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Battery-Powered Trains Are Picking Up Speed
A startup that came out of stealth last month has another idea: Parallel Systems wants to move freight using self-driving,…
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Snap Is Profitable for First Time in History While Meta Crashes
Illustration: Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto (Getty Images) The world is changing, and oh, how the tables have turned. On Thursday, Snap showed…
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Germany Has Picked a Fight With Telegram
In December, around a dozen anti-lockdown protesters gathered together on a cobbled street in the eastern German town of Grimma.…
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The 4-Day Week Is Flawed. Workers Still Want It
When New York-based digital consultancy Elephant Ventures switched to a four-day workweek in August 2020, client partner Eric Harkrader got…
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A Fight Over the Right to Repair Cars Turns Ugly
Chie Ferrelli loved her Subaru SUV, which she bought in 2020 because it made her feel safe. So when it…
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Thousands of Planes Are Flying Empty and No One Can Stop Them
In December 2021, 27,591 aircraft took off or landed at Frankfurt airport—890 every day. But this winter, many of them…
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Big Tech Needs to Stop Trying to Make Their Metaverse Happen
The race is on to cash in on the metaverse hype. Last week, Microsoft described its $68.7 billion takeover of…
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HP Wins Huge Fraud Case Against Autonomy’s Mike Lynch
After years of wrangling, HP has won its civil fraud case against Autonomy founder and chief executive Mike Lynch. The…
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Why Joe Biden’s Free Covid Test Website Wasn’t a Dumpster Fire
They decided that the project should be sited and built at the United States Postal Service, which not only had…
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It’s Not Just the IRS—the US Government Wants Your Selfies
That document recommends encouraging people to use long, memorable passwords rather than forcing them to frequently change them or specifying…
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