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Lyft plans to lay off 26% of its staff in the latest big tech downsizing
Lyft, one of the largest ride-sharing companies in the US, plans to lay off 26% of its staff, or 1,072 employees. The downsizing, detailed in a...
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Paraguay's presidential election is a referendum on China's dollar diplomacy in Latin America
Paraguay, the landlocked South American country bordering Brazil and Argentina, is bracing for an upset in this Sunday’s presidential contest,...
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How to make a career pivot in four short steps
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BP fended off a shareholder revolt backed by the UK's largest pension funds
Within seconds of the start of BP’s annual general meeting (pdf) today (April 27), an angry, off-mic voice from the crowd began lobbing...
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Chinese police visiting Bain & Co’s Shanghai office is business as usual
One of Bain & Co’s offices in China had some surprise visitors recently. Read more...
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The US’s latest GDP data—growing at 1.1% in the first quarter—looks bad. But only on the surface
New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed that US GDP grew by 1.1% in the quarter. This is far below the 2% that economists polled...
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How much melatonin is actually in your children's gummies?
Sleep is a wonderful thing, a fact of which parents, especially those of small children, are all too keenly aware. Studies show that parental...
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Every fifth car sold worldwide this year will be electric
It’s going to be yet another good year for electric cars. Read more...
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Warner Bros and HBO will now stream on Mukesh Ambani's JioCinema app in India
Reliance Industries’ (RIL) video-streaming arm JioCinema will stream content produced by Warner Bros, HBO, and Max Original in India starting...
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A Grammy-winning rapper was convicted of being an unregistered foreign agent for China
A ’90s hip hop artist, a Malaysian businessman, and Leonardo DiCaprio were entangled in a weekslong criminal trial that concluded yesterday...
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India sought more Twitter censorship than nearly every other country last year
India was one of the top countries to legally seek the removal of content from Twitter in the first half of 2022. Read more...
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Elizabeth Holmes made an eleventh hour attempt to delay her prison sentence
Elizabeth Holmes has managed get a bail extension one day before she was due to report to prison. Read more...
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One Meta feature is cannibalizing its Facebook feed and Instagram stories
For Meta’s social media apps, Reels are proving the equivalent of a booster shot. If only the ad technology would catch up. Read more...
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Colorado has made it legal for farmers to repair their tractors and combine harvesters
Colorado governor Jared Polis signed a “right to repair” bill on Tuesday (April 25), ensuring the rights of farmers to fix their own tractors...
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Radon: Testing your home for the earth’s evil vapors
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Disney sues Ron DeSantis on First Amendment grounds
The Walt Disney Company is suing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis alleging that he and his political allies have discriminated against the company...
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OpenAI is giving users more control of their data
OpenAI announced on Tuesday (April 25) that users can now turn off chat history in ChatGPT, a privacy feature for the tool that hadn’t offered...
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The problem with valuing resilience as a skill in the workplace
When I was searching for a job in Germany, all the open roles I looked at described their ideal candidate as “ belastbar .” This translates...
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Why is Big Oil afraid of state courts?
For more than five years, oil companies have attempted to fend off climate change-related lawsuits by filing appeals to move the cases from...
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Russia's seizure of two foreign firms' assets is a warning shot to the West
Moscow is browbeating foreign firms by seizing their assets in Russia. Read more...
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Antitrust regulators in the UK blocked Microsoft's takeover of Activision
British regulators blocked Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision, the popular video game company, on Wednesday (April 26), putting the...
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The EU has approved the world's first carbon tax on imports
After two years of negotiations, the EU’s 27 member states voted on Tuesday (April 25) to finalize a new law creating the world’s first carbon...
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Ode to joy (at work)
The ancient Egyptians asked two questions on their deathbed: Did you bring joy? Did you find joy? Read more...
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Why General Motors is pulling the plug on the Chevy Bolt
After 2023, General Motors will no longer manufacture its much-loved electric car, the Chevrolet Bolt. Read more...