Industries

Industries

Lab-Grown Diamonds? Turns Out They’re Not De Beers’ Best Friend

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De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer, said it plans to shutter its lab-grown jewelry brand LightBox.

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Autos

Driverless Trucking Startup Einride May be Planning a $5 Billion US IPO

Back in 2019, the Swedish company became the first company to put a self-driving big rig truck on a public road.

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Electric Vehicles

BYD’s Superfast Charger is an EV Breakthrough

The breakthrough comes while the Trump administration moves to pause government spending on domestic EV-charging infrastructure, no less.

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Consumer

Pepsi Agrees to Buy Trendy Soda Startup Poppi for Nearly $2 Billion

Poppi is a “Shark Tank” success story made with prebiotics and fruit juice that touts itself as a healthier alternative to traditional sodas.

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International Economics

UK-US Strike Trade Deal Affirming ‘Special Relationship’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photo by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street via CC BY 2.0.

The UK and US announced a “historic” trade deal Thursday that does little to reduce Washington’s overall global trade war.

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Media & Entertainment

Netflix’s New Homepage Pushes Users to Watch, Not Scroll

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Netflix is rolling out the first major redesign of its home hub since 2013, hoping people might watch more if inundated with less.

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Industries

Space X’s Mars Mission Gets a Boost From Accelerated Launches at Texas Colony

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