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SpaceX launches 2nd crew, regular station crew flights begin

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 15, 2020

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday on the first full-fledged taxi flight for NASA by a private company.

News > Technology

Could your smartwatch help detect the next COVID-19 outbreak? Scientists think so

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 4, 2020

SAN DIEGO – A new study by scientists at Scripps Research describes a tool that could help public health officials spot and contain COVID-19 outbreaks.

News > Nation

Senate Republicans accuse tech CEOs of anti-conservative bias in hearing on ‘26 words that created the internet’

Thu., Oct. 29, 2020

WASHINGTON – With Election Day less than a week away, the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter on Tuesday appeared virtually before a Senate panel where lawmakers grilled them over their influence in the election and a once-obscure law that has drawn criticism from Republicans and Democrats.

News > WA Government

Facing growing scrutiny from Congress, tech companies have sought to influence regulation. Here’s how much money they’ve given Northwest lawmakers

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 25, 2020

WASHINGTON – When the Justice Department slapped Google with an antitrust lawsuit this week, it signaled the dawn of a new era of stricter government scrutiny of the companies collectively known as Big Tech, including Facebook, Apple, and Washington-based Amazon.

News > Education

WSU research: Trump voters reacted more strongly to debate attacks, according to their sweat

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 23, 2020

Supporters of President Donald Trump who took part in a scientific while watching Thursday's debate reacted more strongly than others when one candidate attacked the other.

News > Business

‘If the government is right, how is my world going to change?’: Justice Department sues Google, accusing tech giant of illegal monopoly

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 21, 2020

WASHINGTON – In a landmark antitrust lawsuit filed Tuesday, the Justice Department and 11 states accused Google’s online search and advertising business of violating federal laws against monopolies and harming consumers, advertisers and competitors.

News > Sci/Tech

Window opens for Virgin Galactic’s final round of testing

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 20, 2020

The window for the final round of testing of Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered spacecraft opens later this week as the company inches toward commercial flights.

News > Business

Questions remain after settlement with contractors, the second-largest ever at Hanford

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 23, 2020

When federal prosecutors want to root out fraud from a complex web of contractors and subcontractors that take in the river of money that flows into the decades-old cleanup at Hanford Nuclear Reservation, federal prosecutors turn to a law enacted during the Civil War.

News > Technology

Japan’s ‘flying car’ gets off ground, with a person aboard

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 28, 2020

The decades-old dream of zipping around in the sky as simply as driving on highways may be becoming less illusory.

News > Technology

AAA: Partially automated driving systems don’t always work

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 6, 2020

Two tests by AAA during the past two years show that partially automated driving systems don’t always function properly, so the auto club is recommending that car companies limit their use.

News > Idaho

Sunday paper is the end of an era as downtown press closes

Sun., June 28, 2020

Today's newspaper represents the end of more than 125 years of tradition. Starting tonight, The Spokesman-Review will be printed on a new press in Spokane Valley, bringing an end to newspaper printing in downtown Spokane.

News > Further Review

How Instagram hit 1 billion users

Wed., June 24, 2020

More than one billion monthly users have uploaded 50 billion photos to Instagram – and chances are, you’re one of them. With Social Media Day coming up next week, let’s take a look at the history of the popular photo sharing and networking app and site.

News > Further Review

The history of the World Wide Web

Mon., June 22, 2020

On June 23, 1980 – 40 years ago tomorrow – English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee of CERN, a physics lab in Switzerland, began working on a project he called ENQUIRE. This work would eventually evolve into hypertext, HTML and the World Wide Web.

News > Spokane

Spokane company seeks aid manufacturing water filtrating building material

UPDATED: Wed., June 10, 2020

Business partners Greg Johnson and Kevin Kunz believe they've found the "special sauce" for creating a building material that can filter pollutants out of rainfall before it reaches the storm drains. They're seeking $1 million in seed money to get their technology in the hands of large-scale producers.

News > Further Review

YouTube and seven internet icons, from their beginnings

Thu., April 23, 2020

On this date 15 years ago, the first video was uploaded to YouTube. A year later, the video-sharing platform would sell itself to Google for $1.65 billion, and today it brings in an estimated revenue of $15 billion a year. Here’s a look at the origins of YouTube and some other popular websites.

A&E > Entertainment

Video Game Review: Spider-Man on PlayStation 4

Wed., Sept. 5, 2018

Review: Spider-Man video game captures what its like to be New York City's favorite wise-cracking, web-slinging, super-hero.

News > Nation/World

SpaceShipTwo crash in Mojave kills one test pilot, leaves second pilot injured

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 31, 2014

MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded Friday during a test flight, killing a pilot aboard and seriously injuring another while scattering wreckage in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said.

News > Business

Microsoft skips Windows 9 to emphasize advances

Tue., Sept. 30, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The next version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system will be called Windows 10, as the company skips version 9 to emphasize advances it is making toward a world centered around mobile devices and Internet services.

News > Business

Are smartwatches useful? It depends, says Valley developer

Wed., Sept. 10, 2014

Some tech industry watchers say Tuesday’s announcement of Apple’s new smartwatch could change how people think of wearable technology. The “smart wearable” Apple devices – which will come in three versions – will start at $350. They will be available next year.

News > Business

Spokane roofing company owner alleges cybersquatting by rival

Wed., Aug. 20, 2014

Two Spokane roofing competitors have ended up in court, wrangling over the ownership of the website SpokaneCommercialRoofing.com. Les Ludtke, owner of Spokane Commercial Roofing, is suing competitor Jeffrey Sitton, saying Sitton “cybersquatted” his website name, SpokaneCommercialRoofing.com, and caused his business financial harm.

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