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Nikola is brushing off allegations of fraud from a short seller.

While the number of daily new cases remains far lower than the peak, the country is still reporting a worrying level of new infections, White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said.

Microsoft is looking to compete with Amazon with a service that connects satellites directly to a cloud computing network.

At least six groups have issued warnings about the false rumors, including some asking the public to stop sharing the misinformation, NBC News reported.

After a substantial decline last week, the number of borrowers in coronavirus-related mortgage bailout programs dropped by a lot less this week.

As voters watch the 2020 presidential election between Trump and Biden, these races will shape Senate control and what the next president can pass.

Michael Flynn briefly served as national security advisor under President Donald Trump. He is now seeking to undo a guilty plea for lying to the FBI.

Samsung bets that the future of phones looks a lot like this: You carry a device in your pocket that looks a bit like today's phones, but you can just open it up and use its hidden larger screen like a tablet.

The death toll from Covid-19 dwarfs the deaths seen on 9/11. Vice President Mike Pence and Joe Biden wore masks and exchanged elbow bumps in reflection of the coronavirus at a Sept. 11 memorial in New York.

Enterprise software companies Snowflake, Sumo Logic and JFrog are set to debut next week, along with gaming software provider Unity and telehealth provider Amwell.

Amid the pandemic, tributes were colored by coronavirus precautions and the devastating losses from the health crisis.

Universities across the country have reported growing Covid-19 cases in fraternity houses, threatening their surrounding communities and plans to bring students back to campus.

"We had to assume it was spreading everywhere because we had no testing. That's going to be looked back at as the key missing element here," the former FDA chief told CNBC on Friday.

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri said the company will push back on a planned change to Apple's iPhone operating system that would impact how advertisers track users. But, he said, "I don't think we have much influence over Apple."

Mortgage rates just set another new low, according to Freddie Mac, and that means the number of borrowers who could benefit from a refinance hit a new all-time high. 

U.S. government debt prices were higher Friday morning as investors monitored an array of economic data, along with the Senate blockage of a slimmed-down coronavirus relief bill and further volatility in equity markets.

As Covid-19 continues to disrupt educational plans, parents increasingly are unsatisfied with the schooling their children receive.

The company is also launching a prompt at the top of users' News Feeds to encourage people to sign up to work the polls. 

Instagram last month launched Reels in an effort to compete with TikTok. The move came at a particularly vulnerable time for TikTok, which is at risk of being banned in the U.S. over national security concerns. 

Software and online retail are particularly resilient when it comes to weakness in the broader technology space, exchange-traded fund analysts say.