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AS CHIP SHORTAGE GOES ON, CARS ARE SCARCE AND PRICES ARE UP

For the next few months, Charlie Gilchrist figures his 11 car dealerships in the DallasFort Worth area will sell just about every new vehicle they can get from the factories — and at increased prices.

SEYFRIED LENDS GROUNDING PRESENCE TO CAMPY THRILLER

Hollywood thrillers in which sophisticated, attractive city folk move to creaky old country homes and experience scary things are a dime a dozen. Less common is when those Hollywood thrillers are based on the theology of 18thcentury Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg.

AMAZON BLOCKED 10 BILLION LISTINGS IN COUNTERFEIT CRACKDOWN

Amazon, which has been under pressure from shoppers, brands and lawmakers to crack down on counterfeits on its site, said Monday that it blocked more than 10 billion suspected phony listings last year before any of their offerings could be sold.

AGS URGE FACEBOOK TO DROP ‘INSTAGRAM FOR KIDS' PROPOSAL

A bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced Monday.

BIG TECH STOCKS FLEX MUSCLES AGAIN AFTER A ROUGH WINTER

Big Tech stocks are flexing their enormous strength again, after getting knocked around a bit earlier this year.

BEFRIEND YOUR MONEY AND REAP THE BENEFITS

What’s your relationship with money? Maybe your personal finances are like a distant cousin you barely think about — or an unsettling stranger you avoid. Or perhaps money feels like your enemy, frustrating you and rarely doing what you want.

NASCAR'S FUTURE IS HERE: NEXT GEN CAR FINALLY ARRIVES

NASCAR’s next-generation race car is finally here after two years of hype and hope that it will revolutionize the stock car series.

AIRTAGS: NEXT-GENERATION TRACKING TECHNOLOGY HAS ARRIVED

Two years after they were first rumored, Apple finally lifted the lid on its tracking device AirTag at its Spring Loaded event in April, designed to help consumers keep track of items that matter most.

VERIZON SELLS INTERNET TRAILBLAZERS YAHOO AND AOL FOR $5B

AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm.

MEREDITH TO SELL TV STATION DIVISION TO GRAY TELEVISION

Magazine publisher and multimedia company Meredith Corp. said this week it will sell its Local Media Group consisting of 17 television stations to Gray Television Inc. for $2.7 billion in cash and will focus on expanding its print and digital magazines business.

LATIN AMERICA LOOKS TO SPACE, DESPITE LIMITATIONS ON GROUND

Mars missions, astronauts coming and going at the International Space Station, China’s increasingly ambitious space program. Space-related news is flowing, and not just from the world’s richest, biggest nations. Take Latin America.

BAIDU ROLLS OUT PAID DRIVERLESS TAXI SERVICE IN BEIJING

Chinese tech giant Baidu rolled out its paid driverless taxi service last Sunday, making it the first company to commercialize autonomous driving operations in China.

GOOGLE SIGNS DEAL WITH WNBA TO HELP CHAMPION WOMEN'S SPORTS

The WNBA signed a multi-year deal with Google this week to be the presenting partner for the league’s playoffs, part of the technology giant’s efforts to help champion women’s sports.

60 YEARS SINCE 1ST AMERICAN IN SPACE: TOURISTS LINING UP

Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in his cosmic footsteps.

FALSE ALARM: NO SPACE JUNK THREAT AFTER ALL TO SPACEX CREW

SpaceX’s four astronauts had barely settled into orbit last Friday when they were ordered back into their spacesuits because of a potential collision with orbiting junk.

THE BIG PENTAGON INTERNET MYSTERY NOW PARTIALLY SOLVED

A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in. A shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank announced to the world’s computer networks that it was now managing a colossal, previously idle chunk of the internet owned by the U.S. Department of Defense.

BIGGEST SPACE STATION CROWD IN DECADE AFTER SPACEX ARRIVAL

The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year.

TESLA POSTS $438M 1Q PROFIT ON STRONG ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES

Charged up by strong sales of its electric cars and SUVs, Tesla posted its seventh-straight profitable quarter.

YOU WANTED LOTS OF BLOOD? ‘MORTAL KOMBAT' LISTENED

The first death in the “Mortal Kombat” reboot occurs less than three minutes in, which is actually pretty coy. This is a movie, after all, based on a video game where the point is bloody violence.

FIVE NEW EVS TO WAIT FOR IN 2021

Electric vehicle shoppers have an increasing number of models to choose from.

MICROSOFT PROFITS SOAR AS CLOUD DEMAND CONTINUES IN PANDEMIC

Microsoft’s profits soared during the first three months of 2021, thanks to ongoing demand for its software and cloud computing services during the pandemic.

DRONE OPERATORS CHALLENGE SURVEYORS' TURF IN MAPPING DISPUTE

When Michael Jones started a side hustle shooting drone photos and videos for realtors, his clients wanted more: Images with property lines on them, to better understand where their fences should be.

AUTO GROUP BACKS GUIDELINES FOR PARTIALLY AUTOMATED VEHICLES

The trade association representing most major automakers is offering guidelines for manufacturers to advertise partially automated driving systems and to make sure drivers are paying attention while using them.

APPLE ANNOUNCES 1ST EAST COAST CAMPUS IN NORTH CAROLINA

Apple is expanding spending in the U.S. and announced plans to build its first East Coast campus, in North Carolina.

Facebook Data On More Than 500m Accounts Found Online

Details from more than 500 million Facebook users have been found available on a website for hackers.

Robot Artist Sells Art For $688,888, Now Eyeing Music Career

Sophia is a robot of many talents — she speaks, jokes, sings and even makes art. In March, she caused a stir in the art world when a digital work she created as part of a collaboration was sold at an auction for $688,888 in the form of a nonfungible token (NFT).

You: Interface Deeper Integration is Coming, Just For You

According to a new study from WhistleOut, the average consumer spends an eye-watering nine years of their lives looking at their smartphones, and that’s without mentioning the use of computers, televisions, and other devices that increasingly control our lives.

THE NEW iMAC 24”: A NEW ERA FOR DESKTOP COMPUTING BEGINS

It was perhaps one of Apple’s most anticipated product refreshes of all time, and at its Spring Loaded event, the Cupertino company did not disappoint. Apple’s iconic all-in-one desktop computer has been overhauled from the ground up, sparking a new era for the Mac.

MERCEDES ROLLS OUT LUXURY ELECTRIC CAR IN DUEL WITH TESLA

Daimler AG unveiled a battery-powered counterpart to its top Mercedes-Benz luxury sedan as German carmakers ramp up their challenge to electric upstart Tesla.

DEMS PUSH $25B TO ELECTRIFY SCHOOL BUSES

Democratic lawmakers are unveiling legislation that would invest $25 billion to convert the nation’s fleet of gasoline- and diesel-powered school buses to electric vehicles, aiming at a component of President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan to improve children’s health.