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By Manskar Facebook and Amazon spent more money lobbying Washington than any other American company last year as the feds sought to rein in their expansive power, a new report …
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By Neil A woman in the UK called the cops after she arrived at a McDonald’s drive-thru window — and found the restaurant had stopped serving breakfast, according to local …
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By Manskar Ford just lost a lengthy battle with the feds over orders to recall about 3 million cars — and it won’t be cheap. The affected vehicles from model …
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By Vega Google has reached a first-of-its-kind agreement to pay French publishers for web content. The search giant and French publishers’ lobby’s deal will pave the way for individual licensing …
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By Vega The price of bitcoin plunged more than 10 percent on Thursday amid fears of a US regulatory crackdown on the controversial cryptocurrency. Janet Yellen, President Biden’s pick to head …
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By Vega The German luxury car maker unveiled a new compact electric SUV that it said will go on sale next month at “very attractive price points”. The EQA — …
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By Vega The US government is asking Australia to abandon a proposed law that would force Facebook and Google to pay local media firms a cut of the advertising revenue …
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By Manskar GitHub’s human resources boss has resigned over the company’s firing of a Jewish employee who warned his colleagues in Washington to watch out for Nazis. The Microsoft-owned platform …
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By Manskar The billionaire Microsoft co-founder has become the largest owner of farmland in the United States by quietly buying up massive plots across the county, a new report says. …
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By Vega WhatsApp is delaying the rollout of its upcoming privacy rules amid growing backlash from users over how their data will be shared with parent company Facebook. Users in …
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By Neil Parler urged a US judge to order Amazon to restore the company’s account, saying Amazon had no evidence the social media platform was used to incite last week’s …
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By Vega Connecticut is investigating the e-tail giant for potential anti-competitive behavior in its Kindle business, the state’s attorney general William Tong said this week, with a focus on the …
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By Vega Yelp said that it will now allow users to rate restaurants’ safety precautions and sanitary measures related to COVID-19. A restaurant’s review page will now ask patrons if …
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By Mcenery Donald Trump’s bankers are cutting ties with the president after the insurrection at the Capitol, with one even calling publicly for his resignation. Over the past 24 hours, …
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By Conelly If US sanctions against Iran aren’t lifted by Feb. 21, the country will expel United Nations nuclear watchdog inspectors, a lawmaker said. Iran’s parliament passed a law in …
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By Vega Pornhub parent company MindGeek has been hit with a massive $600 million class action lawsuit accusing it of hosting child-porn videos on the website. The lawsuit, filed in …
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By Martha Tesla shares jumped as much as 5.6 percent, pushing the electric-car maker’s market capitalization to more than $800 billion for the first time and inching closer to the …
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By Manskar Amazon pledged to spend more than $2 billion on affordable housing efforts in three regions where big chunks of its workforce live. The e-commerce colossus said it will …
Read More By Vega Facebook has removed one of its most iconic features from pages used by public personas and companies. The social network has dropped the “likes” tally from public pages …
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By Vega The Cupertino, California-based tech giant has reportedly asked manufacturer Foxconn to create two prototype shells to test out potential future iPhone designs. The two designs will be very …
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