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Although public health experts say hand sanitizer is generally a suitable substitute for hand washing to protect against COVID-19, the increasing use of disinfectant products is causing another problem: a sudden spike in accidental poisoning, especially between children. Through the third week of July, there was a 59% increase this …

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos finally answers his first question. Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington asked Mr. Bezos if Amazon uses individual data from outside vendors, as described in an April Wall Street Journal report. “I cannot answer that question yes or no,” Mr. Bezos said in response. The WSJ …

Gold increased nearly 30% in 2020. Traders have flocked to gold and other precious metals as the value of the US dollar has fallen. Silver prices rose approximately 35% this year to approximately $ 24 an ounce. The dollar has fallen more than 3% against other major currencies this year …

fake pictures We recently covered Statement by Audi CEO Markus Duesmann that Audi was at least two years behind Tesla when it came to computing power in its GO and driverless car technology. Who admitted that publicly it is a big problem, but could generate some unlikely benefits. You see, …

During Wednesday’s antitrust tech hearing, Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) broke into Google CEO Sundar Pichai about the company’s dominance in search and its use of data to monitor potential competitors. “The problem is Google’s business model,” said Cicilline, citing a pattern of anti-competitive behavior that allowed Google to grow as …