Global News
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A watershed in Bitcoin crime with an unlikely couple in the glare
Charged with conspiring to launder billions of dollars in Bitcoin, Ilya Lichtenstein, and Heather Morgan, are accused of siphoning off chunks of purloined currency and trying to hide it in a complex network of digital wallets and internet personas
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With buildup on land and sea, Russia closes in on Ukraine
In Belarus, Ukraine's northern neighbour and Russia's closest international ally, Russian fighter jets launched air patrols, and Russia's potent S-400 air defense systems were deployed near the Ukrainian border
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Spurning demand by the Taliban, Joe Biden moves to split $7 billion in frozen Afghan funds
When the Afghan government dissolved in August, it left behind slightly more than $7 billion in central bank assets on deposit at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York
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Facebook's failures of invention
Meta disclosed that it had spent $10 billion last year building out its new namesake, the metaverse, the virtual reality wonderland that Facebook is betting will be the internet's next big thing—but that, so far, remains more virtual than reality
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SoftBank's woes are mounting
This week, SoftBank's planned $40 billion sale of Arm, a chip designer, to Nvidia, a Silicon Valley chipmaker, fell apart because of regulatory setbacks
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As automakers add technology to cars, software bugs follow
Often the problems involve the way in which the hardware interacts with Apple's CarPlay or Google's Android Auto software, which allow drivers to use their phones to navigate, communicate or listen to music and podcasts
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Tiny chips, big headaches
As the tiny switches in computer chips have shrunk to the width of a few atoms, the reliability of chips has become another worry for the people who run the biggest networks in the world
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Why this could be a critical year for electric cars
While electric vehicles still account for a small slice of the market, their rapid growth could make 2022 the year when the march of battery-powered cars became unstoppable, erasing any doubt that the internal combustion engine is lurching toward obsolescence
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J&J pauses production of its Covid-19 vaccine despite persistent need
Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, initially billed as a single shot, fell out of favour in the US and other wealthy countries in part because of its link to a rare but dangerous blood-clotting disorder
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The pandemic has made many seniors less active
Many health experts are worried about worsening physical conditioning and mobility among older adults since Covid-19 upended the daily routine
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They made millions on Luna, Solana and Polygon: Crypto's boom beyond Bitcoin
You have probably heard of Bitcoin, Ether and even Dogecoin millionaires. But over the past two years, their ranks have rapidly expanded, as speculators recorded huge profits from more obscure cryptocurrency projects, some with names that sound cribbed from a children's cartoon