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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.

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.

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.

US SEEKS NEW LITHIUM SOURCES AS DEMAND FOR BATTERIES GROWS

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

Alibaba Raises Buyback to $25b to Boost Slumping Stock

Alibaba Group, the world’s biggest e-commerce company, increased a share buyback to $25 billion from $15 billion to prop up a stock price that has fallen by more than half since the ruling Communist Party tightened control over tech industries by launching regulatory crackdowns.

THAILAND BANS CRYPTOCURRENCY PAYMENTS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES

Thailand’s securities regulator announced Wednesday that it is barring the use of cryptocurrencies for payment of goods and services.

MEGHAN'S 1ST SPOTIFY PODCAST TO FOCUS ON FEMALE STEREOTYPES

The first podcast from Prince Harry and Meghan’s partnership with Spotify will focus on harmful labels and stereotypes applied to women.

SHOULD YOU INVEST IN A FRIEND'S BUSINESS?

Ben & Jerry’s was started by childhood best friends. Four grad school buddies founded Warby Parker. A long friendship-turned-partnership brought Clear to TSA security lines across the U.S. A shopping trip between two pals launched size-inclusive clothing brand Universal Standard.

‘WHERE'D THE MONEY GO?' HOW TO HANDLE A WINDFALL

Tax refunds. Child tax credits. COVID-19 relief checks. We dream of the next unexpected bundle of money that lands in our lap. Perhaps it’s a few hundred dollars earned from a garage sale, maybe even more from a job bonus — or hundreds of thousands from a winning lottery ticket or inheritance. Our minds race with the possibilities.

WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOUR BUSINESS ADDS BUY NOW, PAY LATER

“Buy now, pay later” is becoming common at large retailers like Target, Ikea and Macy’s. More and more small-business owners are allowing their customers the ability to pay in installments, too.

UBER OPENS UP A SPACE FOR NYC TAXI CABS ON ITS APP

Uber, which was hit by driver shortages during the pandemic, will list New York City taxi cabs on its app, a partnership that until recently would have been unthinkable with both camps fighting ferociously for the same customers.

IN 1ST FULL YEAR OF PANDEMIC, BIGGEST METROS LOST RESIDENTS

After returning to metro San Francisco following a college football career, Anthony Giusti felt like his hometown was passing him by. The high cost of living, driven by a constantly transforming tech industry, ensured that even with two jobs he would never save enough money to buy a house.

APPLE CO-FOUNDER WOZNIAK STILL LOOKING FOR NEXT BIG THING

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has remained immersed in technology while also pursuing divergent interests since his 1985 departure from the revolutionary company he started with the late Steve Jobs.

HYDROPOWER EYES BIGGER ENERGY ROLE, LESS ENVIRONMENTAL HARM

In southwestern Pennsylvania, eight locks and dams that for decades helped barges move goods along the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers will in a few years also generate enough power for 75,000 homes.

Russia's War Spurs Corporate Exodus, Exposes Business Risks

Auto shipments stopped, beer stopped flowing, cargo ships dropped port calls and oil companies cut their pipelines.

6 Ways Technology Is Evolving Travel in 2022

For the athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, travel entailed … robots. Everywhere. These machines prepared and served noodles, rice and burgers, and roamed hallways to take the temperatures of passersby.

Big Tech Grapples With Russian State Media, Propaganda

As Russia’s war in Ukraine plays out for the world on social media, big tech platforms are moving to restrict Russian state media from using their platforms to spread propaganda and misinformation.

AMAZON TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEAR TRANSIT STOPS

Amazon said it will spend more than $120 million to build affordable-housing units close to transit stations near Seattle and Washington, D.C, the latest example of a tech company trying to address the affordable housing crisis critics say the industry has exacerbated.

BARCELONA STADIUM BECOMES SPOTIFY CAMP NOU UNDER SPONSORSHIP

Barcelona is teaming up with Spotify — and changing its stadium name — to ease some of the financial struggles that hindered the Spanish club recently.

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CHIPMAKER INTEL DETAILS $150 MILLION EDUCATION INVESTMENT

Chipmaker Intel outlined $150 million in educational funding aimed at growing the workforce for the semiconductor industry, as part of its $20 billion investment in a production hub in Ohio.

BIG BATCH OF SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS APPROVED IN VIRGINIA

Dominion Energy has received regulatory approval in Virginia for a series of solar projects expected to generate enough power to light up 250,000 homes.

CNN+ STREAMS START MARCH 29; MSNBC TO STREAM PROGRAMMING

The CNN+ paid streaming service will debut March 29 with programming headlined by network stars like Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper, along with poached personalities Audie Cornish, Kasie Hunt and Chris Wallace.

INTEL UNVEILS $88B CHIPMAKING EXPANSION PLAN FOR EUROPE

U.S. chipmaker Intel unveiled plans this week to invest up to 80 billion euros ($88 billion) across Europe as part of an ambitious expansion aimed at evening out imbalances in the global semiconductor industry that have led to big chip shortages.

US TEXTRON TO ACQUIRE SLOVENIAN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PIONEER

U.S. industrial conglomerate Textron Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Pipistrel, the Slovenian ultralight aircraft maker and pioneer in electrically powered aviation, both companies announced Thursday.

JULIAN ASSANGE DENIED PERMISSION TO APPEAL BY UK'S TOP COURT

Britain’s top court this week refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the U.S. to face spying charges.

WAR CENSORSHIP EXPOSES PUTIN'S LEAKY INTERNET CONTROLS

Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China’s so-called Great Firewall.

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Twitter Expands Birdwatch, Its Crowdsourced Fact Check Pilot

Twitter is expanding Birdwatch, its crowd-sourced fact checking project it started as a small and little-publicized pilot program more than a year ago.

OLD MONEY, NEW MONEY: BEAUX ARTS STYLE GETS ATTENTION ON HBO

“What surroundings, Mrs. Russell. We could be at Tsarskoye Selo,” exclaims Nathan Lane’s snooty Ward McAllister at his first glance of her opulent Fifth Avenue mansion on “The Gilded Age.”