A company made a volleyball-sized meatball with mammoth DNA, but no one tasted it because humans could be allergic to the 5,000-year-old protein

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A large meatball, surrounded by a garnish of fruits and berries, placed on a table.
A meatball made from flesh cultivated using the DNA of an extinct woolly mammoth is presented at NEMO Science Museum created by a cultured meat company, in Amsterdam, Netherlands March 28, 2023.

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Boxed bankruptcy could be blamed on Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, but its problems extend far beyond the bank run

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Boxed CEO and co-founder Chieh Huang started the company a decade ago. Now, it's filing for bankruptcy and shutting down its retail operations.

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34 photos of the weirdest and most unique McDonald's restaurants in the world

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This McDonald's restaurant in Taupo, New Zealand, is located inside a decommissioned plane.

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Jollibee's tater tots were created by a chef with Michelin-star experience. They were tasty and filled us up, but the meal deal wasn't cheap.

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Jollibee, a Filipino fast-food chain, has collaborated with chef Whyte Rushen to create tater tots.

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A New York grocery store is using biometrics including eye scanners and voice prints to identify repeat shoplifters. Some shoppers say that's creepy — even if it deters theft.

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A delivery worker wearing a face mask rides by a Fairway supermarket in Kips Bay in March 2021. The grocer's yellow sign and dark green awnings are visible.
New York City grocer Fairway is using facial recognition technology at a Manhattan store in a move to catch shoplifters.

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Kellogg is giving its Pringles and Cheez-It business a new name with classical Latin twist. It's the latest company name to incorporate the 'dead' language.

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Pringles chips are among the snacks that will be managed by Kellanova, one of the companies being formed by the breakup of Kellogg.

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Eggs are so expensive that Dollar Tree has just given up stocking them

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This Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, photo shows a woman leaving a Dollar Tree store in Urbandale, Iowa.
Dollar Tree said Tuesday that it will halt egg sales until later this year as avian flu keeps egg prices near historic highs.

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Tropical Cyclone Freddy Has Lasted More Than a Month, Potentially Setting New Record

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Almost 200 people are dead and tens of thousands affected in Southern Africa after a tropical cyclone, which at 34 days could be the longest-

Reese's calling its new peanut butter cups 'plant-based' is the clearest sign the term has lost all meaning

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Reese's peanut butter cups and Hershey's chocolate are the latest products to get plant-based versions.

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Here's the list of Amazon Go stores closing next month as the company evaluates its brick-and-mortar retail strategy

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Amazon is closing eight of its cashierless convenience stores several years after launching the format, which uses the company's Just Walk Out technology.

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