutely flooded with potentially life-bearing planets.
Published in Science …
The gaggle of Google employees peered at their computer screens in bewilderment. They had spent many months honing an algorithm designed to steer an unmanned hot air balloon all the way from Puerto Rico to Peru. But something was wrong. The balloon, controlled by its machine mind, kept veering off …
Square said Tuesday that it sold $1.76 billion in bitcoin during the fourth quarter of 2020, with $4.57 billion sold for the entirety of last …
Forget betting for cash at a casino — used car shopping site Carvana has a giant vending machine in Las Vegas that accepts tokens for a car.
The 11-story structure is Carvana’s 28th car vending machine in the U.S., but a first for Nevada. The Las Vegas machine lights up and fits into the skyline …

Apple has acquired about 100 companies over the last six years, the company’s chief executive Tim Cook has revealed.
That works out at a company every three to four weeks, he told Apple’s annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday.
Apple recently delivered its largest quarter by revenue of all time, …