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Global air routes are cutoff as the Netherlands imposes one of the strictest travel requirements worldwide to combat new COVID-19 variants

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A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Fasttailwind/Shutterstock.com The Netherlands just announced new travel restrictions in response to new ...

Blue Apron vs. HelloFresh: Which meal kit service is best in 2021?

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When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. Alyssa Powell/Business Insider We ...

Americans want Biden to prioritize aid for small businesses. Here’s how his stimulus proposal would provide relief.

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A store closure in New York, NY. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Americans want President Joe Biden to prioritize small business aid ...

SpaceX may have purchased 2 oil rigs off the coast of Texas that could be turned into ‘floating’ Starship launchpads

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SpaceX/YouTube SpaceX appears to have acquired two oil rigs that it may transform into launch platforms for its forthcoming Starship ...

One of Amazon’s top execs wrote a letter to Biden offering to help with his pledge to vaccinate 100 million Americans in his first 100 days

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Dave Clark, Amazon’s CEO of worldwide consumer. Lindsey Wasson/Reuters Amazon exec Dave Clark is offering to help President Joe Biden ...

Mercedes-Benz’s new sub-$50,000 electric crossover takes aim at one of Tesla’s most crucial markets

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Mercedes-Benz EQA 250. Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday unveiled the 2022 EQA 250 crossover.  The electric vehicle will rival small crossovers ...

‘Democracy has prevailed’: President Biden says ‘unity is the path forward’ in inaugural address

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President Joe Biden Alex Wong/Getty Images Joe Biden, now the 46th president of the US, delivered a solemn inaugural address ...

Peter Thiel bought this Miami compound on an exclusive manmade island for $18 million – see inside

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Peter Thiel’s Miami property. Courtesy of Luxe Living Realty Tech billionaire Peter Thiel bought a miami property through an LLC ...

Over half of companies will require a vaccine for employees to work on-site, survey says

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Dejan Dundjerski/Getty More than half of executives say they will require employees to receive the vaccine before returning to work, ...

Joe Biden and his administration have officially taken over the presidential Twitter accounts, and he just posted his first tweet from @POTUS

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Joe Biden (L), flanked by incoming US First Lady Jill Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President by ...

Bitcoin has now replaced tech stocks as the most crowded trade, according to a BofA fund manager survey

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Bitcoin. KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Bitcoin is the most crowded trade, according to a Bank of America fund manager survey.  ...

Wake County investors pay $2M for Chapel Hill movie theater, plan for medical offices

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Wake County investors pay $2M for Chapel Hill movie theater, plan for medical offices

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Movies at Timberlyne has been closed since last March because of COVID-19. Powered by WPeMatico

Arizona was an early battleground for ‘Stop The Steal’ protesters leading up to the Capitol siege

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“Stop the Steal” protests in Arizona began popping up after Election Day and have continued almost daily ever since. Some ...

US stocks gain as Netflix earnings blowout spurs tech rally

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Reed Hastings, Netflix’s CEO. (Photo by Jacopo Raule/Getty Images) US stocks gained on Wednesday as investors cheered a strong earnings ...

Paccar shares rise on deal with Amazon-backed Aurora for autonomous driving tech

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Aurora Innovation Paccar and autonomous driving startup Aurora have entered into a strategic partnership to develop self-driving trucks. Paccar’s revenue ...

Alibaba jumps 5% after billionaire Jack Ma appeared in a 50-second videoclip after weeks of laying low

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@globaltimesnews/Twitter Alibaba rose 5% after Jack Ma resurfaced in a videoconference on Wednesday after weeks of laying low. The billionaire ...

Is proposed Buc-ee’s mega gas station too big for Orange County? Leaders skeptical.

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“I’m very skeptical of just a promise that we’ll have these other things that we desire,” Orange County Commissioner Sally ...

Contract dispute removes Spectrum TV app from the Roku streaming store

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Spectrum cable customers use the free app to stream channels to other TVs in their home. Contract disputes have become ...

Is proposed Buc-ee’s mega gas station too big for Orange County? Leaders skeptical.

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“I’m very skeptical of just a promise that we’ll have these other things that we desire,” Orange County Commissioner Sally ...

Contract dispute removes Spectrum TV app from the Roku streaming store

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Spectrum cable customers use the free app to stream channels to other TVs in their home. Contract disputes have become ...

Janet Yellen suggests ‘curtailing’ cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, saying they are mainly used for illegal financing

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Janet Yellen expressed concern about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, which have surged in price Andrew Harnik/ASSOCIATED PRESS Janet Yellen suggested lawmakers ...

Ethereum tumbles 8% after exploding to new all-time high past $1,430, still outperforms Bitcoin’s 26% year-to-date gain

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Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images Ethereum tumbled 7% on Wednesday after hitting a new all-time high of over $1,430. Directly tied to ...

Trump was talked out of pardoning himself at the last minute, with lawyers saying it would make him look guilty and possibly open up more legal issues

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President Donald Trump on the White House South Lawn. Drew Angerer/Getty On Saturday, President Trump’s lawyers and advisors talked him ...

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

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Trump pardoned ex-Google engineer Anthony Levandowski, who faced 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets before working for Uber

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Anthony Levandowski appears in court after being indicted on 33 counts of trade secret theft and attempted trade secret theft. ...

Trump’s last minute pardons include a guy who shared Google’s trade secrets with Uber, a snake smuggler, and a man charged with cyberstalking a doctor

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Trump pardoned Ken Kurson, who at one time was nominated to be on the board of the National Endowment for ...

10 things in tech you need to know today

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Alibaba founder Jack Ma in January 2018. Wang HE/Getty Images Good morning! This is the tech news you need to ...

The uncoordinated response from law enforcement during the deadly insurrection reveals a major gap in security: Who is viewed as a threat

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A pro-Trump mob is seen after breaching the Capitol building on Wednesday. John Minchillo/AP Capitol police officers failed at keeping ...

Wisconsin pharmacist accused of removing vaccine doses from clinic fridge charged with a misdemeanor

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According to new court filings, Steven Brandenburg was charged with a Class A misdemeanor at his hearing at the Ozaukee ...