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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a remote video hearing held by subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on “Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation” in Washington, March 25, 2021. U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee | Handout | via Reuters Facebook said on Thursday that
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The onset of the coronavirus pandemic caused unprecedented, worldwide supply-chain disruptions, but experts say that’s a drop in the bucket compared with the disruptions that climate change will cause. Wildfires in the American West, flooding in China and Europe and drought in South America are already disrupting supplies of everything from lumber to chocolate to
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Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren said Monday he would be prepared to start rolling back some of the central bank’s easy monetary policy this fall but isn’t ready yet to start thinking about raising interest rates. Echoing recent comments from multiple Fed officials, Rosengren told CNBC that it’s probably appropriate to begin reducing, or
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In this article UAL United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landing in London Heathrow International airport in England, UK. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images United Airlines on Sunday started rerouting its India flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace after Taliban fighters entered the capital Kabul, sealing a takeover of the country, and U.S. officials scrambled
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Reddit will use its new funding to further its international presence and explore more content types, co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman told CNBC on Friday.  “First order of business is make Reddit awesome. Make Reddit faster, more relevant, help it work for more people,” Huffman said about the company’s plans on “TechCheck.” ”And then we look to
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A close up image of a CPU socket and motherboard laying on the table. Narumon Bowonkitwanchai | Moment | Getty Images A U.S. semiconductor start-up says its relationship with the U.K.’s largest chip plant ended abruptly when Chinese-owned Nexperia took over in July. Pennsylvania-based iDEAL Semiconductor told CNBC it was getting silicon wafers processed at
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Matthew Zeller, who served in Afghanistan as an Army Captain, raised the alarm for the potential civilian toll of the Taliban’s rapid advance toward Kabul.  “Unfortunately, at this point, it seems to be that American friendship is, in fact, a death sentence, unless we save our Afghan wartime allies, they’re going to be murdered by
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