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High gas prices drive hunt for electric vehicles
Google searches related to electric cars have skyrocketed, reaching a record number last month. On automotive classifieds website Cars.com, searches for electric vehicles increased 57% from February to March; almost all Super Bowl car ads in February featured EVs
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Etsy and the sameness of Internet fights
What seems to be a fight over a small corner of the Internet is really one of the most enduring battles over our digital world
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World surpasses half a billion known coronavirus cases
Experts however, believe there have almost certainly been far more infections than that among the global population of 7.9 billion, with many going undetected or unreported
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'Clear patterns' of Russian rights abuses found in Ukraine: report
Some of the atrocities may constitute war crimes, said investigators from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, who examined myriad reports of rapes, abductions and attacks on civilian targets, as well as the use of banned munitions
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European Space Agency stops cooperation with Russian lunar missions
The ESA said it would "discontinue cooperative activities" on Luna-25, 26 and 27, a series of Russian lunar missions on which the European agency had aimed to test new equipment and technology
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IMF unveils new $45 billion trust to help 'vulnerable' countries
The goal of the trust is to redistribute funds from wealthier countries to more vulnerable ones as members look to support global economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and climate shocks
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Biden's biofuel: Cheaper at the pump, but high environmental cost
Speaking at a bioethanol production plant in the Midwestern state of Iowa, Biden said Tuesday that the EPA would lift a restriction prohibiting the sale of E15 between June 1 and September 15 — a constraint that was imposed to limit air pollution
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Amazon gets $98,000-a-day fine over 'abusive' contracts
It also urged the platform to conform with European rules on equity and transparency for firms using online platforms
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US crypto expert jailed 63 months for helping North Korea
According to the court, Virgil Griffith provided information on how North Korea could use the technology to launder money and evade sanctions, including through "smart contracts
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What's happening with abortion legislation in America's states
A law signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma Tuesday makes it a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to perform an abortion in the state. It is the latest in a cascade of restrictive abortion legislation proposed in Republican-led states across the country
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iPhone maker Pegatron halts Shanghai production over Covid-19 restrictions
The business hub of Shanghai has become the heart of China's biggest Covid-19 outbreak since the virus surfaced more than two years ago, and the city of 25 million has remained almost entirely locked down since the start of the month