Lora Kolodny
Advanced. Work = CNBC.com reporter. Beat = Tesla, robotics, startups, the future. Ex-TechCrunch, -WSJ. Tweets my own. Email = [email protected]
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China is closing gap with United States on research spending
The United States is no longer the ‘uncontested leader’ in science globally, the National Science Foundation says.
Exclusive: Volkswagen to buy 20% of Chinese battery maker Guoxuan amid electric push - sources
Volkswagen AG is set to take a 20% stake in Chinese electric vehicle battery mak...
Eleven US Troops Were Injured in Jan. 8 Iran Missile Strike
The troops were medevaced this week to Germany and Kuwait to be treated for traumatic brain injury after experiencing concussion symptoms.
Heartbreaking pictures show koala mourning dead friend
Devastating pictures have emerged of an injured koala that appears to be mourning the loss of its friend.
New Jersey sets high standard with passage of EV incentive bill, advocates say
In his State of the State address on Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy promised to unveil a comprehensive roadmap in two weeks detailing how the state would reach its goal of a 100% clean energy economy by 2050.
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ICYMI - New Jersey passes EV incentive bill providing $300 million over 10 years for rebates to consumers who purchase an EV.
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Controversial cameras needed at children’s hospital ‘to prevent babies being taken’
‘No decision’ made to use Chinese-made facial recognition technology, councillors told
Tesla shares fall after Morgan Stanley recommends dumping the stock. Here are the details
Morgan Stanley downgraded the company to underweight and urged clients to wait for a better entry point to buy the stock.
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Tesla shares fall after Morgan Stanley recommends dumping the stock. Here are the details (by Michael Bloom @cnbc)
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New Tesla registrations in California nearly halved in the fourth quarter
A report released on Wednesday showed registrations in California, a bellwether market for the electric-car maker, plummeted 46.5%
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ICYMI - New Tesla registrations in California nearly halved in the fourth quarter cnb.cx/2RgRHk4 via @cnbc
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Bay Area megaprojects fail to deliver on big housing promises
Three projects — The San Francisco Shipyard, Treasure Island and Parkmerced — represent about 35% of San Francisco’s housing pipeline. But nearly decade after they were approved, these megaprojects have languished, underscoring the problem of...
Union City’s Fire Station 30 shuts down
The city council voted for the closure last summer.
Apple buys an A.I. start-up that came from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's research lab
Apple on Wednesday confirmed that it has acquired a start-up that developed software for running artificial intelligence workloads on less-powerful devices.
Ronan Farrow To Investigate Threats & Violence Against Journalists In HBO Documentary Film
HBO has begun production on the first project in its multi-film deal with best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow. In partnership with Loki Films’ Oscar-nominat…
SpaceX, NASA Gear up for In-Flight Abort Demonstration
NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch the final, major test before astronauts fly aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
Tesla sales employees petition for higher base pay after commission cuts in 2019
Dare Brewer, a Tesla advisor based in Richmond, Virginia, sent a mass e-mail asking North American colleagues to support her in seeking higher base pay after commissions were steeply cut but responsibilities increased in the second half of 2019.
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We got an internal email that a Tesla sales employee sent out to North America sales advisors -- encouraging everybody to band together to ask for higher base pay after commission cuts in 2019. Read it at @cnbctech
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Tesla sales employees are petitioning the company for higher base pay after commissions were cut, roles combined in second half of 2019 cnb.cx/373o1ha via @cnbctech
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The New York Times, which Trump often derides as 'failing,' says 2019 was a record year for digital growth
The New York Times doubled its annual digital revenue to $800 million in four years and said it had record digital growth in 2019.
'Last mile' delivery push will worsen commutes, hurt the environment, World Economic Forum says
Emissions from delivery traffic will increase by nearly a third and congestion will rise by over 21%, according to the World Economic Forum.
Jeff Bezos: Anyone who denies reality of climate change is 'not being reasonable'
Speaking at Amazon's Smbhav summit in New Delhi, India, Bezos described climate change as a big problem and warned that Earth is "a finite planet."
Mexico City goes back to the future with plastic bag ban
Mexico City's new ban on plastic bags has inspired visions of a journey bac...
Moving Beyond GDP
After 75 years, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is developing alternative measures of economic well-being.
When it comes to the Australian bushfires, Rupert Murdoch is an arsonist
The distortions in News Corp media were so egregious that even Rupert Murdoch's son James has launched a public critique.