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Billionaire Tesla chief executive claims 5ft 8in robot could have ‘profound implications’ for economy Elon Musk said he will probably launch a humanoid robot prototype next year, dubbed the “Tesla Bot”, which is designed to do “boring, repetitious and dangerous” work. The billionaire chief executive of the electric carmaker Tesla said the robot, which would be …

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The iPhone maker had previously planned to ask staff to go back in October for three days a week Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Apple Inc is delaying its return to corporate offices from October until January at the earliest because of rising Covid-19 cases and concerns about new variants. The …

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She has a learning disability and doesn’t know what in-app purchases are I recently found out that my sister, who has a learning disability, unwittingly spent more than £1,100 on 83 Apple purchases over four weeks. She enjoys playing word games and colouring on her iPad, but has no understanding of money or how in-app …

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From sexual revolution to the suffragettes, Fry examines Edward VII’s reign in his polished new series. Plus: grim and gruesome deathbed confessions Stephen Fry’s Edwardian SecretsStephen Fry begins his new podcast series – the follow-up, naturally, to his Victorian Secrets – by presenting the well-worn tropes of the Edwardian era, as recounted to him by …

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The agency also dismissed a request by the tech giant that chair Lina Khan recuse herself from the case The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday refiled its antitrust case against Facebook, arguing the company holds monopoly power in social networking and renewing the fight to rein in big tech. The agency also dismissed a request …

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CEO says problem is primarily one of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ among the US public, touting platform’s vaccine literacy tool Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg skirted a question on Thursday about coronavirus vaccine disinformation on the social network, choosing to phrase the problem instead as primarily one of “vaccine hesitancy” among the US public. In an interview with …

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Company’s latest move comes after years of competing against brick-and-mortar retailers Amazon is planning to open department stores after years of competing against, and in some cases helping to destroy, the very same traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. The company’s latest move to bricks and mortar, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes after Amazon earlier …

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The executive’s case has sent China’s relations with the US and Canada plummeting with accusations of political arrests and ‘hostage diplomacy’ Until she was detained at Vancouver airport in December 2018, Meng Wanzhou was not a household name. But the 49-year-old Huawei executive has now become the face of a high-stakes trilateral dispute between China, …

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The tech firm aims to restore more water than it consumes, as it competes to meet green goals Facebook has announced plans to become “water positive” by 2030, restoring more water than the company consumes globally. The firm is leaning further into a virtuous skirmish between the world’s largest technology players, as they all compete …

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While some prototypes exist, firms have struggled to commercialise a durable solid-state battery Some of Britain’s leading battery researchers have teamed up to develop prototype solid-state batteries, in the hope that the UK can take a leading role in the next stage of the electric car industry. The FTSE 100 chemicals company Johnson Matthey, the …

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