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The Federal Communications Commission is set to take up key rules that will pave the way for auctioning airwaves to allow for 5G connectivity. The FCC will vote on rules at its Aug. 2 meeting to clear the way to start bidding later in the fall. Experts have said the …

In animal studies at Boston Children’s Hospital and elsewhere, mitochondrial transplants revived heart muscle that was stunned from a heart attack but not yet dead, and revived injured lungs and kidneys. Infusions of mitochondria also prolonged the time organs could be stored before they were used for transplants, and even …

New houses are going up in the Phoenix area at the fastest pace in 10 years, and prices are climbing faster than they have in five years. Arizona Republic

Hundreds of motorists in the Atlanta area and around Georgia are getting used to a new hands-free cell phone requirement while driving and police have already handed out tickets and warnings to enforce the new law. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

After months of uncertainty, there are indications that India may not, after all, opt for a blanket ban on virtual currencies. A finance ministry panel set up to study them may even suggest that they be treated as commodities. Quartz India

A multi-year legal battle over the ability to distribute computer models of gun parts and replicate them in 3D printers has ended in defeat for government authorities who sought to prevent the practice. Cody Wilson, the gunmaker and free speech advocate behind the lawsuit, now intends to expand his operations, …