Month: May 2021

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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Tuesday expressed confidence around the Biden administration’s efforts to increase semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. In an interview on CNBC’s “Mad Money,” Raimondo said the global chip shortage that’s rattled a range of industries demonstrates the need for America to boost domestic production capacity and once again become a leader.
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China’s first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China’s space administration said Saturday. The solar-powered rover touched Martian soil at 10:40am Saturday Beijing time (8:10am IST), the China National Space Administration said. Now I’m “literally” on Mars surface. At UTC 2:40, May 22,
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UPDATED at 3:20 p.m. PT with service restored. HBO Max has untangled a technical knot that caused a widespread outage of its streaming service this afternoon. “Some customers previously experienced streaming issues on HBO Max,” an update said on the streaming service’s help page. “This issue should be resolved now.” Subscribers had reported being unable
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Powerful women are finding their voice. And the world is taking notice. We’re witnessing a momentous shift towards women empowerment. Closing the gap not only affords us a host of social, cultural and ethical benefits to society, but also enriches the global economy. According to leading statistics presented by GetSmarter, advancing women equality in the
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Prince Harry‘s mental health documentary The Me You Can’t See has been released. In the five-part series available to watch on Apple TV+, the Duke of Sussex and Oprah Winfrey have honest, open discussions about mental health with celebrity appearances from the likes of Lady Gaga and Glenn Close. As part of the docu-series, Prince
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Anti-Muslim sentiment “remains a problem” within the Conservative Party, an independent report has found. Professor Swaran Singh, a former equality and human rights commissioner, analysed 1,418 complaints relating to 727 separate incidents as recorded in the Tories’ complaints database between 2015 and 2020. In a 44,000-word report on his findings, he said: “Judging by the
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In the ninth annual Disruptor 50 list, CNBC highlights the private companies leading out of the pandemic with business models and growth rates aligned with a rapid pace of technological change.  Investors have taken notice that the companies on the 2021 Disruptor 50 list have become critical players in fundamental economic and consumer transformations. A
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