Yahoo Extends Deadline to Sell Internet Business and Other News

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Yahoo Extends Deadline to Sell Internet Business

Yahoo has extended its deadline to sell its core internet business to April 18. After the announcement, the company’s share price was up by 1.7%.

After investors like Canyon Capital and Starboard Value demanded that Yahoo sell its core business, the company finally took the much-needed step on February 19, and is looking to sell its search, mail and news business to potential buyers in an auction. The tech giant has also laid off more than 9000 employees, or about 15% of its workforce in the implementation of an "aggressive strategic plan" for the future of the company.

Although it is the third most visited website in the U.S. with some properties attracting quite an audience (Yahoo Finance, Yahoo News, Tumblr), the company’s growth has been on a rapid decline, with revenues and earnings declining at a rate of 15% and 20%, respectively. As many as 40 companies have expressed their interest in the bidding process.

Apple Again Ordered to Unlock iPhone

According to a court filing, a Boston judge had asked Apple to assist law enforcement to unlock an iPhone 6 belonging to Desmond Crawfor, a member of the Columbia Point Dawgz gang.

"Such reasonable technical assistance consists of, to the extent possible, extracting data from the Device, copying the data from the Device onto an external hard drive or other storage medium, and returning the aforementioned storage medium to law enforcement, and/or providing the FBI with the suspect Personal Identification Number or Personal Unlock Code so that access can be gained to the Target Telephone 1 for this search."

Apple has declined to offer assistance, as in the San Bernardino iPhone case, and filed in opposition. The government has yet to respond to Apple’s filing.

NASA Fixes Spacecraft 75 Million Miles in Outer Space

NASA had a close call when one of its planet-hunting $600 million spacecraft, Kepler, went into emergency mode. Engineers worked day-and-night to fix the problem, and are now investigating why such an event took place.

"When everything else has failed and there's some kind of fault, emergency mode is where the spacecraft goes to hunker down and keep itself alive," said Charlie Sobeck, Kepler & K2 Mission Manager, "It was the quick response and determination of the engineers throughout the weekend that led to the recovery. We are deeply appreciative of their efforts, and for the outpouring of support from the mission's fans and followers from around the world."

Till date, Kepler has identified more than 1,963 planets that closely resemble Earth, the most famous being Kepler-452b (with an orbital period of 385 days).

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