Sep 02, 2022
New York City sues Starbucks for firing union organizer

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City agency overseeing workplace affairs said on Friday it sued Starbucks Corp because the coffee chain illegally fired a longtime barista and union organizer shortly after employees in his store…

Aug 30, 2022
Sharks frequent waters near crowded urban beaches, study finds

(Reuters) - Beachgoers in some urban areas are probably swimming near sharks without realizing it, according to a University of Miami study that tracked their movements off the southern Florida coast. As part of the study, three different species of…

Aug 25, 2022
Rock-hunting NASA rover reveals Martian crater’s surprising geology

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Core samples drilled by NASA's Perseverance rover on the Martian surface are revealing the geology of a gaping crater scientists suspect may have harbored microbial life billions of years ago, including surprises about the…

Aug 23, 2022
Cryptoverse: A mixer with your crypto cocktail?

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) - The DeFi dream is shaken. And stirred. The grand crypto project has declined in 2022: total user funds deposited in decentralized finance has shrunk to about $61 billion from over $170 billion at the…

Aug 22, 2022
Tesla loses challenge to California agency suing for race bias

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A California administrative agency has declined to review Tesla Inc's claim that the state's civil rights watchdog suing the company for race bias at an assembly plant is rushing to sue businesses without conducting full investigations.…

Aug 17, 2022
NASA’s giant U.S. moon rocket emerges for debut launch

By Joey Roulette (Reuters) -NASA's gigantic Space Launch System moon rocket, topped with an uncrewed astronaut capsule, began an hours-long crawl to its launchpad Tuesday night ahead of the behemoth's debut test flight this month. The 322-foot-tall (98-meter) rocket is…

Aug 16, 2022
OK Google, get me a Coke: AI giant demos soda-fetching robots

By Paresh Dave MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google is combining the eyes and arms of physical robots with the knowledge and conversation skills of virtual chatbots to help its employees fetch soda and chips from breakrooms with…