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Honda to start producing new hydrogen fuel cell system co-developed

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Comcast sells nearly 6 million shares of its Buzzfeed stake

Comcast Corp. has sold part of its stake in Buzzfeed Inc., which has seen its shares surge in recent days amid enthusiasm for the publisher’s artificial-intelligence efforts. Comcast CMCSA, +1.58% disclosed Wednesday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it sold 5,726,385 shares of Buzzfeed BZFD, -5.22% in the open market between Jan. 30 and Feb. 1. The media giant noted in…

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OnePlus 11 Could Support 100W Fast Charging, 3C Listing Shows

OnePlus 11, which is said to the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone powered by the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, has reportedly been spotted on the Compulsory Certification of China (3C) website. The listing also reveals a key specification of the purported successor to the OnePlus 10 with regard to its charging capabilities. The handset is listed to support 100W fast charging while the charger…

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Instagram Rolling Out a New ‘Quiet Mode’ Aimed at Helping

Instagram has announced a new feature called Quiet Mode “to help people focus and to encourage people to set boundaries with their friends and followers.” According to the company, the feature aims to ease users’ anxiety about spending time away from the app by silencing incoming alerts, auto-replying to direct messages (DMs), and setting an account’s status to ‘In Quiet Mode’ to notify followers…

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Swiss Re Corporate Solutions extends PULSE & Network services to

[] Swiss Re Corporate Solutions extends PULSE & Network services to UNIQA | Insurance Business America Swiss Re Corporate Solutions extends PULSE & Network services to UNIQA | Insurance Business America Swiss Re Corporate Insurance has announced that it will provide PULSE & Network to the UNIQA Group, giving UNIQA access to a single digital platform that will manage and deliver structured and…

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TikTok CEO Gears Up For Congressional Hearing

Getty Images Key takeaways TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress on March 2023 regarding the viral app’s data security measures The House Energy and Commerce Committee will also grill Chew on its ties to the Chinese Communist Party through parent company ByteDance TikTok has been negotiating with the U.S. government to implement security measures that satisfy regulators’ privacy…

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I’m 66 and have $47,000 left in my 30-year mortgage

Dear MarketWatch, I’m 66 and have a mortgage with $47,000 left on it. My interest rate is 3%, and it’s a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. I pay $136 a month. My mortgage was due to be paid off in 2027. But my old lender decided to sell my loan to another, and now it looks like my mortgage will only be paid off when I’m 90 years old. I want to refinance my loan to a 10-year or a 15-year fixed-rate…

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Germany Proposes All-English Language Courts for International Commercial Disputes

Germany Proposes All-English Language Courts for International Commercial Disputes | Law.com Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/2023/01/26/sprechen-sie-english-germany-proposes-establishing-all-english-language-courts-for-international-commercial-disputes-292-140575/ (Credit: Spyros Arsenis/Adobe Stock) NEWS The country is pushing to become a “jurisdiction of choice” in Europe. But…

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Nubia Z50 Set to Launch on December 19: All Details

ZTE-backed Nubia has announced the launch date of its next Z-series flagship smartphone. The company is all set to introduce the Nubia Z50 in Chinese markets on December 19. The company announced that the upcoming Nubia Z50 smartphone launch event will start at 2:00pm local time (11:30am IST). The company has confirmed the launch date via a teaser poster. The Nubia Z50 will reportedly sport a…

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Mastercard Exceeded Earnings Expectations, But Will Consumer Spending Remain Resilient?

LightRocket via Getty Images Key takeaways Mastercard’s MA numbers were stronger than anyone was expecting for Q4 2022 The company has an optimistic outlook for 2023, predicting that consumer spending will stay strong thanks to a solid American labor market Investors don’t appear to be buying the optimism, as concerns of a future recession have largely proliferated among the American…

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Meta Slapped With $5.9 Million Fine Over WhatsApp Data Protection

Social media giant Meta has been fined an additional EUR 5.5 million (roughly Rs. 47.8 crore) for violating EU data protection regulations with its instant messaging platform WhatsApp, Ireland’s regulator announced Thursday. The penalty follows a far larger EUR 390 million (roughly Rs. 3,429 crore) fine for Meta’s Instagram and Facebook platforms two weeks ago after they were found to have…

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Editorial: Does insurance have a nepotism problem?

Our insurance industry poll showed 85% of 395 voters had seen nepotism at some point in their career. Survey takers took part from the US (58%), Canada (16%), and the UK (11%), with responses also received from Germany, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand. The result may be damning, if you think of nepotism as a bad thing, but it’s probably not all that surprising. It’s not a stretch to…

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Macau casino revenues surge in Jan after COVID rules lifted

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Feds move to crack down on ‘excessive’ credit-card late fees

President Joe Biden is spotlighting new moves by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to cut excessive credit-card late fees that cost American families about $12 billion each year. The CFPB unveiled proposals that will potentially save Americans up to $9 billion a year by targeting late fees that are currently protected by an “expansive” immunity provision, which has allowed credit-card…

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There's now an open source alternative to ChatGPT, but good

There’s now an open source alternative to ChatGPT, but good

The first open source equivalent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has arrived, but good luck running it on your laptop — or at all. This week, Philip Wang, the developer responsible for reverse-engineering closed-sourced AI systems including Meta’s Make-A-Video, released PaLM + RLHF, a text-generating model that behaves similarly to ChatGPT. The system combines PaLM, a large language model from Google, and a…

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Save up to 47 percent on a new LG Gram

Save up to 47 percent on a new LG Gram

Home Deals Save up to 47 percent on a new LG Gram 14 Take advantage of the latest savings available at Amazon.com, where you will find the LG Gram 14 and other great options on sale We start today’s deals with some nice options for anyone looking to start 2023 with a new laptop, as Amazon’s latest deals will help you score huge savings on the LG Gram 14 and other excellent alternatives. Amazon…

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4 Reasons Tesla Stock Could Hit $50: Elon Musk’s Twitter

4 Reasons Tesla Stock Could Hit $50: Elon Musk’s Twitter

FREMONT, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 20: In an aerial view, Tesla cars sit parked in a lot at the Tesla … [+] factory on April 20, 2022 in Fremont, California. Tesla reported first quarter earnings that far exceeded analyst expectations with revenue of $18.76 billion compared to expectations of $17.80 billion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images A charismatic CEO is a double-edged sword.…