PARK OUTDOORS: FORD RECALLS SUVS DUE TO ENGINE FIRE RISK

Ford is asking the owners of 350,000 vehicles in to take them to dealers for repairs in three recalls, including about 39,000 that should be parked outdoors because the engines can catch fire.

GOOGLE'S RUSSIAN BUSINESS PLANS TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY

Google says its Russian subsidiary is planning to file for bankruptcy because it can’t pay staff and suppliers.

NY AGENCY FILES DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT AGAINST AMAZON

A state agency in New York has filed an administrative complaint against Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant discriminated against pregnant and disabled workers by denying them “reasonable accommodations” and forcing them to take unpaid leave, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this week.

CONGRESS DIVES INTO UFOS, BUT NO SIGNS OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS

Congress held its first hearing in half a century on unidentified flying objects. And no, there is still no government confirmation of extraterrestrial life.

CONSUMERS SHIFT AGAIN, FLUMMOXING BIG RETAILERS LIKE TARGET

The pandemic vastly changed the way Americans spend money and now as they return to pre-pandemic behavior, they’re tripping up retailers again.

HARLEY-DAVIDSON SUSPENDS PRODUCTION FOR 2 WEEKS, SHARES FALL

Harley-Davidson announced a two-week suspension of vehicle assembly and most shipments, citing a regulatory compliance issue with one of its suppliers.

MCDONALD'S ERA IN RUSSIA COMING TO A CLOSE, RESTAURANTS SOLD

McDonald’s is selling all of its restaurants in Russia 30 years after the burger chain became a powerful symbol of easing Cold War tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.

MUSK WARS WITH TWITTER OVER HIS BUYOUT DEAL - ON TWITTER

Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised that taking over Twitter would enable him to rid the social media platform of its annoying “spam bots.” Now he’s arguing — without presenting any evidence — that there might be just too many of those automated accounts for the $44 billion deal to move ahead.

4 Ways to Protect Your Small Business From Cyberattacks

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses have quickly adopted remote working and transitioned to new technologies, such as contactless payments and online ordering.

GOOGLE STRIKES CONTENT DEALS WITH 300 EUROPEAN PUBLISHERS

Google said that it struck licensing deals with 300 news publishers in Europe in its latest effort to comply with a recently introduced European Union copyright law.

MS. PAC-MAN CLEARS PATH TO WORLD VIDEO GAME HALL OF FAME

More than 40 years after blazing a trail for female video game characters, Ms. Pac-Man was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, along with Dance Dance Revolution, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Sid Meier’s Civilization.

SEC: NVIDIA FAILED TO DISCLOSE CRYPTO AS REVENUE GENERATOR

Nvidia, a major tech company that has expanded aggressively into gaming, will pay a $5.5 million penalty for failing to disclose that crypto-mining was a significant source of revenue growth from the sale of graphics processing units that were produced and marketed for gaming.

GOOGLE GETS MORE MULTILINGUAL, BUT WILL IT GET THE NUANCE?

About 10 million people speak Quechua, but trying to automatically translate emails and text messages into the most widely spoken Indigenous language family in the Americas was long all but impossible.

CRYPTO COMES TO WASHINGTON. WILL THE MILLIONS BUY INFLUENCE?

Erin Houchin braced for the worst when a mysterious, well-financed group started buying television ads last month in her highly competitive southern Indiana congressional race.

COINBASE LOSES HALF ITS VALUE IN A WEEK AS CRYPTO SLUMPS

Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase has lost half its value in the past week, including its biggest one-day drop 5o date on Wednesday as the famously volatile crypto market weathers yet another slump.

BIDEN ANNOUNCES PROGRAM OFFERING DISCOUNTED INTERNET SERVICE

President Joe Biden announced that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.

EA SPORTS AND FIFA END PARTNERSHIP, BOTH EYE NEW VIDEO GAMES

Electronic Arts will stop making its hugely successful FIFA video game in its current name, marking a split in one of soccer’s most successful and lucrative partnerships after the sides failed to strike a new licensing deal.

GOOGLE ADOPTS AN APPLE-LIKE APPROACH FOR ITS PIXEL PRODUCTS

Google took a big step toward pushing its Pixel product line-up down a road already paved by Apple and its array of trendsetting devices.

SCIENTISTS GROW PLANTS IN LUNAR DIRT, NEXT STOP MOON

For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.

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Airbus Posts Profit, Plans New Jet Assembly Line in Alabama

Airbus said that its profit in the first three months of 2022 more than tripled to 1.22 billion euros ($1.28 billion), helped by an increase in aircraft deliveries as airlines recover from the worst of the pandemic.

A Loved One Owes You Money Now What?

Your sibling asked you to cover their rent for a couple of months while they were between jobs. Or maybe you loaned a friend a few hundred bucks for a car repair they couldn’t afford.

TELECOMN GROUPS END FIGHT AGAINST CALIFORNIA NET NEUTRALITY

Telecommunications industry groups ended their bid to block California’s net neutrality law that bars broadband providers from throttling service.

STELLANTIS POURS BILLIONS MORE INTO CANADA, ELECTRIC

Automaker Stellantis said it will invest $3.6 billion Canadian dollars ($2.8 billion) to upgrade two Canadian assembly plants and expand a research center as it accelerates its long-term electrification strategy.

CALIFORNIA MOVES TO EMBRACE CRYPTOCURRENCY AND REGULATE IT

California, which has a economy larger than all but four countries and where much of the world’s technological innovation is born, on Wednesday became the first state to formally begin examining how to broadly adapt to cryptocurrency and related innovations.

MUSK GETS $7B BACKING FOR TWITTER BID FROM TECH HEAVYWEIGHTS

Billionaire Elon Musk has strengthened the equity stake of his offer to buy Twitter with commitments of more than $7 billion from a range of investors, including Silicon Valley heavy hitters like Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.

IDAHO NEEDS TO SHORE UP CYBERSECURITY, TASK FORCE SAYS

Idaho needs to be better prepared to defend against inevitable cyberattacks that could harm individuals, businesses and critical infrastructure, the Governor’s Cybersecurity Task Force said in a report released this week.

ELON MUSK ASKED TO TESTIFY ON TWITTER BY UK PARLIAMENT

A British parliamentary committee scrutinizing draft online safety legislation has invited Elon Musk to discuss his plans to buy Twitter and the changes he’s proposing for the social media platform.

CDC RESTATES RECOMMENDATION FOR MASKS ON PLANES, TRAINS

US health officials this week restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation.

NASA CLIMATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST WINS WORLD FOOD PRIZE

A NASA climate research scientist who has spent much of her career explaining how global food production must adapt to a changing climate was awarded the World Food Prize on Thursday.