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The Peloton Guide is now available for $295 Apr 05, 2022

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Late last year, Peloton announced Guide. The set-top system is an effort to reach a broader slice of the market with a lower cost alternative to its line of bikes and treadmills.

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UPS partners with Jumia to expand delivery network in Africa Apr 05, 2022

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Global logistics and package delivery company UPS will leverage Jumia’s network across Africa to grow its reach across the continent, following a new partnership announced today that gives it access to the e-commerce firm’s last mile delivery infrastructure.

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Musk takes a $3B bite out of Twitter; now the Tesla mogul has a 9.2% share of the social network Apr 04, 2022

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He’s used Twitter to poll people apparently to make major business decisions. He’s had his hand figuratively slapped (more than once) by regulators over how he’s used the social platform to potentially manipulate the markets.

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Biden’s answer to high gas prices is to boost U.S. battery production Apr 04, 2022

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President Joe Biden will trigger the Defense Production Act to secure U.S. sources ofÂ critical minerals and materials like lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite and manganese that are used to make batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage.

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GoPro’s new battery grip triples your action-cam shooting time Apr 01, 2022

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You just know your battery will kick the bucket at the worst possible time, right when you’ve perfected your sick, hella nar-nar skateboard tricks, bruh.

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Mojo Vision takes another step toward AR contact lenses with new prototype Apr 01, 2022

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We’ve known Mojo Vision’s journey to market was going to be a long and deliberate one since we saw an early prototype in Las Vegas a number of CESes ago.

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Tumblr expands its tip jar feature to enable blog-level tipping Mar 31, 2022

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Tumblr is expanding its tip jar feature by introducing blog-level tipping for its iOS and web applications, the company announced on Wednesday. The company rolled out its tip jar feature last month allowing users to leave tips on posts.

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Dyson is betting you’ll want to strap an air purifier to your face Mar 31, 2022

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Air. I love it, you love it. We’re all out here walking around in it all day, filling our lungs and blood with the stuff. We can’t get enough of it. But that beautiful, wonderful, life-saving air that you, me and your pet chinchilla all need is bad sometimes.

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Can robotic hives help save the world’s bees? Mar 30, 2022

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Here’s a bummer of a statistic for you: Around 30% of bee colonies disappear every year. Scientists coined the phrase “colony collapse disorder” (CCD) to describe what’s been a devastating ongoing trend in the world’s bee population.

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Celonis pushes into Microsoft ecosystem with $100M Process Analytics Factory acquisition Mar 30, 2022

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Celonis moves into Microsoft ecosystem with Process Analytics Factory acquisition

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