Meet Mitchell Baker, Mozilla's permanent CEO. James Martin / CNET On Wednesday, Mozilla chairman and longtime director Mitchell Baker was appointed permanent CEO of the company that makes the Firefox web browser. Mitchell became interim CEO of Mozilla in December 2019 after former CEO Chris Beard resigned . The company has conducted an external candidate search for the past eight …
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The Kia Telluride struck 29 other candidates for the World Car of the Year, including its twin company, the Hyundai Palisade. Kia The 2020 World Car Awards were announced on Wednesday, and the new SUV Kia Telluride received top marks. Kia's impressive three-row crossover was named world car of the year by a jury of 86 judges from around the …
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Online and brick-and-mortar stores see stock issues, but there are many other online retailers to choose from. Jessica Dolcourt / CNET webcams. Painkiller. Hand weights. Fitness tracker. As people settle in quarantine routines at home many frequently occurring items in shops and on the Internet are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Amazon and Walmart's online inventory is sold out for …
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Limit the spread of the corona virus by wearing a face mask in crowded public places. the_burtons / Getty Images For the latest news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, see the WHO website. Making your own face mask or face mask at home is not for everyone, and that's fine. However, if you want to help stop the spread …
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Uber Eats is a delivery option. Starbucks It's been more than two weeks since Starbucks closed its US stores to walk-in customers in late March. Initially, the company said that stores would remain closed to pedestrian traffic until at least April 3 – a date that has now been extended to at least May 3. (The cafes were also closed …
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Angela Lang / CNET Instacart, the grocery delivery service, was overwhelmed with orders during the Coronavirus Pandemic causing many users to be unable to schedule deliveries. The company added two new features to speed up the service and open more delivery windows. "Fast & Flexible" and "Order Ahead" are now available in the Instacart app, according to a release on …
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The Associated Press 08 April 2020 19:56:44 IST An aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef shows that for the third time in five years, coral bleaching is sweeping over the area off the east of Australia. Bleaching has affected and affected all three regions of the world's largest coral reef system is more prevalent than ever, scientists from James …
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The Associated Press 08 April 2020, 7:20:25 PM IST A decade after the country's worst offshore oil spill, dolphins, turtles, and other wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico remain at serious risk, according to a report released on Tuesday. The fact that the Gulf has not fully recovered is "hardly surprising given the scale of the disaster," said David Muth, …
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The WHO has characterized the corona virus as a pandemic. Despite the precautionary measures proposed by experts and taken by government agencies, namely social detachment, blocking, quarantine facilities, increased availability of testing laboratories and hospitals for treatment, the virus continues to spread to different parts of the world. The number of infected people is skyrocketing and the number of fatalities …
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Foxconn will manufacture ventilators in Wisconsin. SAM YEH / AFP via Getty Images) Foxconn is working with medical device manufacturer Medtronic to manufacture ventilators at its controversial Wisconsin facility during the coronavirus outbreak said Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak to CNBC. He noted that the factory expects to manufacture the life-saving devices based on the open source PB-560 design in the …
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