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EUROPEAN ACTIVISTS FIGHT FOR RIGHT TO REPAIR ELECTRONICS

At a table scattered with tools and wires, volunteer repairers sit across from the owners of an assortment of inoperable electronics.

INSTAGRAM LAUNCHES TOOL URGING TEENS TO TAKE A BREAK

Instagram launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users from harmful content on the Facebook-owned service.

Q&A: EXPLAINING THE FAST GROWTH OF STABLECOINS

Among the fastest-growing forms of cryptocurrency are stablecoins, which use blockchain technology like Bitcoin and ethereum.

ROHINGYA SUE FACEBOOK FOR $150B, ALLEGING ROLE IN VIOLENCE

Rohingya refugees sued Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what they say was the company’s failure to stop hateful posts that incited violence against the Muslim ethnic group by Myanmar’s military rulers and their supporters.

STEVEN SPIELBERG'S ROUSING ‘WEST SIDE STORY' REVIVAL

We’re so rife with reboots and remakes today that it can take a moment to gauge just what Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” is.

‘Buy Now, Pay Later' Catches on Just in Time for Holidays

As Americans shop for the holidays, they will likely see a swarm of offers to get their gifts now but pay for them later in fixed monthly installments.

Health The growing influence of Apple on healthcare

In a 2019 interview with Mad Money’s Jim Cramer, Apple CEO Tim Cook said: “If you zoomed out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, ‘What was Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind?’” After a short pause, he answered his own question: “It will be about health.” Two years on, his vision is already becoming a reality for the company.

COLLINS DICTIONARY PICKS NFT AS WORD OF THE YEAR 2021

Collins Dictionary has chosen the term NFT as its word of the year after surging interest in the digital tokens that can sell for millions of dollars brought it into the mainstream.

NEW TWITTER CEO STEPS FROM BEHIND THE SCENES TO HIGH PROFILE

Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile and politically volatile jobs.

NISSAN INVESTING IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BATTERY DEVELOPMENT

Nissan said this week it is investing 2 trillion yen ($17.6 billion) over the next five years and developing a cheaper, more powerful battery to boost its electric vehicle lineup.

MISSISSIPPI UNVEILS MOBILE ID PROGRAM: AN APP FOR PHONES

Mississippi is unveiling a new app that’s designed to store someone’s driver license on their phone.

OUTDOOR DECORATING TRENDS: NATURAL, COZY, SUSTAINABLE

Home, as we know, has become more central to many of us during the pandemic, and that means outdoors as well as in. This holiday season, designers and retailers have suggestions for updating window, door and yard decorations.

OMICRON UNRAVELS TRAVEL INDUSTRY'S PLANS FOR A COMEBACK

Tourism businesses that were just finding their footing after nearly two years of devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are being rattled again as countries throw up new barriers to travel in an effort to contain the omicron variant.

SPACE JUNK FORCES SPACEWALK DELAY, TOO RISKY FOR ASTRONAUTS

NASA called off a spacewalk Tuesday because of menacing space junk that could puncture an astronaut’s suit or damage the International Space Station.

3 Times You Need Money Advice from a Human

You can now manage most aspects of your money without ever consulting another human being. You can budget, borrow, save, invest, buy insurance, prepare your tax return and create a will — among many other tasks — by using apps, websites and software.

MANY SCIENTISTS BACK BIDEN'S MOVE TO TAP OIL RESERVE

Democrats and climate activists generally supported President Joe Biden’s decision to release a record 50 million barrels of oil from America’s strategic reserve, even as the move appeared to contradict his long-term vision of combating climate change.

APPLE SUING ISRAELI HACKER-FOR-HIRE COMPANY NSO GROUP

Apple announced it is suing Israel’s NSO Group, seeking to block the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire company from breaking into Apple’s products, like the iPhone.

DISNEY'S ANIMATED ‘ENCANTO' EFFORTLESSLY ENCHANTS

Mirabel is extraordinary, in that when it comes to her family, she is totally normal.

DOORDASH'S TECHNOLOGICAL KNOW-HOW OFFERS HELP TO FOOD BANKS

Susan Goodell needed help. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Goodell, CEO of the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank, would look out the window at the long line of clients picking up the food available that day, while she and others answered calls from others who couldn’t travel to a distribution point.

EL SALVADOR TO BUILD CRYPTO-FUELED ‘BITCOIN CITY'

In a rock concert-like atmosphere, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced that his government will build an oceanside “Bitcoin City” at the base of a volcano.

Do It Yourself

Apple opens a new era for device repairs

SAMSUNG EXPECTED TO BUILD $17B CHIP FACTORY IN TEXAS

Samsung is planning to build a $17 billion semiconductor factory outside of Austin, Texas, amid a global shortage of chips used in phones, cars and other electronic devices.

NYC AIMS TO BE FIRST TO REIN IN AI HIRING TOOLS

Job candidates rarely know when hidden artificial intelligence tools are rejecting their resumes or analyzing their video interviews. But New York City residents could soon get more say over the computers making behind-the-scenes decisions about their careers.

TOO MANY OLD GHOSTS MAR ‘GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE'

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” — the direct cinematic follow-up to 1984 classic — is haunted, of course. But not in a good way.

Biden Pushes Electric Vehicle Chargers as Energy Costs Spike

President Joe Biden is highlighting billions of dollars in his giant bipartisan infrastructure deal to pay for the installation of electric vehicle chargers across the country, an investment he says will go a long way to curbing planet-warming carbon emissions while creating good-paying jobs.

TWITTER ROLLS OUT REDESIGNED MISINFORMATION WARNING LABELS

Twitter users will soon see new warning labels on false and misleading tweets, redesigned to make them more effective and less confusing.

‘RED NOTICE,' ‘SQUID GAME' TOP NETFLIX HOURS-WATCHED METRIC

Netflix rolled out a new website that measures its most-viewed films and series by the amount of hours users spend watching them.

JAPAN'S TOSHIBA SPINS OFF ENERGY, COMPUTER DEVICE UNITS

Embattled Japanese technology conglomerate Toshiba said it is restructuring to improve its competitiveness, spinning off its energy infrastructure and computer devices businesses.

STRONG SALES, PROFIT FOR WALMART ON CUSP OF HOLIDAY SEASON

Walmart raised its outlook for the year after another surprisingly strong quarter as the largest retailer in the world flexed its scale to deal with rising costs and a snarled global supply chain.

ROADS, TRANSIT, INTERNET: WHAT'S IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL

The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that President Joe Biden plans to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more.