Amazon 'Prime Day' spend soars amid reopening
Amazon's annual "Prime Day" online shopping bonanza racked up more than $11 billion in sales at the e-commerce platform, market tracker Adobe reported on Wednesday.
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Teamsters aims to step up efforts to unionize Amazon workers
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union that represents 1.4 million workers, is setting its sights on Amazon.
Jun 23, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
New study suggests ways to mitigate fuel shortages
In New England, constraints in the supply of natural gas have led to nearly a quarter of all unscheduled power plant outages. In a new study, researchers used data from power plant failures in the 2010s to develop a supply ...
Jun 23, 2021
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Aging Japanese nuclear reactor restarted after a decade
A more than 40-year-old nuclear reactor in central Japan which suffered a deadly accident has resumed operation after being taken offline for a decade after the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, as Japan pushes to meet ...
Jun 23, 2021
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Engineering
Harvesting drinking water from humidity around the clock
Fresh water is scarce in many parts of the world and must be obtained at great expense. Communities near the ocean can desalinate sea water for this purpose, but doing so requires a large amount of energy. Further away from ...
Jun 23, 2021
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New algorithm helps autonomous vehicles find themselves, summer or winter
Without GPS, autonomous systems get lost easily. Now a new algorithm developed at Caltech allows autonomous systems to recognize where they are simply by looking at the terrain around them—and for the first time, the technology ...
Jun 23, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
A novel energy storage solution featuring pipes and anchors
What do pipes and anchors have to do with storing energy? More than you might think. A new IIASA-led study explored the potential of a lesser known, but promising sustainable energy storage system called Buoyancy Energy Storage.
Jun 23, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Peloton reportedly working on digital heart rate wearable device
Peloton is reportedly venturing into the digital wearables market.
Jun 23, 2021
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UK to regulate streaming giants in media shake-up
The British government on Wednesday announced plans to subject online streaming platforms to tighter regulation as part of a wider shake-up of the country's media landscape.
Jun 23, 2021
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Bitcoin fund launches on Dubai bourse in Mideast first
The Middle East's first bitcoin fund launched on the Dubai bourse on Wednesday, with Canadian digital asset manager 3iQ Corp seeking to raise around $200 million in the offering.
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