The Federal Communications Commission said Monday that Dish Network Corp. can’t apply $ 3.3 billion in small-business credits toward the purchase of airwaves it gained in a government auction. The government sells spectrum to carriers like AT&T and Verizon so they can add more capacity for wireless Internet. Dish is…
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Adding fuel to rumors that Apple is working on designs for a car, local officials say engineers for the giant tech company recently made inquiries about a former navy base that’s been converted into a testing ground for self-driving cars and other cutting-edge vehicles. Apple, which is best known for…
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FILE – In this June 25, 1998 file photo, a Caltrans bulldozer terraces a sliding hillside below the condemned home above Pacific Coast Highway near Las Flores Canyon Road in Malibu, Calif. The home and at least one other at the top of the slide was scheduled for demolition. Federal…
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Water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine wastewater accident, in the spillway about 1/4 mile downstream from the mine, outside Silverton, Colo., Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. Officials have said that federal contractors accidentally released more…
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Under a decades-old program with the government, telecom giant AT&T in 2003 led the way on a new collection capability that the National Security Agency said amounted to a “‘live’ presence on the global net” and would forward 400 billion Internet metadata records in one of its first months of…
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<> <> In this Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 photo, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper drinks water straight from the Animas River in Durango, Colo., to get an update about the blowout from Gold King Mine. The water was treated with an iodine tablet before he drank it, to kill any giardia….
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Officials say an oak tree limb fell on a tent in the heart of Yosemite National Park killing two young campers. Park spokesman Scott Gediman on Friday morning declined to release the ages or any details about the two, describing them only as under age 18. He also declined to…
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<> <> A sign is posted in front of a Samsung Electronics office in San Jose, Calif., July 30, 2012. <> Bigger is still better, according to Samsung . At an event in New York City today, the company unveiled two new phones that build on the company’s penchant for…
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<> <> A New Anglerfish was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. <> This newly discovered species of deep sea fish look like something that belongs in a horror movie. The mutant-looking marine species — called ceratioid anglerfish — were discovered in the northern Gulf of Mexico between 1,000-1,500 meters…
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With sales growth slowing in China , Alibaba is looking across its borders to give sales a boost. The Chinese e-commerce powerhouse reported first-quarter net income more than doubled on strong growth across its online and mobile platforms. Though revenue jumped 28 percent, the growth fell short of Wall Street…
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