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GATES FOUNDATION TAKES UP QUESTION OF ITS OWN POWER
Does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have too much power and influence?
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Techlife News #586
Techlife News
ELON MUSK'S NEXT DRAMA: A TRIAL OVER HIS TWEETS ABOUT TESLA
While still grappling with the fallout from a company he did take private, beleaguered billionaire Elon Musk is now facing a trial over a company he didn’t.
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Techlife News #586
Techlife News
Another round of coinbase job cuts, 20% of workforce let go
Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase is cutting approximately 20% of its workforce, or about 950 jobs, in a second round of layoffs in less than a year.
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January 14, 2022
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STELLANTIS PREPS COST CUTS DUE TO HIGHER EV PRICES
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares says his company has to work on cutting costs globally in order to keep electric vehicles affordable for the middle class.
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January 14, 2022
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STELLANTIS PREPS COST CUTS DUE TO HIGHER EV PRICES
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares says his company has to work on cutting costs globally in order to keep electric vehicles affordable for the middle class.
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January 14, 2022
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KOREAN FIRM PLANS $2.5B IN NEW SOLAR PANEL PLANTS IN GEORGIA
A South Korean solar panel maker will invest more than $2.5 billion to build factories in Georgia, hiring 2,500 new employees and making components usually manufactured outside the United States, the company announced this week.
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January 14, 2022
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TIKTOK BOSS MEETS EUROPEAN OFFICIALS AS SCRUTINY INTENSIFIES
TikTok's CEO met Tuesday with European Union officials about strict new digital regulations in the 27-nation bloc as the Chinese-owned social media app faces growing scrutiny from Western authorities over data privacy, cybersecurity and misinformation.
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January 14, 2022
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STARTUPS AIM TO REDUCE GLOBAL FOOD WASTE
Avocados can be tricky. Their ripeness window is so narrow that a slew of memes poke fun at the fine art of deciding when to eat them.
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January 14, 2022
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MONEY: 5 TACTICS TO PAY BUY NOW.PAY LATER DEBT
Chances are that your \"buy now, pay later\" bill from the holiday season will arrive soon or has already made its debut.
3 min |
January 14, 2022
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SAG AWARDS NOMINATE 'BANSHEES,' 'EVERYTHING' AND SANDLER
In nominations to its 29th annual awards, the Screen Actors Guild heaped honors on the casts of \"Everything Everywhere All at Once\" and \"The Banshees of Inisherin,\" while throwing some curve balls into the Oscar race.
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January 14, 2022
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MLS, APPLE TV ANNOUNCE FIRST GROUP OF LEAGUE PASS ANNOUNCERS
Taylor Twellman, Marcelo Balboa, Danielle Slaton and Liam McHugh will be the announcers for the first season of MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, the league and Apple announced.
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January 14, 2022
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VIRGIN ORBIT REPORTS 'ANOMALY' IN SATELLITE LAUNCH FROM UK
A mission to launch the first satellites into orbit from Western Europe suffered an \"anomaly\" Tuesday, Virgin Orbit said.
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January 14, 2022
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SCHOOL LAWSUITS OVER SOCIAL MEDIA HARM FACE TOUGH LEGAL ROAD
Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media companies are now facing lawsuits brought by public entities that seek to hold them accountable for a huge societal problem - in their case, the mental health crisis among youth.
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January 14, 2022
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SEATTLE SCHOOLS SUE TECH GIANTS OVER SOCIAL MEDIA HARM
The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.
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January 14, 2022
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FEDS REVIEWING MUSK TWEET ABOUT DISABLING DRIVER MONITORING
A tweet from Elon Musk indicating that Tesla might allow some owners who are testing a \"Full Self-Driving\" system to disable an alert that reminds them to keep their hands on the steering wheel has drawn attention from U.S.safety regulators.
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January 14, 2022
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RAM ELECTRIC PICKUP JOINS CROWDED FIELD NEXT YEAR
When a futuristic-looking electric Ram pickup truck goes on sale next year, it will hardly be the first in line.
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January 14, 2022
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DELTA SAYS FREE WI-FI COMING TO MANY US FLIGHTS NEXT MONTH
Delta Air Lines will provide free Wi-Fi service on most of its U.S. flights starting in February, CEO Ed Bastian announced at the CES technology trade show.
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January 14, 2022
Techlife News
VR: WHAT IS THE METAVERSE AND HOW WILL IT WORK?
The term \"metaverse\" is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry's imagination - and while Facebook parent Meta is the best-known entrant into this futuristic virtual concept, it's certainly not the only one.
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January 14, 2022
Techlife News
Glasses
All the rumors about the AR/VR headset that will change your reality
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January 14, 2022
Techlife News
THE FUTURE OF APPLE: 5 EXECUTIVES WHO COULD SUCCEED TIM COOK AS CEO
Apple has had a great run under the leadership of CEO Tim Cook, who took over after the passing of co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011.
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January 14, 2022
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COMPANIES TOUT ENVIRONMENTAL TECH INNOVATIONS
The mottled bright green leaves of a pothos plant stood out against the flashy expanse of electric vehicles and smart products at the CES tech show in Las Vegas this year.
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January 14, 2022
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MONEY: HOW TO PREPARE FOR YOUR NEXT EMERGENCY
When a power outage knocked out electricity to a multistate region in 2003, Gabriella Barthlow, a financial coach in the Detroit area, was prepared.
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January 07, 2023
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CHINESE REGULATORS APPROVE CAPITAL EXPANSION FOR ANT GROUP
Chinese regulators have said e-commerce giant Alibaba’s finance affiliate Ant Group can raise 1.5 billion for its consumer finance unit in an important step forward after the government called off a planned IPO two years ago and ordered the firm to restructure.
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January 07, 2023
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VIDEO GAME WORKERS FORM MICROSOFT'S FIRST US LABOR UNION
A group of video game testers has formed Microsoft's first labor union in the U.S., which will also be the largest in the video game industry.
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January 07, 2023
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HOW TO PLAN A DISNEYLAND TRIP FOR THE DISNEY 100 CELEBRATION
The Walt Disney Co. is set to turn 100 years old this year, and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, is celebrating with new shows and a Mickey-themed attraction across its two theme parks: Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. Both parks will also be decked out with new decor.
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January 07, 2023
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HUAWEI SAYS IT'S OUT OF 'CRISIS MODE,' THOUGH REVENUE FLAT
Chinese technology giant Huawei says it has emerged from \"crisis mode\" after years of U.S. restrictions that have stifled its overseas sales, even though its revenue for 2022 failed to grow from a year earlier.
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January 07, 2023
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SALESFORCE CUTS ABOUT 10% OF ITS WORKFORCE
Salesforce is laying off about 10% of its workforce in the latest round of job cuts in the tech industry as corporations cut back on software and other spending.
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January 07, 2023
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GOOGLE TO PAY INDIANA $20 MILLION TO RESOLVE PRIVACY SUIT
Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state's lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practices, state Attorney General Todd Rokita announced.
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January 07, 2023
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INDIANA BLOCKS CHINESE-OWNED APP TIKTOK FROM STATE DEVICES
Indiana has blocked the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from state devices, its technology office said.
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January 07, 2023
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BEST OF CES 2023: ELECTRIC SKATES, PET TECH AND AI FOR BIRDS
Tech companies of all sizes are showing off their latest products at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics show.
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