PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo has killed Livestand, a tablet magazine, just six months after its debut on the iPad.
Facebook Inc. began trading publicly last Friday following one of the most anticipated stock offerings in history. The initial public offering of stock priced at $38 a day earlier. That was at the top of a projected range that Facebook had already boosted just days earlier.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial sector.
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Quest Software Inc. rose Friday on a published report that personal computer maker Dell Inc. is bidding to buy the company, potentially disrupting Quest's previous deal with investment firm Insight Venture Partners.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a judge ruled Friday in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A judge in New Jersey says a woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving can't held liable for a car crash he caused while responding to her, seriously injuring a couple on a motorcycle.
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook is giving up $75 million in dividends on restricted stock that the company is awarding to all of its employees.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Annoying, unsolicited text message advertisements could soon be banned in New Jersey.
NEW YORK (AP) — An analyst lowered his price target for Leap Wireless International Inc. on Friday because of tougher competition for the wireless carrier.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers have postponed a vote on measures prohibiting employers and schools from requiring current or prospective employees or students to disclose social media user names or passwords.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A nationwide sex trafficking ring run by a violent pimp and his associates used Backpage.com to solicit customers for prostitutes as young as age 17, advertising the women as "smokin' hot babes," according to a federal indictment recently unsealed in Iowa.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — An Army private charged in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history is seeking dismissal of 10 of the 22 counts he faces, contending they are either unconstitutionally vague or fail to state a prosecutable offense.
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group's $2.5 billion bid to take its Hong Kong-listed unit private was cleared Friday by minority shareholders, easing the way for CEO Jack Ma to gain more control over his company's destiny.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Broadcasters Fox, NBC and CBS sued Dish Network Corp. on Thursday over a service that offers commercial-free TV.
