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1TikTok owner gets another week to sell its US business
The Trump administration on Wednesday gave the short-form video app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, until December 4 to conclude a proposed takeover deal...
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Alibaba CEO strikes conciliatory tone on China’s plans for tougher tech regulation
The remarks from Zhang come as Alibaba (BABA) finds itself in the crosshairs of Chinese regulators. News of an imminent crackdown sent...
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France orders Big Tech to pay digital tax despite threat of US tariffs
The 3% tax on revenue from digital services in the country was introduced last year. But the French government had suspended collections...
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Slack stock spikes on reports of Salesforce deal
Any deal would likely value Slack at more than its market capitalization of $17 billion earlier Wednesday, according to the Journal. The...
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Tech gadgets that got us through 2020
Here’s what impressed our editors, reporters and producers the most — and in many ways, helped us survive the rollercoaster that has...
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New Uber report shows it slipped on Black representation after layoffs
Earlier this year, Uber (UBER) cut about 25% of its workforce, or roughly 6,700 employees, as it grappled with the drastic decline...
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Amazon wins legal fight against eBay over alleged seller poaching
eBay (EBAY) had filed two lawsuits — against Amazon (AMZN) in Santa Clara County in 2018 and against a group of Amazon...
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Hyperloop wants to change the world. It will have to overcome the fall of pneumatic tubes
Like many of Musk’s endeavors, including electric cars and rockets, it didn’t involve inventing everything from scratch. Musk took existing ideas, re-packaged...
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Apple’s global security chief and two members of Sheriff’s office indicted for alleged bribery
Santa Clara County Undersheriff Rick Sung and Captain James Jensen “managed to extract” a promise from Thomas Moyer, Apple’s chief security officer,...
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Model Y reliability woes put Tesla near bottom of Consumer Reports rating
The Model Y, the carmaker’s newest model which began production at the start of this year, is expected to become Tesla’s best-selling...
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Everyone you know uses Zoom. That wasn’t always the plan for founder Eric Yuan
Some cabinet secretaries’ Zoom screen names were visible, you could see which platform the cabinet was running its computers on, and most...
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Sentinel-6: ‘Dog kennel’ satellite blasts off on ocean mission
By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent Related Topics Climate change media captionArtwork: The unusual shape, with fixed solar panels, keeps the satellite very...
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Face recognition isn’t just for humans — it’s learning to identify bears and cows, too
Melanie Clapham is not the average person. As a bear biologist, she has spent over a decade studying these grizzly bears, who...
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The surprising reason why Apple was so gung-ho about its 5G iPhone
The two companies held an event Thursday to showcase several ways businesses could benefit by using the iPhone 12 with 5G. 5G...
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Yes, people are still using ‘123456’ and ‘password’ as their password
But it’s 2020 and it may be time to beef up your security game because, according to new research, people are still...
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Apple to pay $113 million in ‘batterygate’ settlement
The company will pay $113 million to settle an investigation by states including California and Arizona over how Apple wasn’t transparent about...
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Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s new company launches Sunshine Contacts
Over the years, Mayer has been the subject of fascination. First, she was a rare female executive at the helm of a...
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The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have been super hard to find. That may be on purpose
Customers reported having a difficult time finding the consoles in stock as websites kept crashing. To many, it felt harder this year...
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‘Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity,’ the Legend of Zelda prequel, is here
“Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity” is launching Friday. It is the first installment in the Zelda series since 2017’s “Breath of the...
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