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The U.S. Postal Service announced on Tuesday that it had chosen a company to help it carry out a “dramatic” multibillion-dollar modernization of its delivery vehicle fleet.

Facebook announced Tuesday that it would lift a ban on Australians viewing and sharing news on its platform.

After the Texas deep freeze exposed vulnerabilities to the state’s power grid, demand for heat-providing electricity and gas has bulked up sales for generators. 

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk teased in a tweet on Monday that the company's satellite internet service, Starlink, will double customers' internet speeds to about 300 megabits per second. In addition, Musk said that latency, the time it takes to send data from one point to the next, will drop to about 20 milliseconds later this year. 

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital announced Monday that the 29-year-old physician assistant — a former patient hired last spring — will launch later this year alongside a billionaire who’s using his purchased spaceflight as a charitable fundraiser. 

Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Facebook made up the biggest source of donations to Democrat Joe Biden among corporate employees.

The global spread of COVID-19 has increased demand for laptops, gaming consoles, and other electronics.

Alphabet Inc's Google will evaluate the performance of its vice presidents and above on team diversity and inclusion starting this year, the company said on Friday in one of several responses to concerns about its treatment of a Black scientist.

Parler interim CEO Mark Parler Interim CEO Mark Meckle expects to be back in the App Store “pretty shortly” after being offline for more than a month.

On an adjusted basis, the company earned 28 cents per share, above the average analyst estimate of 24 cents

Facebook announced on Thursday that it would ramp up its efforts to counter misinformation about climate change.

International Business Machines Corp. is exploring a potential sale of its IBM Watson Health business, according to people familiar with the matter.

Robinhood CEO insists firm has made changes following the suicide of a young customer.

Billionaire Mark Cuban talks about what he believes is wrong with financial markets.

Duke Energy Corporation predicted Wednesday that conditions from the latest winter storm could result in nearly one million power outages, with some lasting over a span of days. 

Two child trafficking survivors have filed a lawsuit against porn company MindGeek and its popular adult video-sharing website, Pornhub.

​​​​​​​For two decades, global news outlets have complained internet companies are getting rich at their expense, selling advertising linked to their reports without sharing revenue.

The White House has also tasked U.S. embassies to identify how foreign countries and companies that produce chips can help resolve the global shortage

On Wednesday, Dine Brands announced it is opening a new virtual restaurant out of Applebee’s kitchens called Cosmic Wings.

Facebook Inc. said it would restrict publishers and users in Australia from viewing or sharing news articles, ramping up a standoff with the government there over a proposal that would force tech companies to pay newspapers for content.