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California is moving forward with a plan to ban sales of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035. Sales of used gas-powered vehicles can continue.

California banning sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035

Meta and Twitter removed multiple accounts for pushing pro-western themes targeting Middle Eastern and Central Asian communities.

Meta, Twitter remove social media accounts linked to pro-western themes

Officials in Germany announced the launch of what they called the world’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger trains.

Germany launches historic fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger trains

A whistleblower, former Twitter security chief, said the platform is failing to protect user data and lying to the company's board and federal regulators.

Whistleblower: Twitter riddled with security problems, execs lying to board

Amazon’s Signify Health bid marks latest attempt to expand into healthcare

Russian rocket-launching robot dog likely fake

A jury this week found a former Twitter worker guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia by accessing private data of users critical of the kingdom.

Former Twitter worker found guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia

The House CAO officially recommended against downloading TikTok, saying it's a high security risk that collects too much personal information.

House Chief Administrative Officer deems TikTok a high security risk

Ford announced Tuesday the starting price tag for its 2023 model increased by $7,000, as electric vehicle prices climb amid a green energy push.

Ford announces price hike on electric vehicles, follows other automakers

Elon Musk has hired Republican strategist Chris Young, signaling deeper involvement in the 2024 election.

Elon musk sells $6.9 billion of Tesla shares in preparation for Twitter trial

A major auto group said tax credit requirements will make most of their electric vehicles immediately ineligible and jeopardize sales targets.

Most electric vehicles will not qualify for $7,500 tax credit

Are Texas’ energy providers ready to handle cryptocurrency mining boom?

Amazon announced this week it’s buying iRobot. The company makes the Roomba robot vacuum, and will be Amazon’s fourth smart home brand.

Amazon buying Roomba-maker in order to get the layout of people’s homes

Yale researchers restored organ and cellular functions to dead pigs, and their findings could help redefine understanding of "death."

Yale researchers restore organ, cell function in dead pigs

The U.S. military's Space Force is ditching fitness tests in favor of smart devices to track health and physical activity.

Military’s Space Force to scrap fitness tests in favor of trackable smart devices

The Paris Summer Olympics are just under two years away. To keep people safe, the French are deploying a drone killing laser.

Drone-killing laser to police Paris skies for 2024 Summer Olympics

Gearheads across the U.S. got a shock this week, as the iconic Dodge Charger and Challenger muscle cars will soon be electric-only vehicles.

Dodge will scrap Hemi V8 in iconic muscle cars, make them all-electric

Democratic politicians have gone to TikTok in an effort to win over voters ahead of the election while former Lawmakers lobby for the company.

Democrats take to TikTok ahead of 2022 midterms to sway voters

Instagram users are upset about the platform's algorithm changes and want it to stop trying to emulate surging competitor TikTok.

Instagram users upset over recent changes tell company to stop being TikTok

Russia, China and US all racing to create new space stations

Podcaster Joe Rogan expressed concern about the TikTok privacy policy as President Biden gets set to speak with China leader Xi Jinping. USA - American Flag and China - Chinese Flag with ripples and shadow.

US concerns over China heighten as Biden, Xi Jinping set to talk

Netflix lost 1 million subscribers last quarter, but its stock is up and its CEO believes the death of linear TV is just a few years away.

Netflix CEO Hastings predicts linear TV will be dead in a few years

TikTok's parent company increased its spending on lobbying 130% during the second quarter. Lawmakers are concerned about the app's ties to China.

TikTok more than doubles DC lobbying presence

Twitter and Snapchat are struggling with revenue.

Revenue slipping for Snapchat, Twitter as US economy struggles