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GM TO OFFER ELECTRIFIED CORVETTE AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR

General Motors says it will offer an electrified Chevrolet Corvette as early as next year.

COOKIE MONSTER, ELMO, ABBY UNITE FOR SHOW ‘MECHA BUILDERS'

Cookie Monster, Elmo and Abby Cadabby are utterly transformed in a new “Sesame Street” show. You might even say they’re Transformers.

DJI HALTS RUSSIA, UKRAINE BUSINESS TO PREVENT DRONE MISUSE

Drone company DJI Technology Co has temporarily suspended business activities in Russia and Ukraine to prevent use of its drones in combat, in a rare case of a Chinese company pulling out of Russia because of the war.

CHINA GRANTS FIRST DRIVERLESS TAXI PERMITS TO BAIDU, PONY.AI

China has granted Chinese internet services company Baidu and a rival autonomous car company, Pony.ai, permits to provide driverless ride-hailing services to the public in Beijing, a significant regulatory step in the country’s pursuit of driverless technology.

CLIMATE CHANGE MAY INCREASE RISK OF NEW INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according to a new study.

A CHILLING RUSSIAN CYBER AIM IN UKRAINE: DIGITAL DOSSIERS

Russia’s relentless digital assaults on Ukraine may have caused less damage than many anticipated. But most of its hacking is focused on a different goal that gets less attention but has chilling potential consequences: data collection.

Zuckerberg Money Won't Be in Next Round of Aid for Elections

The nonprofit that distributed most of the $350 million in donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to election offices in 2020 said that it won’t disburse similar donations this year after backlash from conservatives suspicious that the contributions tilted the outcome of the presidential race toward Joe Biden.

MUSK LAWYER: GAG ORDER WOULD TRAMPLE ON FREE SPEECH RIGHTS

Elon Musk’s lawyer says a federal judge would trample on the Tesla CEO’s free speech rights if he ordered Musk to stop talking about 2018 tweets saying he had the funding to make Tesla a private company.

TESLA 1Q EARNINGS 7 TIMES MORE THAN YEAR AGO ON STRONG SALES

Tesla reported that its first-quarter net earnings were over seven times greater than a year ago, powered by strong sales despite global supply chain kinks and pandemic-related production cuts in China.

MEXICAN SENATE APPROVES NATIONALIZATION OF LITHIUM MINING

Mexico’s Senate passed a bill this week to nationalize lithium mining and extraction. The bill was submitted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is expected to sign it into law.

NETFLIX SHARES DROP 26% AFTER IT LOSES 200K SUBSCRIBERS

Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25% in extended trading amid concerns that the pioneering streaming service may have already seen its best days.

MUSK SAYS HE HAS $46.5B IN FINANCING READY TO BUY TWITTER

Elon Musk says he has lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, and he’s trying to negotiate an agreement with the company.

JUDGE SENDS ASSANGE EXTRADITION DECISION TO UK GOVERNMENT

A British judge this week formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now go to Britain’s interior minister for a decision, though the WikiLeaks founder still has legal avenues of appeal.

FOR RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS, DISINFORMATION IS PART OF THE JOB

As governments and social media companies have moved to suppress Russia’s state media and the disinformation it spreads about the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s diplomats are stepping up to do the dirty work.

FEDS: THOUSANDS MAY HAVE STUDENT DEBT THAT SHOULD BE ERASED

Record-keeping failures by the federal government may have left thousands of Americans saddled with student debt that should have been automatically canceled through a benefit for low-income borrowers, according to a new federal study.

FIND OUT AND FIX WHAT BIG DATA SAYS ABOUT YOU

I thought I knew all about the information that consumer reporting agencies were collecting on me. Then I discovered The Work Number — a database that reports every paycheck I’ve received from my company, with net and gross amounts, going back to my hire date six years ago.

BITCOIN'S NEW PUZZLE: HOW TO DITCH FOSSIL FUELS AND GO GREEN

For the past year a company that “mines” cryptocurrency had what seemed the ideal location for its thousands of power-thirsty computers working around the clock to verify bitcoin transactions: the grounds of a coal-fired power plant in rural Montana.

Warren Buffett Buying Spree Goes on, HP Soars on 11.5% Stake

Shares of HP Inc. jumped nearly 15% Thursday after Warren Buffett’s company snapped up more than 11% of the printer and computer maker over the past week in another uncharacteristic tech investment from the billionaire.

US AGENCIES: INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEM MALWARE DISCOVERED

Multiple U.S. government agencies issued a joint alert this week warning of the discovery of a suite of malicious cyber tools created by unnamed advanced threat actors that are capable of sabotaging the energy sector and other critical industries.

TOYOTA RECALLS 460,000 VEHICLES FOR STABILITY CONTROL GLITCH

Toyota is recalling about 460,000 vehicles in the U.S. to fix a software problem that can inadvertently disable the electronic stability control system.

JAPANESE E-VEHICLE BATTERY COMPANY TO BUILD KENTUCKY PLANT

A Japanese electric vehicle battery technology company will build a factory in Kentucky, creating 2,000 jobs in a $2 billion investment that reinforces the state’s leadership in battery production, Gov. Andy Beshear said this week.

CITIES ASK NETFLIX, HULU, STREAM SERVICES TO PAY CABLE FEES

Should Netflix and other streaming services have to pay local governments the same fees levied on cable operators?

SONIC 2: THE HEART AND AUTHENTICITY THAT FANS OF THE GAME LOVED

Despite its mostly forgettable plot, Ben Schwartz’s performance as the energetic hedgehog, coupled with Jim Carrey’s most enjoyable on-screen slapstick in years, made for mostly entertaining viewing for both fans and newcomers.

KEY PARTICLE WEIGHS IN A BIT HEAVY, CONFOUNDING PHYSICIST

The grand explanation physicists use to describe how the universe works may have some major new flaws to patch after a fundamental particle was found to have more mass than scientists thought.

CHINA USED TV, TIKTOK STARS IN DISCREET OLYMPICS CAMPAIGN

A “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” TV star, a Paralympic swimmer and a self-described “brand king” were among the Instagram and TikTok influencers who were paid by Chinese officials for a discreet campaign that promoted the Beijing Winter Olympics, new Justice Department documents reveal.

CALIFORNIA PLAN AIMS TO TRIPLE SALE OF ELECTRIC CARS BY 2026

California wants electric vehicle sales to triple in the next four years to 35% of all new car purchases, an aggressive target set as part of the goal to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars by the middle of next decade.

AMAZON: IMDB TV WILL BE RENAMED AMAZON FREEVEE

Amazon announced its free streaming service IMDb TV will be renamed Amazon Freevee.

AMAZON ADDS 5% ‘FUEL AND INFLATION SURCHARGE' TO SELLER FEES

Amazon is taking a step to off set its rising costs, announcing this week it will add a 5% “fuel and inflation surcharge” to fees it charges thirdparty sellers who use the e-commerce giant’s fulfillment services.

TWITTER SAYS IT'S TESTING AN ‘EDIT' BUTTON

Twitter tweeted that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-function fan Elon Musk was just revealed as the company’s largest shareholder and now sits on its board.

IF YOUR BANK MERGES, SHOULD YOU SHOP AROUND OR STAY PUT?

Bank mergers and acquisitions happen regularly and can lead to streamlined services and better offerings for consumers, but they can also sometimes create challenges like less access to branches or customer service difficulties.