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Ford to cut 3,000 jobs in a push towards electric
Challenged by Tesla and other start-ups, traditional carmakers have accelerated production of their electric models in recent years
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Donald Trump demands FBI-seized materials get independent vetting
Claiming in a court filing that he had been targeted for political reasons, Trump demanded that a "special master" be named to review the more than two dozen boxes of files taken in the unprecedented August 8 raid
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Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter chief Jack Dorsey
Records made public on Monday show Dorsey was served with a legal order to give Musk any communications or documents related to the takeover deal inked in April, as well as information touching on false or spam accounts or how Twitter calculates the number of its active users
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A dad took photos of his naked toddler for the doctor. Google flagged him as a criminal
The episode cost Mark more than a decade of contacts, emails and photos, and made him the target of a police investigation
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Can Tesla data help us understand car crashes?
The sensors on Tesla cars log nearly every particular. While automakers rarely share this data, experts say it could fundamentally change the way regulators, police departments, insurance companies and other organizations investigate anything that happens on the road, making such investigations more accurate and less costly
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Art market pushes on with rocky crypto romance
NFT artworks accounted for some $2.8 billion in sales last year and the rate has declined only slightly in the first half of this year, despite the rout in the crypto market
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CEO of Israeli Pegasus spyware firm to step down
In July last year, a multinational journalistic investigation revealed that Pegasus spyware had been sold by NSO to governments around the world and used against human rights activists, politicians, reporters and others
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Russia's war on Ukraine pulls rug out from under world economy rebound
This year was supposed to confirm the world economy's comeback from the Covid pandemic crisis. Instead, the six-month-old war in Ukraine has sparked fears of recession
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When the pursuit of fame runs through a Miami jail
Propelled by a Super Bowl's stardust and the whims of the internet, Kelly Kay Green opened her way to becoming a self-described "self-made millionaire" by way of a misdemeanor and a Miami mug shot
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'I have nothing left': Flooding adds to Afghanistan's woes
Over the past week, flash floods across eastern, central and southern Afghanistan have killed at least 43 people and injured 106 more
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A repeat of Covid? Data show racial disparities in monkeypox response
White New Yorkers represent about 45% of people at heightened risk of monkeypox infection and received 46% of vaccine doses. Black New Yorkers, who make up 31% of the at-risk population, received only 12% of doses administered so far