US stock futures edged down, putting major indexes on track to extend losses after one of Wall Street’s worst selloffs since the pandemic began. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 0.3%, a day after the blue-chip index slumped more than 1,000 points, its worst day since 2020. S&P 500 futures edged down …
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(Bloomberg) — China has ordered central government agencies and state-backed corporations to replace foreign-branded personal computers with domestic alternatives within two years, marking one of Beijing’s most aggressive efforts so far to eradicate key overseas technology from within its most sensitive organs. . Most Read from Bloomberg Staff were asked after the week-long May break …
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Euro, Hong Kong dollar, US dollar, Japanese yen, pound and Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) – The dollar index hovered near 20-year highs against major peers on Friday, as market sell-offs in …
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Image source: Getty Images The stimulus payments appeared to help Americans’ finances — but did they? key points President Joe Biden campaigned on the promise of providing $2,000 stimulus checks. I have signed the American Rescue Plan Act into law to make that happen. These payments may have contributed to inflation, which is hurting people’s …
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Hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, heat waves, and wildfires — weather-related calamities have alarmed boardrooms across industries and awakened leadership teams to the high degree of financial risk posed by climate change. Executives are now asking: “How exposed is our global supply chain network? Which critical sites have the highest exposure in terms of revenue impact? Which …
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The smart home ecosystem is getting a little more integrated: Google has just updated its Amazon Alexa Skill to work on its latest Nest cameras. So if you already own a variety of Nest and Alexa devices, they’ll work together more seamlessly in the future. Now, you can stream live feeds from your Nest cameras, …
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If you took one look at the first wave of modular magnetic wireless charging battery humps for the iPhone and thought, “Wake me up when they give us more than one full charge!” — then Anker may have the battery pack for you. The new Anker 633 Magnetic Battery, now available for $80 on Amazon, …
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The United States and more than 55 other governments have pledged to reinforce democracy online by agreeing not to shut down access to the internet, use algorithms to illegally spy on citizens or run misinformation campaigns to undermine elections, the White House said on Thursday. The governments said they would not block or limit the …
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Image: Spike Chunsoft Spike Chunsoft is the king of the countdown website. Overnight, the developer has launched a brand new teaser website which has got fans’ tongues wagging. This new site is called ‘Hidden Bats’, and features 9 CRT TVs stacked, with the middle one letting you play a pretty bizarre video titled ‘Bats489’, which …
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Meteor Lake, a radically redesigned Intel processor due to ship in PCs in 2023, now can run Windows, Linux and Chrome OS. It’s a remarkable achievement for a complicated new approach that combines many “chiplets” into one more capable processor. “We have officially powered on our first disaggregated product: Meteor Lake,” tweeted Michelle Johnston Holthaus, …
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