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China is building a 2nd base for nuclear missiles, say analysts https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/28/china-is-building-a-second-missile-silo-field-say-us-researchers

Activision Blizzard staff walk out over harassment claims https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58005455

Google mandates vaccines for all employees returning to offices https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/google-mandates-vaccines-all-employees-returning-offices-n1275303

World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021 https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biab079/6325731

Early Google exec got Larry Page's backing to build a start-up factory focused on saving the planet https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/30/david-friedbergs-alphabet-backed-production-board-raised-300-million.html

Fire breaks out at giant Tesla battery project near Geelong https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-30/tesla-battery-fire-moorabool-geelong/100337488

Google bans 'sugar daddy' apps from Play Store https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/07/28/google-bans-sugar-daddy-apps-from-play-store/

Elon Musk's Neuralink raises over $200 mln from Google Ventures, others https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-neuralink-raises-over-200-mln-google-ventures-others-2021-07-30/

Google founders have sold $1 billion in stock since May, the most since 2017 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/30/google-founders-page-brin-have-sold-1-billion-in-stock-since-may.html

Uber will offer free Rosetta Stone language courses to drivers – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/29/uber-will-offer-free-rosetta-stone-language-courses-to-drivers/

Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle battery throttling lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/30/22601832/tesla-settlement-battery-throttle-model-s-amount

Amazon hit by record $887 million EU privacy fine https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/30/tech/amazon-eu-privacy-fine/index.html

Binance Ordered by Malaysia Regulator to Completely Disable Website, App https://gadgets.ndtv.com/cryptocurrency/news/binance-malaysia-shut-down-regulatory-order-disable-app-website-users-cryptocurrency-trading-investment-2498792#rss-gadgets-cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Price Is Back Above $40,000. Here's How the Cryptocurrency Has Performed in the Last Month https://gadgets.ndtv.com/cryptocurrency/news/bitcoin-price-usd-40000-increase-value-growth-july-cryptocurrency-market-trading-elon-musk-2497622#rss-gadgets-cryptocurrency

Vertical farming company Eden Green breaks ground on its first high-tech commercial greenhouse https://www.dallasnews.com/business/local-companies/2021/07/28/vertical-farming-company-eden-green-breaks-ground-on-its-first-high-tech-commercial-greenhouse/

Amazon has been fined a whopping $887 million for violating data privacy rules in Europe https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/amazon-has-been-fined-a-record-887-million-for-violating-data-privacy-rules-in-europe/ar-AAMKnar?ocid=msedgntp

Ethereum Set to Get a Major Upgrade That Will Alter Supply, Fix Transaction Fees https://gadgets.ndtv.com/cryptocurrency/news/ethereum-ether-price-cryptocurrency-upgrade-coding-revamp-alter-supply-transaction-fees-fix-2498430#rss-gadgets-cryptocurrency

Injectable Biosensor Converts Brain Activities to Detectable Optical Signals. New nanotechnology, called NeuroSWARM3 by its inventors is monitoring neuronal activity noninvasively and converting thoughts (brain signals) to remotely measurable signals for high-precision brain-machine interfacing https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Injectable_Biosensor_Converts_Brain_Activities_to/a67210

Burger King Starts Accepting Dogecoin in Brazil — but Only for Dog Treats https://gadgets.ndtv.com/cryptocurrency/news/dogecoin-price-burger-king-starts-accepting-cryptocurrency-only-for-dogpper-dog-treats-2497577#rss-gadgets-cryptocurrency

Elon Musk Hints at Tesla's Bitcoin Holdings in Twitter Exchange https://gadgets.ndtv.com/cryptocurrency/news/bitcoin-price-elon-musk-tesla-holdings-investment-spacex-ethetreum-how-much-many-twitter-2498390#rss-gadgets-cryptocurrency