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Tesla owners could get $625 each in class action settlement over battery throttling https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/30/tesla-owners-could-get-625-each-in-settlement-over-battery-throttling.html

South Africa issues world's first patent listing AI as inventor https://www.globallegalpost.com/news/south-africa-issues-worlds-first-patent-listing-ai-as-inventor-161068982

Big Tech dodged impact of Apple’s privacy changes in ‘red hot’ digital ad market... for now https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/30/big-tech-dodged-q2-pain-from-apples-ad-privacy-changes.html

Pinterest shares close down more than 18% after company reveals decline in users https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/30/pinterest-stock-continues-to-fall-following-decline-in-company-users-.html

Here's how Zuckerberg thinks Facebook will profit by building a 'metaverse' https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/29/facebook-metaverse-plans-to-make-money.html

Sony’s first PS5 software beta arrives with M.2 SSD support (PCIe Gen4 with read speeds of 5,500MB/s or faster) https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/29/22599593/sony-ps5-m2-ssd-support-beta-features

Amazon shares slide after earnings disappoint https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/30/amazon-shares-slide-after-earnings-disappoint.html

Amazon’s ads business posts 87% growth https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/29/amazons-ads-business-posts-87percent-growth.html

Pinterest lost users in the second quarter, and the stock is plunging https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/29/pinterest-pins-earnings-q2-2021.html

Grand jury indicts Trevor Milton, founder of electric carmaker Nikola, on three counts of fraud https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/29/us-prosecutors-charge-trevor-milton-founder-of-electric-carmaker-nikola-with-three-counts-of-fraud.html

Nanoscience dusts off a quirk of physics to optimize air conditioning. Can it help save the planet too? https://www.popsci.com/science/modern-air-conditioning-obsolete/

Amazon Fined $887M by EU Agency for GDPR Privacy Law Violation https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/amazon-record-privacy-fine-eu-gdpr-1235031320/

Chinese augmented reality glasses maker Nreal looks to go public within 5 years, CEO says https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/31/augmented-reality-firm-nreal-targets-ipo-within-5-years-ceo-says.html

Google to block logins on old Android devices starting September https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-to-block-logins-on-old-android-devices-starting-september/

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