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Apple Sued Over Voice Recognition Patent

A Chinese AI company is once again taking the world’s most valuable company to court.

In this April 7, 2020, file photo, some people wear masks while using the New York City subway system during the coronavirus pandemic in New York. New York's mass transit agency wants Apple to come up with a better way for iPhone users to unlock their phones without taking off their masks, as it seeks to guard against the spread of COVID-19 in buses and subways.

Apple Urged to Help Users Unlock Phones without Taking Off Masks

New York's mass transit agency sent a letter to Apple as riders continue to remove face coverings.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Fla., released the photo Graham Ivan Clark, 17, after his arrest, July 31, 2020.

Fla. Teen Arrested as Twitter Hack Mastermind

He faces 30 felony charges over a scheme to commandeer the accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and tech moguls.

More Iranian Nationals Charged with Hacking Crimes

In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, a Moran tugboat nears the stern of the capsizing vessel Golden Ray near St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia. The salvage team is seeking a federal permit to surround the shipwreck with a giant mesh barrier to contain any debris when they cut the ship apart. Salvage workers coming to the Georgia coast to cut apart and remove the cargo ship that overturned will be isolated at a nearby resort to protect them from the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.

Alarms, Shouts Recorded Before Ship Overturned off Georgia

This April 8, 2020 photo shows the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, SD.

OSHA Fines Smithfield, JBS for Lack of Worker Virus Protection

This photo released by Sri Lankan Air Force shows ships fighting fire on the MT New Diamond, about 30 nautical miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Ships and aircraft from Sri Lanka and India intensified efforts to extinguish a new fire on an oil tanker off Sri Lanka's coast on Tuesday, two days after the previous three-day blaze was doused, the navy said.

Salvagers Working to Repair Leak on Oil Tanker off Sri Lanka

Ex-Driscoll's Exec Sentenced for Stealing

The company has about a third of the global berry market.

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Hurricane Damages Oil Storage Site

Officials do not expect any shortages.

Ships fighting a fire on the MT New Diamond about 30 nautical miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, Sept. 8, 2020.

Latest Fire Extinguished on Oil Tanker off Sri Lanka

Ten British and Dutch professionals are waiting to board the tanker to begin the mission of salvaging it.

Amazon’s Worker Tracking Could Be Combating Unions

Tracking tools may help the company determine locations more likely to become targets for unionization.

In this Aug. 30, 2020 file photo, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers a speech during a press conference at the Institute for International Relations in Paris. China on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 unveiled its own initiative to address global data security issues, a countermove that comes a month after the U.S. announced its 'clean network' program aimed at discouraging other countries from using Chinese technology. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi announced the initiative at a seminar on global digital governance.

China Launches Initiative for Global Data Security

Beijing said mounting cybersecurity risks threaten national security, public interests and personal rights.

Melissa Harting, of Harpersville, N.Y., receives an injection as a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., Binghamton, N.Y., July 27, 2020.

White House Faces Skepticism Over Vaccine Prospects

A letter instructing states to be ready to distribute a vaccine by November has been met not with exhilaration, but with suspicion.

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Fireworks Factory Blaze Kills 7

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

Lufthansa aircraft parked at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, April 20, 2020.

NASA Grant to Help Transform Aerospace Manufacturing

Aircraft will need to be built much more quickly to make urban air mobility a reality.

In this Nov. 2, 2016 file photo, dozens of protestors demonstrating against the expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline wade in cold creek waters confronting local police, near Cannon Ball, N.D. The Army Corps of Engineers is recommending that the federal government negotiate a settlement with North Dakota for more than $38 million that the state spent policing the monthslong pipeline protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline almost four years ago.

Feds Seek Deal with N.D. Over Pipeline Protest Costs

The Army Corps of Engineers recommends a more than $38 million settlement.

FAA Approves Amazon Drone Deliveries

But don’t expect to see a fleet of Prime Air drones overhead just yet.

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Researcher Arrested for Destroying Hard Drive During Investigation

The internal hard drive "was irreparably damaged."

In this Oct. 13, 2018 file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, Nev. Tesla CEO Elon Musk solved a mystery involving a 27-year-old Russian who prosecutors say flew to the United States to offer a major-company insider $1 million to assist in a ransomware extortion attack on the firm. According to the billionaire, the scheme took aim at the electric car company’s 1.9 million-square-foot factory in Sparks, Nevada, which makes batteries for Tesla vehicles and energy storage units.

Tesla Targeted in Failed Extortion Scheme

Tesla is a lucrative target.