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SURVEY: OWNERS FRUSTRATED WHEN LINKING PHONES TO VEHICLES

Automobile quality rose last year, but glitches in pairing smartphones with infotainment systems frustrated owners more than anything, according to a large U.S. survey of auto owners.

SOCIAL MEDIA'S 70-UP ‘GRANDFLUENCERS' DEBUNKING AGING MYTHS

Joan MacDonald’s health was in shambles at age 71. She was overweight and on numerous medications with high cholesterol, rising blood pressure and kidney trouble.

FREE TV SERVICE LOCAST SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AFTER LEGAL LOSS

Locast, a service that streamed local TV for free in about three dozen U.S. cities, is suspending operations after losses in court against the broadcast industry.

APPLE LOOSENS APP STORE PAYMENT RULES IN LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT

Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper ways to pay for digital subscriptions and media by circumventing a commission system that generates billions of dollars annually for the iPhone maker.

5 TIPS FOR FOSTERING A SUCCESSFUL HYBRID WORKPLACE

Businesses figured out how to work remotely on the fly when COVID-19 rapidly disrupted our way of working.

GIG APPS FOR A PANDEMIC ECONOMY: PART-TIME, NO COMMITMENT

For months, Gabrielle Walker had been looking for a part-time job. She applied to restaurant chains and retailers like Nando’s and Primark, and she scoured the job search site Indeed.

SPAIN JUDGE NIXES BACKUP SITE FOR DISPUTED HAWAII TELESCOPE

A Spanish judge in a decision cheered by environmentalists has put a halt to backup plans for the construction of a giant telescope in the Canary Islands — eliminating at least for now the primary alternative location to the preferred spot in Hawaii, where there have been protests against the telescope.

COVID-19 RESURGENCE CRIMPS SPENDING, TRAVEL RECOVERY

A COVID-19 resurgence this summer has caused consumers to turn cautious, while investors trim their investments in a travel sector still struggling to recover.

US AUTHORITIES WARN AGAINST FLYING DRONES OVER NATIONAL LAB

Drone pilots beware.

TECH COMPANIES PLEDGE BILLIONS IN CYBERSECURITY INVESTMENTS

Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and to train skilled workers, the White House announced Wednesday following President Joe Biden’s private meeting with top executives.

FOSSIL LEAVES MAY REVEAL CLIMATE IN LAST ERA OF DINOSAURS

Richard Barclay opens a metal drawer in archives of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum containing fossils that are nearly 100 million years old. Despite their age, these rocks aren’t fragile. The geologist and botanist handles them with casual ease, placing one in his palm for closer examination.

WHAT IS A COVID-19 VACCINE PASSPORT, AND DO I NEED ONE?

What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport, and do I need one?

WHY IT TAKES MONTHS TO SUBDUE SOME WILDFIRES

At nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the U.S. West, residents want to know why crews don’t simply put out the flames to save their homes and the valuable forests surrounding them.

WAYMO EXPANDING AUTONOMOUS RIDE SERVICE TO SAN FRANCISCO

Waymo, the Google self-driving vehicle spinoff, is expanding its autonomous ride-hailing service to San Francisco.

WITH SALES STILL SURGING, BEST BUY RAISES PROSPECTS FOR 2021

Best Buy raised its sales outlook for the year after breezing past Wall Street expectations in the second quarter.

HOW TO CALCULATE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE'S CHARGE COSTS

One of the challenges people have with electric vehicles is figuring out how much they cost to operate. The price of fully charging an electric vehicle’s battery can vary wildly depending on when and where you charge it.

TEENAGER SEEKS TO BREAK WOMEN'S SOLO FLIGHT RECORD

A Belgian-British teenager took to the skies Wednesday in her quest to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.

INDIANA NOTIFYING 750K AFTER COVID-19 TRACING DATA ACCESSED

Indiana health officials said they are notifying nearly 750,000 state residents that a cybersecurity company “improperly accessed” their personal data from the state’s online COVID-19 contact tracing survey — a description the company disputed as a “falsehood.”

JAPAN AIMS TO BRING BACK SOIL SAMPLES FROM MARS MOON BY 2029

Japanese space agency scientists said they plan to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the United States and China, which started Mars missions last year, in hopes of finding clues to the planet’s origin and traces of possible life.

UNDER DELTA, SUPPLY CHAIN STRAINS, TOYOTA SLASHES PRODUCTION

Toyota is scaling back production in North America and Japan as the surging coronavirus pandemic in Southeast Asia and elsewhere crimps supplies.

ROBINHOOD'S CRYPTO TRADING SURGES, AS OVERALL GROWTH SLOWS

After helping a new generation of investors get into stocks, Robinhood is increasingly doing the same for cryptocurrencies.

CLIMATE IMPACT OF COAL SALES FROM US LANDS SCRUTINIZED

U.S. officials launched a review Thursday of climate damage caused by coal mining on public lands as the Biden administration expands its scrutiny of government fossil fuel sales that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.

ARMY: FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF $9.4B PLASTICS COMPLEX

A civilian Pentagon official ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full environmental assessment of a $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics complex planned in Louisiana, drawing praise from environmentalists.

E-MONEY: 3 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU BUY CRYPTO

Investing in cryptocurrency can be as easy as a few taps on your phone, and with crypto all over the news and coming up in conversations with friends, it’s tempting to dive right in. However, depending on your financial situation and appetite for investment risk, crypto might not be an appropriate investment for you right now — or ever.

GADGET SHOW JOINS RAIDERS IN VEGAS VACCINE VERIFICATION PLAN

Vaccine verification at major venues emerged Tuesday as a coronavirus fighting front in Nevada, with Las Vegas’ biggest trade conference following the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders in announcing they’ll require attendees to prove they’re inoculated.

TIKTOK EXECUTIVE TALKS SHOPPING AND THE FAMOUS FETA PASTA

Feta cheese was scarce in some stores earlier this year. The culprit? TikTok, where videos that showed an easy-to-make baked feta pasta recipe went viral.

PEDRO ALMODÓVAR WARNS AGAINST ALGORITHMS IN INSTAGRAM ROW

Declaring “victory” over Instagram after a controversial poster for his upcoming film was censored and then reinstated, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar said Thursday that society must be alert to the power of algorithms in deciding what humans are permitted to see.

WILL GYMS GO THE WAY OF ARCADES AND MOVIE RENTAL STORES?

Going to the gym was always part of Kari Hamra’s routine until last year’s government-ordered shutdowns forced her to replace the workouts with daily rides on her Peloton stationary bike.

FACEBOOK'S OWNERSHIP OF GIPHY HURTS COMPETITION

Facebook’s ownership of Giphy will hurt competition for animated images, U.K. regulators said Thursday, meaning the social network could ultimately be forced to unwind the deal if the provisional findings are confirmed.

WANT TO PRETEND TO LIVE ON MARS? FOR A WHOLE YEAR? APPLY NOW

Want to find your inner Matt Damon and spend a year pretending you are isolated on Mars? NASA has a job for you.