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UK COURT ALLOWS US TO APPEAL DENIAL OF ASSANGE'S EXTRADITION
Britain’s High Court has granted the U.S. government permission to appeal a decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be sent to the United States to face espionage charges.
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COMPANIES NAVIGATE TENSIONS OVER OFFICE REOPENING PLANS
Last year, companies around the U.S. scrambled to figure out how to shut down their offices and set up their employees for remote work as the COVID-19 virus suddenly bore down on the world.
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SOUTHWEST, AMERICAN DELAYS HINT AT HARD SUMMER FOR TRAVELERS
This summer is already shaping up to be a difficult one for air travelers.
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PENTAGON CANCELS DISPUTED JEDI CLOUD CONTRACT WITH MICROSOFT
The Pentagon said it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon and possibly other cloud service providers.
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INSIDE THE GLASS REPORTER TO CONTINUE AS NBC EXITS NHL
NBC’s coverage of the NHL ends after the Stanley Cup finals, but its impact on how the game is broadcast will carry on due to its different innovations in 15 years.
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DETERRING TAX AVOIDANCE BY GLOBAL COMPANIES
Negotiators from 130 countries have agreed on a major overhaul of how the world’s biggest companies are taxed in an effort to deter international avoidance schemes that have cost governments billions in revenue.
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CHINESE RIDE SERVICE DIDI TOLD TO TAKE APP OFF ONLINE STORES
Ride-hailing service Didi Global Inc., which made its U.S. stock market debut last week, was ordered by Chinese regulators to remove its app from online stores while the company overhauls its handling of customer data.
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ALL UNIVERSAL FILMS COMING TO PEACOCK STARTING IN 2022
The streaming service Peacock is ramping up its offerings with a new deal with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group.
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HONDA CHANGING COURSE, WILL BUILD ITS OWN ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Although General Motors will build Honda’s first two fully electric vehicles for North America, the Japanese automaker plans to change course and manufacture its own later this decade.
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BOEING'S NEXT AIRPLANE LIKELY TO BE DELAYED BY FAA CONCERNS
Federal regulators have indicated they likely won’t certify Boeing’s next airliner until 2023 because of questions about changes the aircraft manufacturer is making in software and hardware on a new version of the two-aisle 777 jet.
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BREAK THEM UP? 5 WAYS CONGRESS IS TRYING TO REIN IN BIG TECH
Groundbreaking legislation is advancing in Congress that would curb the market power of tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple and could force them to untie their dominant platforms from their other lines of business.
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CHINA'S DIDI TOUTS TECH SPENDING AHEAD OF WALL ST DEBUT
Chinese ride-hailing service Didi says it lost $5.5 billion over the past three years ahead of its U.S. stock market debut Wednesday but it’s highlighting its global reach and investments in developing electric and self-driving cars.
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COSMIC GULP: ASTRONOMERS SEE BLACK HOLE SWALLOW NEUTRON STAR
Talk about a heavy snack. For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the most dense object in the universe — all in a split-second gulp.
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JAPAN'S SOFTBANK SAYS PEPPER ROBOT REMAINS ‘ALIVE' AND WELL
Japanese technology company SoftBank denies it’s pulling the plug on its friendly, talking, bubble-headed Pepper robot.
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PANDEMIC-ERA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS TECH FAIR KICKS OFF
A major wireless technology trade fair kicked off in Barcelona this week with scaled-back attendance and beefed-up health and safety measures, changes that reflect the new reality for industry conventions in the pandemic era.
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MICROSOFT EXEC: TARGETING OF AMERICANS' RECORDS ‘ROUTINE'
Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony Wednesday by a senior executive at the technology company.
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LIAM NEESON'S BACK, FIGHTING ON THIN ICE (LITERALLY)
It’s intriguing to imagine Liam Neeson’s management team, contemplating his next film. Perhaps “Uber Express”? Maybe “Lyfted Up”?
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UK WATCHDOG PROBES AMAZON, GOOGLE FOR FAKE REVIEWS OF GOODS
U.K. regulators said that they’re investigating Google and Amazon over concerns the online giants aren’t doing enough to stop fake reviews of products and services on their platforms.
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FLORIDA BEACH TOWN WRITES AMAZON TV SERIES TO LURE TOURISTS
Remember that longing you felt after an episode of “Sex and the City” to shop at the characters’ favorite New York haunts and drink cosmopolitans at the same bars? Or that sense of wanderlust for the seaside cliffs of Ireland after watching “Game of Thrones?”
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LUCID AIR: THE FIRST TRUE TESLA COMPETITOR
Tesla might be the first company that springs to mind when you’re in the market for a new electric vehicle, but California-based startup Lucid should not be underestimated.
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MORE THAN SHOES: NIKE NAVIGATES COMPLICATED TWISTS IN TRACK
Ever since a track coach named Bill Bowerman tinkered with the idea of pouring rubber into his waffle iron to concoct a better shoe sole for running, Nike and the sport of track and field have become inseparably intertwined.
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SPIELBERG'S AMBLIN TO MAKE SEVERAL FILMS A YEAR FOR NETFLIX
Steven Spielberg, a filmmaker synonymous with big-screen enchantment, has set a new deal with Netflix in which his production company, Amblin Partners, will make multiple feature films per year for the streaming giant.
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US HITS ENCOURAGING MILESTONES ON VIRUS DEATHS AND SHOTS
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, while the drive to put shots in arms hit another encouraging milestone this week: 150 million Americans fully vaccinated.
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HOTTEST SELLER AT GAMESTOP IS ITS OWN STOCK, $1B RAISED
GameStop raised more than $1 billion in its latest stock sale, capitalizing on a newly arrived and fervent army of online investors.
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FACEBOOK LAUNCHES PODCASTS, LIVE AUDIO SERVICE
Facebook is launching podcasts and live audio streams in the U.S. this week to keep users engaged on its platform and to compete with emerging rivals.
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HOUSE PANEL PUSHES LEGISLATION TARGETING BIG TECH'S POWER
A House panel pushed ahead Wednesday with ambitious legislation that could curb the market power of tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple and force them to sever their dominant platforms from their other lines of business.
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DIRTY LAUNDRY IN SPACE? NASA, TIDE TACKLE CLEANING CHALLENGE
How do astronauts do laundry in space? They don’t.
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CAN ET SEE US? STUDY FINDS MANY STARS WITH PRIME EARTH VIEW
Feeling like you are being watched? It could be from a lot farther away than you think.
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UK WATCHDOG EXAMINES APPLE-GOOGLE MOBILE SYSTEM CONTROL
U.K. competition regulators are looking into Apple and Google smartphone operating systems, app stores and browsers, over concern that the control of “mobile ecosystems” by the two tech giants is harming consumers.
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UTILITY'S GREEN ENERGY PLAN FUELS DEBATE IN KANSAS, MISSOURI
Kansas’ largest electric company expects to make its first big investments in solar energy over the next three years and promises zero net carbon emissions in 2045.
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