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Tourists take pictures of a NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 14, 2010. Reuters/Carlos Barria

Chobani is offering six weeks of 100 percent paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers.

Southwest Airlines evacuated a plane when a replacement model of the fire-prone Samsung Note 7 smartphone began smoking.

Samsung has agreed to acquire Viv, an AI and assistant system co-founded by Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer and Chris Brigham — who created Siri.

Google and Disney do not currently plan to make a bid for Twitter.

A study finds that the bigger an animal’s yawn, the bigger its brain.

Insurer Sompo will buy Endurance Specialty for $6.3 billion.

Hurricane Matthew shuts down Kennedy Space Center.

Barclays’ private bankers will reportedly defect before OCBC acquisition.

Google will kill Pixate on October 31.

UFC fighter Josh Samman dies after being found unconscious in his apartment.
Photo: Tourists take pictures of a NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 14, 2010. Reuters/Carlos Barria