Ikea to buy back used furniture to reduce waste
Ikea, the world's largest furniture chain, said Tuesday it would begin buying back used furniture from customers to resell—and pay up to 50 percent of the original price.
Oct 13, 2020
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FTC: Facebook misled parents, failed to guard kids' privacy
U.S. regulators say Facebook misled parents and failed to protect the privacy of children using its Messenger Kids app, including misrepresenting the access it provided to app developers to private user data.
May 3, 2023
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New study shows trust levels in artificial intelligence predicted, boosted by people's relationship style
How likely you are to trust a self-driving car or advice from Siri?
Oct 29, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Do Alexa and Siri make kids bossier? New research suggests you might not need to worry
Chatting with a robot is now part of many families' daily lives, thanks to conversational agents such as Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa. Recent research has shown that children are often delighted to find that they can ask ...
Sep 13, 2021
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Business
Facebook owner wants preteens to step into virtual reality with its Quest headset
The corporate parent of Facebook and Instagram plans to open a digital gateway for kids as young as 10 years old to enter virtual reality through the Meta Quest headset, despite rising concerns about children spending too ...
Jun 17, 2023
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Why is a Swedish billionaire buying up California's video gaming empire?
Like so many on-screen action heroes, she was elbowed aside when newer stars appeared and started grabbing more viewers with bigger weapons, better special effects and more elaborate adventures.
Dec 28, 2022
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Automotive
Waymo to expand autonomous vehicle rides to San Francisco
Waymo's self-driving ride-hailing service is branching out to San Francisco.
Mar 30, 2022
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US senators call for close look at TikTok
Leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday called for an investigation into whether Chinese officials are getting access to data about US users of video-snippet sharing sensation TikTok.
Jul 6, 2022
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Internet
Facebook Inc. rebrands as Meta to stress 'metaverse' plan
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future—what Zuckerberg calls the " metaverse."
Oct 28, 2021
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Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp again hit with outages for some users
Yes, Facebook, Instagram and Meta's other platforms had some issues Wednesday.
Nov 4, 2021
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