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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.

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.

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.

INSTAGRAM ADDS FUNDRAISING TO REELS TO HELP NONPROFITS

Meta Platforms Inc., the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, plans to celebrate Earth Day by expanding its offering of fundraising tools and making them more easily available to 1.5 million nonprofits on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, including those involved in fighting climate change.

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RARE OVERHAUL OF POWERFUL US NUCLEAR TEST REACTOR COMPLETED

Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory have completed a rare overhaul of one of the world’s most powerful nuclear test reactors and normal operations are expected to resume later this spring, officials said this week.

LATEST APPS PROMISE FAST SERVICE BUT CAN THEY DELIVER?

When Mahlet Berhanemeskel gets back to her New York City home from her 90-minute commute, she doesn’t feel like cooking. So instead she orders food like BLTs, Cheez-Its and cookies from an app called Gorillas.

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.

FUEL LEAK THWARTS NASA'S DRESS REHEARSAL FOR MOON ROCKET

NASA’s latest attempt to fuel its huge moon rocket for a countdown test was thwarted last week by a hazardous hydrogen leak, the latest in a series of vexing equipment trouble.

FIND OUT AND FIX WHAT BIG DATA SAYS ABOUT YOU

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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.

AMAZON: IMDB TV WILL BE RENAMED AMAZON FREEVEE

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

JAPAN'S NISSAN PLANS ‘GAME CHANGING' ELECTRIC CAR BATTERIES

Nissan is working with NASA on a new type of battery for electric vehicles that promises to charge quicker and be lighter yet safe, the Japanese automaker said.

HOW TO MAKE SUMMER 2022 TRAVEL PLANS THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN

After two years of cancellations, deferments and marathon sessions with airline customer service, many travelers are hoping to book summer trips that actually pan out this year.

ETSY SELLERS PROTEST FEES BY HALTING THEIR SALES FOR A WEEK

Some vendors on Etsy say they are halting sales of their items on the site for a week to protest a hike in the fees the crafts e-commerce marketplace charges them.

MUSK SAYS TESLA WILL BUILD VEHICLE DESIGNED TO BE A ROBOTAXI

Tesla will build a vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi, and it will start making three new vehicles next year, CEO Elon Musk told fans at a party celebrating the opening of a Texas factory.

TOYOTA UNVEILS FIRST ELECTRIC VEHICLE SINCE RAV4 EV IN 2014

Toyota, the top-selling automaker in the U.S., is rolling out its first fully electric vehicle in eight years.

GLOBAL OPERATION TAKES DOWN HACKERS' LEAKED DATA MARKET

Western law enforcement agencies have dismantled an online marketplace used to buy and sell hacked and stolen personal data belonging to millions of people, and have brought criminal charges against the platform’s founder and chief administrator, officials announced this week.

FIFA RIVALS STREAMING COMPANIES WITH OWN SOCCER PLATFORM

FIFA is getting into the streaming platform business with a soccer version of Netflix and Amazon Prime.

ACCOUNTS DECEIVABLE: EMAIL SCAM COSTLIEST TYPE OF CYBERCRIME

A shopping spree in Beverly Hills, a luxury vacation in Mexico, a bank account that jumped from $299.77 to $1.4 million overnight.

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