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| Epic Games, a game maker, filed antitrust complaint against Apple |
2/18/2021 |
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Epic Games is locked in a battle with Apple over the app store, which takes a 30% cut from all in-app purchases. When Epic tried last year to bypass the platform with a direct payment system, Apple dropped the Fortnite app from its app store. In return, Epic filed legal challenges in the U.S., Australia and Britain.
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| Jetpack man flying around LAX might be a mannequin |
2/18/2021 |
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The Black Vault, a website that houses declassified government documents, suggests that the media-dubbed “jetpack man” might not be a man at all. Instead, we might be seeing a life size mannequin that’s being jetted to the heavens by a drone.
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| Robot has a place in doing police work |
2/17/2021 |
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WBRC-TV reports that a National Science Foundation grant is funding the work to build robots with audio and video equipment. The robots could go into places where it may be too dangerous for police and relay information back to them.
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| Texas freeze cause blackouts in Mexico |
2/17/2021 |
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Mexico’s government-owned utility, the Federal Electricity Commission, said its operations were left short as the winter storm in Texas froze natural gas pipelines. It said some private power plants also began shutting down Sunday night. Private plants supply about 80% of power in northern Mexico.
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| Jaguar brand cars to jump into total electric by 2025 |
2/17/2021 |
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Jaguar Land Rover, which is owned by Indian conglomerate Tata Motors, hopes the move will help turn around the fortunes of the 86-year-old Jaguar brand, which for many epitomizes class but has struggled in recent years.
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| GM adds Chevrolet Bolt to its EV line up |
2/16/2021 |
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The latest offering comes from General Motors, which unveiled a Chevrolet Bolt compact SUV on Sunday. It comes with an estimated range per charge of 250 miles (400 kilometers) and a $33,995 starting price tag.
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| Georgia's governor lobbies Biden to block Korean battery plant |
2/16/2021 |
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The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Wednesday that SK Innovation, a South Korean company, stole 22 trade secrets from competitor LG Energy Solution and that the company should be barred from importing, making or selling batteries in the United States for 10 years.
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| Bombardier to end Learjet productions |
2/15/2021 |
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That means the elimination of 1,600 jobs in Canada and the United States, another blow to aircraft manufacturing, which has withered in the pandemic.
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| Semiconductor companies turns to government for help on shortage |
2/15/2021 |
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The Semiconductor Industry Association — a trade group representing nearly all of the nation’s semiconductor industry, including Intel, IBM and Texas Instruments — says “bold action” is needed to address the challenges facing the sector, and that the U.S.’s leadership in tech is “at risk.” In a letter to the Biden administration.
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| Uber found salvation from its Uber Eat services |
2/12/2021 |
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Uber plans to expand the company’s food-delivery operation as part of an effort to build a more versatile transportation service. Those efforts, which included a $2.65 billion acquisition of Postmates last year, have enabled the food-delivery service to bring in nearly as much revenue Uber's ride-hailing business.
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| Toyota calls for diversity in Electrical Vehicles |
2/12/2021 |
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Toyota said it has a goal of having 40 percent of its new vehicle sales be electrified by 2025 and nearly 70 percent by 2035. It also is developing dedicated underpinnings to be used in future electric vehicles.
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| Shell Oil to reduce refinery capacity |
2/12/2021 |
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Shell said that as the company cuts production of traditional fuels it will reduce the number of refineries it operates to six from 13. The six remaining sites will produce both chemicals and energy, Shell said.
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