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Author: Ben Tobin, USA TODAY

Tech

Is the stock market open on Good Friday?

April 18, 2019 Ben Tobin, USA TODAY Comments Off on Is the stock market open on Good Friday?

The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq will resume normal trading hours on Monday.

Tech

Mush! Watch a team of Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini robot dogs pull a truck down the street

April 17, 2019 Ben Tobin, USA TODAY Comments Off on Mush! Watch a team of Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini robot dogs pull a truck down the street

Boston Dynamics’ four-legged SpotMini weighs 66 pounds, can carry up to 31 pounds and run for 90 minutes. A team of the robot dogs can pull a truck.

Money

Best Buy names Corie Barry as new CEO, will replace Hubert Joly

April 15, 2019 Ben Tobin, USA TODAY Comments Off on Best Buy names Corie Barry as new CEO, will replace Hubert Joly

The company said that it has made this move to “provide leadership continuity as the company continues to execute its strategic growth initiatives.”

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Amazon employees listen to customers through Echo products, report finds

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 Ben Tobin, USA TODAY Comments Off on Amazon employees listen to customers through Echo products, report finds

Employees listen to Echo recordings, transcribe and annotate them and feed them back to the software so that Alexa can better grasp human speech.

Money

E. coli outbreak in five states spreads, sickens 96 — 24 more than CDC’s original report

April 10, 2019 Ben Tobin, USA TODAY Comments Off on E. coli outbreak in five states spreads, sickens 96 — 24 more than CDC’s original report

The outbreak, begun in March,has spread across five states: Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia and Georgia. Eleven people have been hospitalized.

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FDA proposes lowering standard level of fluoride allowed in bottled water

April 3, 2019 Ben Tobin, USA TODAY Comments Off on FDA proposes lowering standard level of fluoride allowed in bottled water

The proposed rule, which was released Tuesday, would set the allowable amount of fluoride in bottled water to be 0.7 milligrams per liter.

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PewDiePie back on top as largest YouTube channel over Indian music label T-Series

April 2, 2019 Ben Tobin, USA TODAY Comments Off on PewDiePie back on top as largest YouTube channel over Indian music label T-Series

According to current YouTube data, PewDiePie has around 92,477,000 subscribers, whereas T-Series has around 92,312,000.

Tech

Google suspended from LGBTQ equality index after failing to remove controversial app

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 Ben Tobin, USA TODAY Comments Off on Google suspended from LGBTQ equality index after failing to remove controversial app

HRC noted that it became aware of an appdistributed in Google’s Play Store that “supports the practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’.”

Tech

Amazon plans 800-job expansion in Austin — but it’s not related to HQ2

March 28, 2019March 29, 2019 Ben Tobin, USA TODAY Comments Off on Amazon plans 800-job expansion in Austin — but it’s not related to HQ2

Austin serves as one of Amazon’s 17 North American tech hubs, and it currently houses 6,600 Amazon employees.

Money

Centene to buy smaller rival WellCare Health Plans in deal worth $17.3 billion

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 Ben Tobin, USA TODAY Comments Off on Centene to buy smaller rival WellCare Health Plans in deal worth $17.3 billion

The companies also saidthey expect to havepro forma 2019 revenues of approximately$97 billion and will have about 22 million members nationwide.

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U.S. Embassy urges Americans to leave Haiti ‘as soon as possible’

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These kids are good: Young Reds in pursuit of a pennant stretch to remember

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Blue supermoon: See photos of the rare moon that won’t happen again until 2037

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1 dead, 18 injured after collision between car, Greyhound bus in Maryland, police say

August 31, 2023 Emily DeLetter, USA TODAY

USA TODAY Sports staff makes college football picks: Check out the predictions for 2023

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Many homeless among dead in fire in Johannesburg, South Africa

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