China's Alibaba boosts sales and profits despite crackdown
Alibaba saw sales and profits jump over the last three months of 2020 despite the Chinese e-commerce giant being in the crosshairs of the authorities.
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FTC says Amazon took $62 million in tips from drivers
Amazon is paying nearly $62 million to settle charges that it took tips from its delivery drivers.
Feb 2, 2021
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk says he's off Twitter 'for a while'
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he was taking a break from Twitter "for a while", after his posts on the platform helped fuel a stock market frenzy that sent the share prices of several companies soaring.
Feb 2, 2021
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Internet
Wikipedia unveils 'code of conduct' to stem misinformation
Wikipedia on Tuesday unveiled a "universal code of conduct" aimed at stemming abuse, misinformation and manipulation on the global online encyclopedia.
Feb 2, 2021
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Automotive
Ferrari vows to roar back in 2021
Italian luxury car maker Ferrari said on Tuesday it expected sales and margins to bounce back in 2021, following a year marked by a production hiatus due to coronavirus.
Feb 2, 2021
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Business
Uber to buy alcohol delivery startup Drizly
Uber said Tuesday it was acquiring the startup Drizly, specializing in delivery of beer, wine and spirits, for some $1.1 billion and would integrate it with its Uber Eats service.
Feb 2, 2021
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Automotive
Tesla to fix touch screens, ending spat with US regulators
After initially refusing a request from U.S. safety regulators, Tesla has now agreed to recall about 135,000 vehicles because the large touch screens on the console can go dark.
Feb 2, 2021
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Business
Testing tires before they're built
Simulating how a tire's tread, rubber and size respond to a road's corners, angles and hills, Sandia National Laboratories and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. have developed a virtual means of showing a tire's performance ...
Feb 2, 2021
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Robotics
A new bio-inspired joint model to design robotic exoskeletons
Recent advances in the field of robotics have enabled the fabrication of increasingly sophisticated robotic limbs and exoskeletons. Robotic exoskeletons are essentially wearable 'shells' made of different robotic parts. Exoskeletons ...
Internet
Facebook posts could identify substance use risk in homeless youth
What a person posts on Facebook could predict their risk for substance use, according to new research led by the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology.
Feb 2, 2021
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