TOP 5 QUESTIONS FOR NEW EV BUYERS

Electric vehicles, or EVs for short, have been the hot car commodity for 2022. Their sales were up nearly 82% from 2021 and now makeup 5% of the total market. But many prospective buyers have questions and reservations about this new technology. With this in mind, here are answers to the top questions that EV shoppers want to know before deciding on a purchase.

RIVIAN, MERCEDES PAUSE JOINT EUROPEAN ELECTRIC VAN PLANT

Electric vehicle maker Rivian is setting aside its planned partnership with Mercedes-Benz to produce electric vans in Europe so that it can focus on its existing commercial and consumer business.

MLS RENEWS WITH FOX FOR 4 YEARS, ENDS RUN WITH ESPN

Fox will keep on broadcasting Major League Soccer games in the U.S. as part of a four-year agreement, ending the run of ESPN and ABC, which had carried matches since the league launched in 1996.

NASA ORION CAPSULE SAFELY BLAZES BACK FROM MOON, ACES TEST

NASA's Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday (11), parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby.

CAN JAMES CAMERON AND 'AVATAR' WOW AGAIN? DON'T DOUBT IT.

James Cameron has been living on Pandora for a long time.

STADIUM SENSORY ROOMS ALLOW FANS WORLD CUP GAMES EXPERIENCE

Away from the roaring noise, lights and fireworks of World Cup games, there’s a safe space for fans who might get overwhelmed in a stadium environment.

HOW ELON MUSK IS CHANGING WHAT YOU SEE ON TWITTER

What you're seeing in your feed on Twitter is changing. But how?

STUDENTS TURN TO TIKTOK TO FILL GAPS IN SCHOOL LESSONS

Mecca Patterson-Guridy wants to learn, but for some subjects, she isn’t always comfortable asking her teachers. So she has been turning to TikTok.

FED SET TO EXTEND INFLATION FIGHT WITH 7TH RATE HIKE OF 2022

After four straight three-quarter-point interest rate hikes, the Federal Reserve is set to announce a smaller half-point increase in its key rate, a first step toward dialing back its efforts to combat inflation.

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TWITTER RELAUNCHING SUBSCRIBER SERVICE AFTER DEBACLE

Twitter is once again attempting to launch its premium service, a month after a previous attempt failed.

FTX FOUNDER CHARGED IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD CRYPTO INVESTORS

The U.S. government charged Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, with a host of financial crimes, alleging he intentionally deceived customers and investors to enrich himself and others, while playing a central role in the company’s multibillion-dollar collapse.

MICROSOFT TAKING 4% STAKE IN LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

Microsoft is taking a roughly 4% stake in the operator of the London Stock Exchange, which has agreed to spend at least $2.8 billion in cloud-computing services from the technology giant.

FUSION BREAKTHROUGH IS A MILESTONE FOR CLIMATE, CLEAN ENERGY

Scientists announced that they have for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it — a major breakthrough in the decades-long quest to harness the process that powers the sun.

SALE JUMPSTARTS FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND POWER IN US WATERS

This week marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms, in the deep waters off the West Coast.

MARYLAND BANS TIKTOK IN STATE AGENCIES, LATEST STATE TO ACT

Maryland is banning the use of TikTok and certain China and Russia-based platforms in the state’s executive branch of government, Gov. Larry Hogan said this week, the latest state to address cybersecurity risks presented by the platforms.

ΜΕΤΑ OVERSIGHT BOARD URGES CHANGES TO VIP MODERATION SYSTEM

Facebook parent Meta’s quasi-independent oversight board said that an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, from some or all of its content moderation rules needs a major overhaul.

BUZZFEED CUTS 12% OF STAFF CITING WORSENING ECON CONDITIONS

Digital media company BuzzFeed is cutting 12% of its workforce, citing worsening economic conditions.

WORK FORGES AHEAD AS SCHEDULED ON KENTUCKY EV BATTERY PLANTS

Ford Motor Co. and a South Korean partner company showed off their progress in developing a massive battery production venture in Kentucky, where they have laid the groundwork for one of the \"big bets\" the automaker is making in its electric vehicle business.

NASA CAPSULE FLIES OVER APOLLO LANDING SITES, HEADS HOME

NASA's Orion capsule and its test dummies swooped one last time around the moon Monday, flying over a couple Apollo landing sites before heading home.

BOEING'S LAST 747 TO ROLL OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE FACTORY

After more than half a century, Boeing is set to roll its last 747 out of a Washington state factory on Tuesday.

REVIEW: WILL SMITH-LED 'EMANCIPATION' IS AN ACTION THRILLER

It comes as some relief that Antoine Fuqua's \"Emancipation,\" starring Will Smith as a runaway slave in Civil War-era Louisiana, is not, at least traditionally speaking, an Oscar movie.

FDA CHANGE USHERS IN CHEAPER, EASIER-TO-GET HEARING AIDS

It's now a lot easier and cheaper - for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help.

TESLA LAUNCHES IN THAILAND, VYING TO COMPETE WITH CHINA EVS

Tesla has launched sales in Thailand, offering its popular Model 3 and Model Y at prices aimed at competing with rivals like China's BYD.

CHINA EASES ANTI-COVID MEASURES FOLLOWING PROTESTS

China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.

MICROSOFT STRIKES 10-YEAR DEAL WITH NINTENDO ON CALL OF DUTY

Microsoft agreed this week to make the hit video game Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 years should its $69 billion purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard go through an apparent attempt to fend off objections from rival Sony.

MAN GOES TO TRIAL ON CHARGES HE RAN UNLICENSED BITCOIN BIZ

A New Hampshire man accused of running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business catered to romance and imposter scammers who conned their victims into wiring him money that he shared as virtual currency with the criminals after taking his cut, a prosecutor alleged during opening statements in his trial Tuesday.

BIDEN VISITS ARIZONA COMPUTER CHIP SITE, HIGHLIGHTS JOBS

President Joe Biden on Tuesday visited the site for a new computer chip plant in Arizona, using it as a chance to emphasize how his policies are fostering job growth in what could be a challenge to the incoming Republican House majority.

US POLICE RARELY DEPLOY DEADLY ROBOTS TO CONFRONT SUSPECTS

The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects.

APPLE MUSIC OFFERS A CHANCE TO SING WITH YOUR FAVORITES

Apple Music Sing gives the user the ability to adjust a song's vocals and an enhanced beat-by-beat lyric display, which both draw on the platform's massive song library. The result is what Apple hopes will be an effortless invitation to karaoke.