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January 19, 2024

Astrobotic’s Peregrine Moon Lander Burns Up in Earth’s Atmosphere

Kyle C. Garrison

A spacecraft that was headed to the surface of the moon has ended up back at Earth instead, burning up in the planet’s atmosphere on Thursday afternoon.Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh…

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January 17, 2024

Hybrid Cars Enjoy a Renaissance as All-Electric Sales Slow

Kyle C. Garrison

As Teslas and other electric vehicles dazzled car buyers with futuristic technology and dreams of a gasoline-free future, hybrid cars began to seem like yesterday’s news. Sales of the Toyota…

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January 15, 2024

Do You Have ‘Bookshelf Wealth’?

Kyle C. Garrison

Breana Newton, a legal coordinator in Princeton, N.J., who posts regularly about books on TikTok, was one of the people who responded to Ms. Blalock’s video. “I am going to…

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January 14, 2024

Microsoft Tops Apple to Become Most Valuable Public Company

Kyle C. Garrison

For more than a decade, Apple was the stock market’s undisputed king. It first overtook Exxon Mobil as the world’s most valuable public company in 2011 and held the title…

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January 12, 2024

Why Casey Left Substack, Elon Musk and Drugs, and an A.I. Antibiotic Discovery

Kyle C. Garrison

Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeCasey is taking his newsletter Platformer off Substack, as criticism over the company’s handling of pro-Nazi content grows. Then, The…

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January 10, 2024

Regulators Approve New Type of Bitcoin Fund, in Boon for Crypto Industry

Kyle C. Garrison

Federal regulators on Wednesday approved a new financial product that tracks the price of Bitcoin, a landmark moment for the cryptocurrency industry that proponents hope will increase investment in the…

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January 9, 2024

Unity Software to Cut 25% of Its Work Force

Kyle C. Garrison

The videogame software provider Unity Software said on Monday that it would cut its work force by 25 percent, or roughly 1,800 jobs, in one of the first major tech…

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January 7, 2024

Switching to a Flip Phone Helped Me Cut Down on My Smartphone Addiction

Kyle C. Garrison

This time of year, everyone asks what you like least about your life, but they phrase it as, “What’s your New Year’s resolution?”My biggest regret of 2023 was my relationship…

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January 5, 2024

The Times Sues OpenAI, a Debate Over iMessage and Our New Year’s Tech Resolutions

Kyle C. Garrison

This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript…

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January 4, 2024

Auto Sales Are Expected to Slow After a Strong 2023

Kyle C. Garrison

After enjoying a strong rebound in sales in 2023, the auto industry appears headed for slower growth this year as consumers struggle with elevated interest rates and high prices for…

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