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CHINA SET TO SEND 3 ASTRONAUTS ON LONGEST CREWED MISSION YET
China is preparing to send three astronauts to live on its space station for six months — a new milestone for a program that has advanced rapidly in recent years.
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October 16, 2021
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US REGULATORS SEEK ANSWERS FROM TESLA OVER LACK OF RECALL
U.S. safety investigators want to know why Tesla didn’t file recall documents when it updated Autopilot software to better identify parked emergency vehicles, escalating a simmering clash between the automaker and regulators.
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October 16, 2021
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WILLIAM SHATNER, TV'S CAPT. KIRK, BLASTS INTO SPACE
Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality, reaching the final frontier aboard a ship built by JeffBezos’ Blue Origin company.
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October 16, 2021
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MICROSOFT SHUTTING DOWN LINKEDIN IN CHINA
Microsoft is shutting down its LinkedIn service in China later this year after internet rules were tightened by Beijing, the latest American tech giant to lessen its ties to the country.
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October 16, 2021
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HYDROPOWER DECLINE ADDS STRAIN TO POWER GRIDS IN DROUGHT
After water levels at a California dam fell to historic lows this summer, the main hydropower plant it feeds was shut down. At the Hoover Dam in Nevada — one of the country’s biggest hydropower generators — production is down by 25%. If extreme drought persists, federal officials say a dam in Arizona could stop producing electricity in coming years.
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October 16, 2021
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INSTACART CEO SAYS ONLINE GROCERY SHOPPING HAS ROOM TO GROW
When the pandemic hit the U.S. last year, grocery delivery company Instacart suddenly became a lifeline for millions of consumers. Sales volumes skyrocketed; in one month, the company added 300,000 drivers to keep up with its orders.
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October 16, 2021
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WITH HUMOR, VENOM 2 LEANS INTO RELATIONSHIPS
“Venom: Let There Be Carnage” is best when it’s not trying to be a comic book movie.
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October 16, 2021
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WHO HONORS HENRIETTA LACKS, WOMAN WHOSE CELLS SERVED SCIENCE
The chief of the World Health Organization honored the late Henrietta Lacks, an American woman whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge during the 1950s and ended up providing the foundation for vast scientific breakthroughs, including research about the coronavirus.
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October 16, 2021
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CIA Creates Working Group on China as Threats Keep Rising
China is an especially difficult challenge for the U.S. intelligence community.
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October 09, 2021
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US AUTO SALES SLUMP STALLED BY CAR COMPUTER CHIP SHORTAGE
In a normal month before the pandemic, Con Paulos’ Chevy dealership in Jerome, Idaho, sold around 40 new vehicles. In September, it was only six. Now he’s got nothing new in stock, and every car, truck or SUV on order has been sold.
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October 09, 2021
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TRADING APPS MOVE TO GET A LIVE PERSON TO HEAR YOUR PROBLEMS
It’s one of the downsides of apps that make things like ordering food or buying stocks and cryptocurrencies easier: What happens when something goes wrong?
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October 09, 2021
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HOME NOT SO SWEET IN NFL THIS SEASON DESPITE RETURN OF FANS
The fans are back and the crowds are loud, but home-field advantage still isn’t a factor early in this NFL season.
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October 09, 2021
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GOOGLE SAYS FLIGHT SEARCH TOOL CAN HELP YOU FLY ‘GREENER'
A basic search for flights will give an estimate of how many kilograms of carbon dioxide the flight will spew from start to finish.
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October 09, 2021
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EX-FACEBOOK MANAGER CRITICIZES COMPANY, URGES MORE OVERSIGHT
Haugen's accusations were buttressed by tens of thousands of pages of internal research documents she secretly copied before leaving her job in the company's civic integrity unit.
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October 09, 2021
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MICROSOFT: RUSSIA BEHIND 58% OF DETECTED STATE-BACKED HACKS
Russia accounted for most state-sponsored hacking detected by Microsoft over the past year, with a 58% share, mostly targeting government agencies and think tanks in the United States, followed by Ukraine, Britain and European NATO members, the company said.
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October 09, 2021
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BARRY DILLER'S IAC BUYING MAGAZINE CO MEREDITH FOR $2B
Barry Diller’s IAC is buying Meredith, one of the country’s largest magazine companies and the publisher of People, Southern Living and InStyle, in hopes of accelerating a digital shift as print fades.
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October 09, 2021
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SURGING NATURAL GAS PRICES: THREAT TO CONSUMERS THIS WINTER?
Brace for a rude surprise on your winter heating bills.
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US, EU AGREE TO FURTHER TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY TALKS
The United States and the European Union agreed Wednesday to carry on the work of 10 expert-level panels to explore and recommend solutions to a variety of trade disputes and challenges.
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US SLIGHTLY REVISES UP ITS GDP ESTIMATE FOR Q2 TO 6.7%
The U.S. economy expanded at a 6.7% annual pace from April through June, the Commerce Department said Thursday, slightly upgrading its estimate of last quarter’s growth in the face of a resurgence of COVID-19 in the form of the delta variant.
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UK PERMITS DEVELOPMENT OF GENE-EDITED CROPS IN LIMATE FIGHT
Britain’s government plans to allow researchers to use gene-editing techniques to develop crops that can increase yields, reduce the need for pesticides, and cut greenhouse gas emissions as the U.K.’s exit from the European Union allows it to deviate from the bloc’s rules.
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MERCK SPENDS $11.5B FOR ACCELERON, POSSIBLE BLOCKBUSTER DRUG
Merck will spend about $11.5 billion to buy Acceleron Pharma and its potential treatment for high blood pressure in vessels that connect the lungs and heart.
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BAN ON SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAGS GOES INTO EFFECT ON FRIDAY
A ban on single-use plastic bags that was originally scheduled to begin on the first of this year will go into effect Friday across Washington state.
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AT&T TO REQUIRE VACCINES FOR 90,000 OF ITS UNION WORKERS
AT&T has become one of the largest employers in the U.S. to mandate vaccines for a significant number of frontline workers.
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CHINA SAYS ALL CRYPTO TRANSACTIONS ILLEGAL; BITCOIN TUMBLES
China’s central bank declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money.
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AMAZON UNVEILS ‘JETSONS'-LIKE ROAMING ROBOT FOR THE HOME
Amazon’s new robot can hear, see and follow you around the home, but its no Rosey the Robot.
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Apple, Google Raise New Concerns by Yanking Russian App
Big Tech companies that operate around the globe have long promised to obey local laws and to protect civil rights while doing business.
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September 25, 2021
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California 1st to Set Quota Limits for Retailers like Amazon
California became the first state to bar megaretailers from firing warehouse workers for missing quotas that interfere with bathroom and rest breaks under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that grew from Amazon’s drive to speed goods to consumers more quickly.
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September 25, 2021
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Apple Won't Let Fortnite Back Until Case Ends
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc., said Wednesday it’s been told by Apple that the game will be “blacklisted from the Apple ecosystem” until the companies’ legal case is resolved and all appeals are exhausted, which could take as long as five years.
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September 25, 2021
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AT LONG LAST, BALLMER, CLIPPERS BREAK GROUND ON NEW HOME
The design meetings have been going on for years.
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September 25, 2021
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DON'T LET SOCIAL SECURITY STEER YOU WRONG
Few retirement decisions are as critical, or as easy to get wrong, as when and how to take your Social Security benefits.
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