'A mountain that just keeps growing.' What to know about the e-waste left behind by your gadgets

If you have one or more drawers filled with old gadgets and wires, you're not alone.

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Humanoid diving robot explores shipwrecks on the bottom of the ocean

A diving robot explores shipwrecks and sunken planes in a way that humans can't. But OceanOneK's 3D vision and touch-based feedback allows people to feel like they're underwater with the robot.

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Stanford Robotics built this humanoid robot to provide a delicate touch deep underwater. The OceanOneK uses a touch-based feedback system and 3D camera display to immerse pilots in their deep-sea explorations.

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The trial between Twitter and Elon Musk now has a date

Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk over his move to terminate their $44 billion acquisition agreement will go to trial on Oct. 17 and run for five days, a Delaware judge has ruled.

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The online ad market is in decline and it's dragging down tech giants with it

Much of contemporary Silicon Valley was built on advertising dollars. That dependence made even the most powerful companies look at least somewhat vulnerable this week after reporting their latest earnings results.

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Apple's profit declines nearly 11%

Even the world's most valuable tech company isn't immune to the more challenging global economic climate.

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Amazon beats expectations to avoid tech earnings slump

Amazon appears to still be going strong even as other Big Tech companies stumble amid pressure from inflation and an economic downturn.

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Instagram walks back updates after criticism from Kardashian family

Instagram on Thursday said it will walk back some of its recent feature changes after facing mounting backlash from users, including members of the Kardashian family.

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China has made life difficult for Apple. There's no easy fix

For close to two decades, Apple and China have been inextricably linked. The world's most populous country not only accounts for the bulk of Apple's device manufacturing but also a significant portion of its sales.

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Facebook parent posts first revenue decline as a public company

Meta, Facebook's parent company, reported revenue of $28.8 billion for the three months ending in June, a 1% drop from the prior-year quarter and its first year-over-year revenue decline since going public in 2012.

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FTC files to block Facebook-parent Meta from buying a VR company

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday moved to block Facebook-parent Meta from acquiring virtual reality company Within, offering the clearest signal yet that the agency could take a tougher stance on Silicon Valley deals involving newer technologies.

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TikTok pledges more transparency for researchers amid renewed scrutiny

TikTok on Wednesday said it would share more data with certain researchers to study activity on the platform amid renewed scrutiny of the short-form video app's impact on society and its ties to Beijing.

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Google posts major ad sales growth slowdown following pandemic boom

Online advertising companies have been warning of a slowdown in ad demand amid high inflation and recession fears, and despite its size, Google has been no exception.

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Twitter has set a date for its shareholders to vote on Elon Musk acquisition

Twitter has set a date for its shareholders to vote to approve its $44 billion acquisition deal by Elon Musk, despite the company's ongoing legal battle with the billionaire Tesla CEO over the deal.

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Microsoft says China and Russia hurt its earnings

Microsoft's business is taking a hit from events on the other side of the world.

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Instagram has a Kardashian problem

Tati Bruening was once the textbook example of an Instagram user. Since the pandemic, she has been building her career as a photographer on the platform and attracted hundreds of thousands of followers in the process. But recently, her relationship with Instagram started to change.

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Meta considers easing its Covid-19 misinformation policy

Facebook-parent Meta is weighing whether to relax its policies against Covid-19 misinformation, proposing a shift from removing false claims to simply labeling or demoting them.

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Shopify to cut 10% of staff after making 'wrong' bet about pandemic online shopping boom

Shopify will lay off approximately 10% of its global staff after making the "wrong" bet on how long the pandemic-fueled surge in online shopping would continue, the CEO of the Canadian e-commerce company announced Tuesday.

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Google fires engineer who contended its AI technology was sentient

Google has fired an engineer who claimed an unreleased AI system had become sentient, the company confirmed, saying he violated employment and data security policies.

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Ultra-fast delivery was all the rage during the pandemic. Now these startups are trying to survive

In early March, after two ultra-fast delivery startups shut down in New York City in a single week, a self-proclaimed pioneer in the space appeared to see an opportunity for some media attention.

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T-Mobile agrees to pay customers $350 million in settlement over massive data breach

T-Mobile has agreed to pay $350 million to settle multiple class-action suits stemming from a data breach disclosed last year affecting tens of millions of people.

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Why everyone's wearing NASA-branded clothes

On any given day, a thirty minute walk around New York City can yield at least a few NASA logo sightings.

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Private browsing may not protect you as much as you think

For years, the most popular internet browsers have included options to search for and visit websites in "private" modes. Those options may now be viewed as vital tools for some in the wake of Roe v. Wade's demise, as abortion-seekers look to avoid having their personal data used against them in states where abortion is criminalized.

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We played 'Stray,' everyone's favorite new cat-centric video game. It's purrfection

This week, two of the most passionate communities online — gamers and cat lovers — collided with the release of a new video game that lets you play as an adorable orange tabby cat.

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Twitter says 'uncertainty' with Elon Musk is hurting its business

Twitter's battle with Elon Musk is weighing on its business.

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U.S. charges ex-Coinbase manager in first crypto insider trading case

A former product manager at Coinbase Global and two others have been charged with wire fraud in the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency, U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan said on Thursday.

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YouTube will start removing misinformation related to abortion

YouTube on Thursday said it will no longer allow misinformation related to abortion on its platform, including false claims about the safety of the procedure and potentially unsafe instructions about how to self-induce an abortion.

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Amazon to buy One Medical for $3.9 billion as it expands healthcare footprint

Amazon on Thursday said it has entered an agreement to acquire primary healthcare company One Medical in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $3.9 billion.

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Facebook is redesigning the home feed

Facebook's rumored redesign has arrived.

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Here's what it looks like to ride a Chinese robotaxi with no steering wheel

Baidu has unveiled plans for an electric self-driving car with a removable steering wheel, marking another step forward in the fast-moving robotaxi race in China.

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Russian and European astronauts to conduct rare joint spacewalk

Two astronauts — one European and one Russian — will put on puffy white spacesuits and exit the airlock on the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Thursday, marking the first time in more than 20 years such a joint endeavor has taken place.

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Apple agrees to pay $50 million to settle issues related to its 'butterfly' keyboards

Apple has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a class action lawsuit from customers who say they experienced failures related to the so-called "butterfly" keyboards included for years on certain MacBook laptops.

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He went to orbit on a SpaceX rocket. Now, he's working for its archrival

One of four passengers who joined SpaceX's first-ever space tourism mission last year and who spent months training on the company's spacecraft before taking a three-day trek to orbit is now working for Blue Origin, one of SpaceX's top rivals.

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Amazon sues administrators of more than 11,000 Facebook groups that allegedly brokered fake online reviews

Amazon said Tuesday it has sued the administrators of more than 11,000 Facebook groups allegedly responsible for facilitating the purchase and sale of fake reviews on Amazon's marketplace in seven countries.

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Biden administration pushes to close the growing cybersecurity workforce gap

The Biden administration is pushing to fill hundreds of thousands of cybersecurity jobs in the United States as part of a bid to close a talent shortage US officials describe as both a national security challenge and an economic opportunity.

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Justice Department opens civil probe into Amazon's workplace safety practices

The US attorney's office in Manhattan has opened a civil investigation into workplace safety at Amazon warehouses and possible "fraudulent" conduct to hide worker injuries from federal regulators, a spokesperson for the prosecutor's office said.

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Another company called Meta says Facebook rebrand 'obliterated' its business

Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, has been sued for trademark infringement by MetaX LLC, a company that says it does business publicly as Meta and had been operating in the virtual and augmented reality technology space for years before Mark Zuckerberg announced his company's rebranding.

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Lawyers for Elon Musk and Twitter are set to square off in court for first time

Lawyers for Twitter and Elon Musk will have their first chance to square off in court on Tuesday in the case over whether the billionaire Tesla CEO should be forced to follow through with his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company.

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India and China's political tensions are hitting the smartphone market. But they need each other

The Indian government is cracking down on the companies that make the country's most popular smartphones.

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Democrats plan new legislation to establish net neutrality rules

Two Democratic senators are planning to reopen a high-stakes battle over internet access in the coming weeks, with a bill aiming to restore net neutrality regulations for broadband providers that a Republican-led Federal Communications Commission gutted in 2017.

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Zoom's newest competitor is Snapchat

Unlike many other social media platforms, Snapchat has been available only on mobile since its launch over a decade ago. But on Monday, the company launched a web-based version of the popular messaging app.

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She warned other women on TikTok about her ex-boyfriend. Then she received a cease-and-desist

Months after Crystal learned that her boyfriend had been covertly dating at least two other people, she began warning women on TikTok to be cautious of dating him.

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CNN's Rachel Crane reports on satellites as small as microwave ovens that are hunting down methane polluters across the world.

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How companies subtly trick users online with 'dark patterns'

An "unsubscribe" option that's a little too hard to find. A tiny box you click, thinking it simply takes you to the next page, but it also grants access to your data. And any number of unexpected charges that appear during checkout that weren't made clearer earlier in the process.

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SpaceX rockets to fly Russian cosmonauts with new NASA deal

American and Russian astronauts will once share space aboard the same spacecraft after NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, reached a ride-sharing agreement Friday following months of back-and-forth discussions.

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Twitter may only have bad options left in its battle with Elon Musk

First, Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter, but it wasn't clear if the company would be on board. Then the two sides agreed to a stunning, $44 billion deal. Now, Musk wants out of the agreement and Twitter is suing to stop him.

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Facebook users may soon be able to create multiple profiles under their accounts

Facebook is testing an option for users to create multiple profiles from a single account, amid a bid by the platform to reignite user growth.

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The SEC has asked Elon Musk more questions about his Twitter deal

The Securities and Exchange Commission has continued to examine Elon Musk's investment in and $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.

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Amazon offers concessions to resolve EU antitrust probes

Amazon has offered to change its business practices in Europe to resolve two ongoing antitrust investigations targeting the company in the EU, according to European Commission officials.

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These new emojis may soon be coming to your smartphone

If you've ever wanted to high-five someone in your group texts, you may soon be in luck.

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