Science and Technology

Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk's SpaceX company. Read more here.

A Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around the globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. Read more here.

Homemade cloth face masks likely need a minimum of two layers, and preferably three, to prevent the dispersal of viral droplets from the nose and mouth that are associated with the spread of COVID-19, indicates a video case study published online in the journal Thorax. Read more here.

AT&T's 5G network is now available nationwide, making it the second major American carrier after T-Mobile to hit the milestone. Read more here.

Corning Gorilla Glass is rolling out its newest iteration — Gorilla Glass Victus, named after the Latin word for "living" — which it says will make phone screens dramatically more resistant to scratches and breakage. Read more here.

The global coronavirus pandemic has postponed Amazon’s biggest shopping event of the year. The company officially made the announcement to why it decided to push pack the day.

The Brandywine Valley SPCA is the first animal shelter in the Philadelphia region to use facial recognition technology to help reunite lost pets with their owners. Read more here.

The number of COVID-19 infections in the greater Philadelphia region was likely seven times greater than what was reported, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more here.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Thursday that New Jersey will set aside up to $60 million to address the digital divide in schools across the state. It’s thought that up to 230,000 New Jersey students don’t have access to the internet. Read more here.

The US Supreme Court has upheld a 1991 law that bars robocalls to cellphones. The case was argued on the telephone in May because of the coronavirus pandemic.