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WALGREENS BEGINS TESTING DRONE DELIVERY IN TEXAS

Walgreens will begin flying packages by drone to residents in a pair of Texas cities in partnership with Google’s drone-making affiliate, Wing.

AMAZON TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO WORK REMOTELY INDEFINITELY

Amazon said it will allow many tech and corporate workers to continue working remotely indefinitely, as long as they can commute to the office when necessary.

DELTA POSTS $1.2 BILLION Q3 PROFIT, TOUTS HOLIDAY BOOKINGS

Delta Air Lines posted a $1.2 billion profit for the third quarter, helped by the latest installment of federal pandemic aid for the airline industry, but warned that rising fuel prices will lead to a “modest” loss in the fourth quarter.

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The iPhone 13’s leaps forward for photo & video

OFFSHORE WIND SUPPLY CHAIN WORTH $109B OVER 10 YEARS

A group studying the economics of offshore wind energy in the U.S. says building and operating the nascent industry will be worth $109 billion to businesses in its supply chain over the next 10 years.

BIG PICTURE, BIG DATA: SWISS UNVEIL VR SOFTWARE OF UNIVERSE

The final frontier has rarely seemed closer than this — at least virtually.

CALIFORNIA EXTENDS TAX ON PHONES TO FUND HIGH-SPEED INTERNET

Californians could have higher cellphone bills after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws aimed at giving the state more money to build high-speed internet connections in unserved areas.

FACEBOOK UNVEILS NEW CONTROLS FOR KIDS USING ITS PLATFORMS

Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens to take a break using its photo-sharing app Instagram, and “nudging” teens if they are repeatedly looking at the same content that’s not conducive to their well-being.

WHITE HOUSE PROPOSES TECH ‘BILL OF RIGHTS' TO LIMIT AI HARMS

Top science advisers to President Joe Biden are calling for a new “bill of rights” to guard against powerful new artificial intelligence technology.

GM REACHES DEAL WITH LG TO PAY FOR BOLT BATTERY RECALL COSTS

LG Electronics has reached a deal with General Motors to pay $1.9 billion to $2 billion to reimburse the automaker for the cost of recalling Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles due to the risk of battery fires.

YOUR MONEY: SAVE FOR HOLIDAYS NOW, SKIP REGRET LATER

Factoring holiday expenses into your budget all year long is effective for avoiding debt, but it’s not always feasible with a limited budget or unforeseen expenses.

Ford to Add 10,800 Jobs Making Electric Vehicles, Batteries

Ford and a partner company say they plan to build three major electric-vehicle battery factories and an auto assembly plant by 2025 — a dramatic investment in the future of EV technology that will create an estimated 10,800 jobs and shift the automaker’s future manufacturing footprint toward the South.

NEW PLANT IN GERMANY AIMS TO CUT FLYING'S CARBON FOOTPRINT

German officials unveiled what they said is the world’s first commercial plant for making synthetic kerosene, touted as a climate-friendly fuel of the future.

WILLIAM SHATNER WILL FLY TO SPACE ABOARD BLUE ORIGIN ROCKET

Captain Kirk is rocketing into space next week — boldly going where no other sci-fi stars have gone.

UAE TO LAUNCH PROBE TARGETING ASTEROID BETWEEN MARS, JUPITER

The United Arab Emirates announced plans to send a probe to land on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter to collect data on the origins of the universe, the latest project in the oil-rich federation’s ambitious space program.

TESLA REPORTS STRONGERTHAN-EXPECTED Q3 SALES

Tesla says it delivered 241,300 electric vehicles in the third quarter even as it wrestled with a global shortage of computer chips that has hit the entire auto industry

HOW TO INVEST IN CRYPTOCURRENCY WITHOUT BUYING ANY

Cryptocurrencies are inherently cryptic — it’s right there in the name. And if you follow Warren Buffett’s advice to never invest in businesses you can’t understand, it may be hard to justify investing in a currency made of math instead of gold.

OUTAGE HIGHLIGHTS HOW VITAL FACEBOOK HAS BECOME WORLDWIDE

The six-hour outage at Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp was a headache for many casual users but far more serious for the millions of people worldwide who rely on the social media sites to run their businesses or communicate with relatives, fellow parents, teachers or neighbors.

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10 years without the genius behind apple

DAIMLER'S TRUCKS, LUXURY CARS TO GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS

Daimler's truck and luxury car businesses are going their separate ways

IN CALIFORNIA, SOME BUY MACHINES THAT MAKE WATER OUT OF AIR

The machine Ted Bowman helped design can make water out of the air, and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying the pricey devices.

CHINA TIGHTENS POLITICAL CONTROL OF INTERNET GIANTS

The crackdown reflects Xi Jinping’s emphasis on reviving the party’s “original mission” of leading economic and social development.

Disney World Opened 50 Years Ago; These Workers Never Left

Applying to be one of the first workers at Walt Disney World, high school graduate George Kalogridis made a split-second decision that set the course for his life: he picked a room where prospective hotel workers were being hired.

China Says All Crypto Transactions Illegal; Bitcoin Tumbles

China’s central bank declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money.

JAKE GYLLENHAAL CARRIES CLAUSTROPHOBIC ‘THE GUILTY'

An emergency dispatch center doesn’t exactly sound like the most visually exciting place to set an entire film. But the technical limitation of being imprisoned in a soulless office while high stakes action takes place off-screen can be an inspired storytelling gimmick in the right hands, as it is in “ The Guilty,” directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by Nic Pizzolatto and starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

US MILITARY EYES PROTOTYPE MOBILE NUCLEAR REACTOR IN IDAHO

The U.S. Department of Defense is taking input on its plan to build an advanced mobile nuclear microreactor prototype at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho.

MERCEDES-BENZ JOINS EUROPEAN EV BATTERY JOINT VENTURE

Luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz is teaming up with Stellantis and TotalEnergies in a European electric vehicle battery joint venture, Automotive Cells Co.

EARTH- MONITORING LANDSAT 9 SATELLITE LAUNCHES IN CALIFORNIA

The latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on Earth’s surface for decades was launched into orbit from California on Monday to ensure continued observations in the era of climate change.

iPad mini- Packing its punch in the palm of your hand

Although all eyes were on the Apple Watch Series 7 and iPhone 13 range at this year’s California Streaming event, the unexpected announcement of a refreshed iPad mini also got people talking. Bringing Apple’s smallest tablet in line with the iPad Pro and Air has helped to give consumers more choice, whilst a refreshed entry-level iPad remains a sensible buy.

‘Foundation' Based on Asimov's Work Thinks Big, Galaxy Big

Most TV dramas try to tell stories over a few years with maybe half a dozen central characters.