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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.

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.

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.

GROUPS THAT WANT TO ELECTRIFY USPS FLEET FILE LAWSUITS

Groups that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its mail delivery fleet.

ROUNDING LIFE'S SECOND CURVE A HARD ROAD OF SELF DISCOVERY

It took Jack Craven 20 years to grasp that running his family’s wholesale business selling goods to discount stores wasn’t how he wanted to spend the second half of his life. He also figured out his ever-mounting unhappiness had taken a toll on his relationships with loved ones.

GOOGLE PARENT SUFFERS 1Q GROWTH SLOWDOWN, PROFIT DECLINE

Google’s corporate parent posted its slowest quarterly revenue growth since 2020, the latest sign that the huge gains enjoyed by technology companies during the pandemic are fading into the rear-view mirror.

SHARES OF FACEBOOK PARENT META SOAR DESPITE GROWTH SLOWDOWN

Facebook parent Meta’s first-quarter profit and its count of daily users jumped past Wall Street’s expectations despite the company’s slowest revenue growth since going public a decade ago. Shares were up sharply in after-hours trading.

TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NO PLANS TO REJOIN TWITTER AFTER MUSK DEAL

Former President Donald Trump said that he has no intention of rejoining Twitter even if his account is reinstated following Elon Musk’s agreement to buy the social media giant for roughly $44 billion.

IDEAS ON MUTE? STUDY: REMOTE MEETINGS BRAINSTORMING

Video meetings dampen brainstorming because we are so hyper-focused on the face in that box that we don’t let our eyes and minds wander as much, a new study found.

WHAT'S NEXT NOW THAT TWITTER AGREED TO MUSK BID?

Twitter’s acceptance of Elon Musk’s roughly $44 billion takeover bid brings the billionaire Tesla CEO one step closer to owning the social media platform.

THE EDSEL, QUIBI AND CNN+? NEW ADDITION TO BUSINESS FAILURES

The Edsel. Quibi. New Coke. The Segway. DeLorean sports cars. The pantheon of colossal business failures has a new member in the CNN+ streaming service.

SPACEX LAUNCHES 4 ASTRONAUTS FOR NASA AFTER PRIVATE FLIGHT

SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires.

EU LAW TARGETS BIG TECH OVER HATE SPEECH, DISINFORMATION

Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta will have to police their platforms more strictly to better protect European users from hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content under landmark EU legislation approved last weekend.

‘THE NORTHMAN' AN AMBITIOUS, BUT LEAN REVENGE TALE

The first sign that not everyone in Robert Eggers’ 10th-century Viking revenge tale “The Northman” has their priorities entirely straight comes early in the film, when the Viking king Aurvandil (Ethan Hawke) returns home to the North Atlantic kingdom of Hrafnsey after a year of fighting overseas.

WHITE HOUSE SEEKS MORE POWER TO COUNTER USE OF DRONES IN US

The Biden administration is calling on Congress to expand authority for federal and local governments to take action to counter the nefarious use in the U.S. of drones, which are becoming a growing security concern and nuisance.

ELON MUSK BUYS TWITTER FOR $44B AND WILL TAKE IT PRIVATE

Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the social media platform where he — the world’s richest person — promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on a wide range of issues to more than 83 million followers.

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BITCOIN IN 401(K) BECOMES REALITY FOR MORE, DESPITE WARNINGS

More workers may soon be able to stake some of their 401(k) retirement savings to bitcoin, as cryptocurrencies crack even deeper into the mainstream.

A LONGER LOAN FOR YOUR CAR? BAD IDEA

The traditional “20/4/10 rule” of car buying states that you should make a 20% down payment, have a loan no longer than four years, and a total monthly car budget that does not exceed 10% of your take-home pay. But the reality is only 6% of new car shoppers actually followed that advice in March, according to sales data. The average loan term for a new or used car has steadily increased over the last decade and is now about 70 months.

HDHomeRun Flex 4K: A Cheap and Easy Way to Get NextGenTV

This tiny device streams broadcast TV, including ATSC 3.0 channels, to every device on your home network.

MEDIA ROOM INSIDER: SEDONA PARADISE

An open-plan viewing/ listening space grows in the Arizona desert, with equipment choices guided by Sound & Vision reviews

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.