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April 20, 2021 at 1:44 pm

Netflix’s subscriber growth, stock zapped as pandemic eases

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Netflix’s pandemic-fueled subscriber growth is slowing far faster than anticipated as people who have been cooped at home are able...

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April 19, 2021 at 11:58 pm

Apple unveils new products, schedules privacy crackdown

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple spruced up its product line at an event Tuesday while slipping in quiet notice of a software update, now... Updated 8:33 am

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April 15, 2021 at 3:53 pm

Regulators rebuke PG&E for neglect in reducing wildfire risk

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — California regulators are stepping up their oversight of Pacific Gas & Electric after finding that the nation's largest utility has...

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April 15, 2021 at 6:00 am

Google Earth adds time lapse video to depict climate change

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The Google Earth app is adding a new video feature that draws upon nearly four decades of satellite imagery to...

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April 8, 2021 at 6:18 pm

EXPLAINER: Starving for more chips in a tech-hungry world

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — As the U.S. economy rebounds from its pandemic slump, a vital cog is in short supply: the computer chips that...

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April 2, 2021 at 12:27 pm

CEO of Google’s self-driving car spinoff steps down from job

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The executive who steered the transformation of Google's self-driving car project into a separate company worth billions of dollars is...

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An employee carries a 300 millimetre silicon wafer in the clean rooms at the Globalfoundries semiconductor fabrication plant in Dresden, Germany, Feb. 11, 2021. The EU outlined a goal last year to produce at least one-fifth of the world’s chips and microprocessors by value, without giving details on how this would be achieved. 775621084

April 1, 2021 at 11:43 am

EXPLAINER: Starving for more chips in a tech-hungry world

As the U.S. economy rebounds from its pandemic slump, a vital cog is in short supply: the computer chips that power a wide range of...

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March 23, 2021 at 11:52 am

Judge mulls requiring PG&E to turn off power more frequently

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge overseeing Pacific Gas & Electric's criminal probation said Tuesday that he is considering requiring the utility to...

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Mikel Haye poses for a portrait on his stoop, Friday, March 12, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Haye, who was forced into performing a financial triage after he lost all three of his part-time jobs shortly after the pandemic struck. He was scrambling to pay the bills on a Brooklyn apartment he shares with his unemployed mother and two brothers while deciding how to spend whatever money was left: On food? The car insurance? His phone bill? (AP Photo/John Minchillo) NYJM202 NYJM202

March 23, 2021 at 8:31 am

Damage from virus: Utility bills overwhelm some households VIEW

Millions of U.S. households are facing heavy past-due utility bills in the pandemic. With shutoff moratoriums expiring in most states, nearly a third of all...

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This photo provided by Google shows the Nest Hub. Sleep-sensing technology will be a key feature on Google’s next generation of its Nest Hub, a 7-inch display unveiled Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Google via AP) NYSB111 NYSB111

March 16, 2021 at 6:00 am

Google gets into sleep surveillance with new Nest Hub screen

The $100 Nest Hub has sleep-sensing technology, can display pictures and video, and can field questions and hand household tasks through Google’s voice-activated assistant. It...

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