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Snap 2–in–1

Easy multi–device charging

StayGo Mini

A compact hub for your travels

Plugable Thunderbolt 4 and USB4 Hub

A compact dock for your Mac

Nokia Noise Cancelling Earbuds

Friendly, but never best buds

Logitech MX Keys Mini

A portable keyboard with some clever shortcuts

Klipsch T5 II True Wireless ANC

Feature–rich, though costly — how do they stack up?

Creative Live! Mic M3

A respectable option for home recording

AirPods (3rd generation)

Same great sound, longer battery life, and less costly

DATA HACKED FOR 400,000 PLANNED PARENTHOOD LA PATIENTS

The Los Angeles branch of Planned Parenthood was hit by a data breach involving about 400,000 patients, but there is no indication that the information was used “for fraudulent purposes,” the group said.

GM CITES IMPROVED CHIP SUPPLY IN RAISING FINANCIAL GUIDANCE

Citing an improved supply of automotive computer chips, General Motors raised its financial guidance on Wednesday and said it expects to return to a normal production rate by the end of next year.

FROM SQUARE TO BLOCK: ANOTHER TECH COMPANY CHANGES ITS NAME

There’s a new Silicon Valley corporate name change on the block.

MERCEDES, STELLANTIS TO WORK WITH US FIRM ON NEW BATTERIES

Automakers Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis announced agreements with U.S. company Factorial Energy this week to help develop solid-state battery technology that they hope could make electric cars more attractive to a mass market.

SCIENCE REPORT: US SHOULD MAKE LESS PLASTIC TO SAVE OCEANS

America needs to rethink and reduce the way it generates plastics because so much of the material is littering the oceans and other waters, the National Academy of Sciences says in a new report.

UK COMPETITION WATCHDOG ORDERS FACEBOOK TO SELL OFF GIPHY

The United Kingdom’s antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy and ordered the social network to sell off the GIF-sharing platform, saying the deal hurts social media users and advertisers by stifling competition for animated images.

TESLA OFFICIALLY MOVES HEADQUARTERS FROM CALIFORNIA TO TEXAS

Tesla says it has officially moved its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to a large factory under construction outside of Austin, Texas.

SHOPPERS ARE BACK IN STORE, ONLINE, BUT VIRUS IMPACT LINGERS

Americans are spending freely and going back to store shopping, knocking out some of the momentum in online sales from last year when Americans were making many of their purchases exclusively via the internet.

SHOULD YOU BANK WITH YOUR BROKERAGE?

If you’ve invested with a brokerage firm in recent years, you may have noticed that your brokerage offers a product called a cash management account.

CHINA CLEARS BOEING 737 MAX TO FLY AGAIN

China’s aviation regulator cleared the Boeing 737 Max on Thursday to return to flying with technical upgrades more than two years after the plane was grounded worldwide following two fatal crashes.

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.

Cognizant Ceo Discusses Fierce Battle for Technology Talent

Digital services have become more important than ever since the pandemic began in early 2020, and that’s meant big business for major technology companies.

‘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.

WHATSAPP PUSHES PRIVACY UPDATE TO COMPLY WITH IRISH RULING

WhatsApp is adding more details to its privacy policy and flagging that information for European users, after Irish regulators slapped the chat service with a record fine for breaching strict EU data privacy rules.

NEW MEXICO EES TV TECH AS ONE FIX TO K-12 INTERNET DIVIDE

Internet problems continue to slow down many students in the U.S. state of New Mexico, but a pilot project using TV signals to transmit computer files may help.