In this issue

The race is on to produce more lithium in the United States. The U.S. will need far more lithium to achieve its clean energy goals — and the industry that mines, extracts, and processes the chemical element is poised to grow. But it also faces a host of challenges from environmentalists, Indigenous groups, and government regulators.

IN YOUR DEBT: FORGET THE FED, PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT

The cost of everything keeps creeping up.

3 mins

A KEY INFLATION GAUGE SETS 40-YEAR HIGH AS GAS AND FOOD SOAR

An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, with sharply higher prices for food, gasoline and other necessities squeezing Americans’ finances.

3 mins

FACEBOOK RESORTS TO OLD SMEAR TACTICS AGAINST TIKTOK

Eleven years ago, Facebook was caught redhanded after it hired a prominent public relations firm to try to plant stories harshly criticizing Google’s privacy practices in leading news outlets.

1 min

AS RUSSIA SEES TECH BRAIN DRAIN, OTHER NATIONS HOPE TO GAIN

Russia’s tech workers are looking for safer and more productive professional pastures.

5 mins

WAR TRANSFORMS UKRAINIAN BROTHERS' GAMING YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Starting out with funny videos and chat over Mario Kart racing games, two Ukrainian brothers have added a somber tone to their YouTube channel popular with young Japanese with updates from their country that bring the harsh realities of war closer to Japan.

3 mins

PARTY'S OVER: DUBAI'S MONTHSLONG EXPO 2020 COMES TO A CLOSE

The world’s fair in Dubai, a tech-saturated site teeming with talking robots and solar canopies, sought to be the future.

4 mins

US SEEKS NEW LITHIUM SOURCES AS DEMAND FOR BATTERIES GROWS

The race is on to produce more lithium in the United States.

5 mins

MEDIA MEASURING COMPANY NIELSEN TO BE ACQUIRED IN $16B DEAL

Nielsen is being acquired for $16 billion, including debt, about a week after the media measurement company rejected a smaller offer earlier this month.

2 mins

VIETNAMESE CARMAKER TO BUILD ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN N CAROLINA

A Vietnamese automaker announced plans to build a plant in North Carolina to manufacture electric vehicles, promising to bring 7,500 jobs and ending the state’s streak of near-misses for landing carmakers.

3 mins

Waymo to Expand Autonomous Vehicle Rides to San Francisco

Waymo’s self-driving ride-hailing service is branching out to San Francisco.

1 min

US INVESTIGATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMPANY'S CRASH REPORT

A small maker of autonomous vehicle systems could be in hot water with U.S. highway safety regulators over how much time elapsed before it reported the crash of one of its test vehicles last fall.

1 min

US, EU SIGN DATA TRANSFER DEAL TO EASE PRIVACY CONCERNS

The European Union and United States made a breakthrough in their yearslong battle over the privacy of data that flows across the Atlantic with a preliminary agreement that paves the way for Europeans’ personal information to be stored in the U.S.

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