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https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/18/22681339/spacex-inspiration4-crew-return-earth-splashdown
The Verge
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 crew returns to Earth, capping first fully private mission in orbit
The three-day mission started on Wednesday evening.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/arts/television/2021-emmys.html
NY Times
With ‘The Crown,’ Netflix Finally Takes the Emmys Throne
The lush Netflix series chronicling the British royal family took home the four major acting awards as well as best drama. “Ted Lasso,” on Apple TV+, and “Mare of Easttown,” on HBO, also scored numerous wins.
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https://www.thestreet.com/investing/cryptocurrency-price-check-bitcoin-tumbles-on-evergrande-woes
TheStreet
Cryptocurrency Price Check: Bitcoin Tumbles on Evergrande Woes
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are battered as China Evergrande Group struggles with bond obligations.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/20/apple-ios-15-whats-new-and-how-to-install-it.html
CNBC
Apple just released its big new iOS 15 update for iPhones — here's what's new
Apple released iOS 15, this year's major iPhone software update, on Monday, with some big changes and additional features. Here's what's new.
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https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/21/covid-vaccine-apple-wallet-details/
9to5Mac
Apple adds support for storing COVID-19 vaccination cards in Wallet with iOS 15.1
iOS 15 was released to the public earlier this week, and it added new Health features for storing your COVID-19 immunizations and test results in the Health app. With today’s release of iOS 15.1, Apple is taking things a step further, allowing you to add…
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/22/facebook-says-it-underreported-ad-performance-after-iphone-privacy-update.html
CNBC
Facebook says it underreported ad performance due to Apple's iPhone privacy update
Facebook estimated it is underreporting web conversions on Apple's iOS by about 15%.
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https://fortune.com/2021/09/22/ibm-quantum-computing-accelerator-training/
Fortune
IBM is trying to get customers ready to use quantum computers
The Accelerator program is a smart business move by IBM: helping to seed its future market and lock customers into its own quantum ecosystem
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https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/22/fedex-to-test-auroras-self-driving-trucks-on-dallas-to-houston-route/
TechCrunch
FedEx to test Aurora’s self-driving trucks on Dallas-to-Houston route
FedEx has started to use self-driving trucks to haul goods between Dallas and Houston as part of a pilot program with autonomous vehicle startup Aurora and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer Paccar.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/22/22688510/facebook-cto-andrew-boz-bosworth-chief-technology-officer
The Verge
Facebook names a new CTO with a major focus on hardware
Bosworth is one of Facebook’s longest-serving executives.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/22/big-tech-is-helping-to-save-manhattans-real-estate-market-.html
CNBC
Google's $2.1 billion office building deal is latest sign of Big Tech's muscle in Manhattan market
Google's deal to buy a Manhattan building adds to the rapid growth of Silicon Alley, despite a rise in remote work and a decline in the New York office market.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-central-bank-vows-crackdown-cryptocurrency-trading-2021-09-24/
Reuters
China's top regulators ban crypto trading and mining, sending bitcoin tumbling
China's most powerful regulators on Friday intensified a crackdown on cryptocurrencies with a blanket ban on all crypto transactions and mining, hitting bitcoin and other major coins and pressuring crypto and blockchain-related stocks.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/24/22690338/apple-iphone-lightning-ports-convenience-control-usb-c-eu-wireless-charging-mfi-magsafe
The Verge
The Lightning port isn’t about convenience; it’s about control
Apple’s walled garden extends to hardware, too.
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https://artificialintelligence-news.com/2021/09/24/openais-latest-model-can-summarise-those-tldr-books/
AI News
OpenAI's latest model can summarise those tl;dr books
OpenAI has unveiled a new model that tests scalable alignment techniques by summarising those tl;dr (too long; didn’t read) books.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-full-self-driving-elon-musk-beta-update-safety-score-2021-9
Business Insider
Tesla drivers with a favorable safety score can request its Full Self-Driving beta, despite criticism from regulators
Only Tesla users that have a "safe" driving record for an entire week will be granted access to the FSD beta software.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/27/tiktok-reaches-1-billion-monthly-users.html
CNBC
TikTok says 1 billion people use the app each month
The company reported nearly 700 million monthly active global users last summer.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/27/22696139/polestar-spac-public-value-ev-startup-volvo-geely
The Verge
Electric car company Polestar is going public via SPAC
The deal values the company at $20 billion.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/28/amazon-robot-a-first-look-at-the-999-astro.html
CNBC
Amazon just revealed its first home robot. Here's what it's like to use it
CNBC's Todd Haselton checks out the Amazon Astro home robot.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/28/22692147/amazon-devices-event-echo-ring-biggest-announcements
The Verge
Here’s the deluge of announcements from Amazon’s fall devices event
There were a lot of new products, including a home robot.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-28/paying-for-taco-bell-with-dogecoin-may-be-closer-than-you-think
Bloomberg.com
Paying for Taco Bell With Dogecoin May Be Soon Be a Reality
How about paying for your Taco Bell order with Dogecoin? Or some of Whole Food’s avocado ice cream with Bitcoin.
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https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/28/first-drive-rivian-delivers-the-electric-truck-weve-been-waiting-for/
TechCrunch
First drive: Rivian delivers the electric truck we’ve been waiting for
On its first try, Rivian produced the Goldilocks of pickup trucks. The Rivian R1T electric truck is neither too big nor small. It handles rock crawling and off-camber trails with ease, can zip from zero to 60 miles per hour on a dirt road in just a few seconds…
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https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/lucid-start-deliveries-electric-cars-with-range-exceeding-teslas-october-2021-09-28/
Reuters
Lucid to start deliveries of electric cars with range exceeding Tesla's in October
U.S. startup Lucid Group Inc said on Tuesday it will start delivering luxury electric sedans with a Tesla-beating driving range in late October, posing a major challenge to the market leader whose sales of premium models have stagnated.