Amazon quarterly profit triples to $6.3 bn on retail, cloud
Amazon's third-quarter profits tripled from a year ago on strong retail sales during the pandemic and growth in cloud computing, the company announced Thursday
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Tech giants report strong results, but murky outlooks
Five technology giants reported strong earnings but mixed outlooks Thursday, a sign of varying fortunes as they work to rebound from a pandemic-related economic slowdown earlier this year.
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Business
Netflix shares rise as it lifts prices on US subscriptions
Shares of Netflix jumped Thursday after the streaming service raised prices in the US for two of its subscription offerings.
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Internet
LinkedIn's new tool helps users make a career change through overlapping skills
LinkedIn launched a new tool aimed towards helping recently unemployed Americans make a career change.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Breakthrough quantum-dot transistors create a flexible alternative to conventional electronics
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and their collaborators from the University of California, Irvine have created fundamental electronic building blocks out of tiny structures known as quantum dots and used them ...
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Automotive
With robotaxis still a distant dream, lidar makes itself useful
The promise of self-driving cars and robotaxi fleets once seemed just around the corner, but reality is setting in. Makers of the underlying technology are pivoting to more realistic ways of making money in the here and now.
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TikTok countersues rival video app Triller in patent defense
TikTok and its parent firm ByteDance have fired back in court against a patent lawsuit by rival video-sharing app Triller, in a move aimed at heading off infringement claims.
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Computer Sciences
New tool simplifies data sharing, preserves privacy
Meet Company X. Company X makes a popular product that lots of people—millions, in fact—use on a daily basis. One day, Company X decides it would like to improve some of the hardware in its product, which is manufactured ...
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Engineering
Predictive model reveals function of promising energy harvester device
A small energy harvesting device that can transform subtle mechanical vibrations into electrical energy could be used to power wireless sensors and actuators for use in anything from temperature and occupancy monitoring in ...
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EU digital boss: New rules to curb big tech aim for fairness
The European Union is set to propose new laws to rein in the power of big tech companies, including measures to ensure customers are protected, smaller rivals are treated fairly, and illegal content is dealt with, the bloc's ...
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