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Consumer Confidence Still High Despite November Decline
US consumer confidence declined slightly for a fourth consecutive month, but it remains elevated with the holiday shopping season ramping up.
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November 30, 2019
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Bosch To Stop Motor Scooter-Sharing Service Coup In Europe
German engineering firm Bosch is shutting down its motor scooter-sharing service Coup, currently operating in four European cities.
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November 30, 2019
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Uber to Let Users Record Audio of Rides in Brazil, Mexico
Uber will allow passengers and drivers in Brazil and Mexico to record audio of their rides as it attempts to improve its safety record and image.
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November 23, 2019
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Sibling Rivalry, Affection Rule New season of 'The Crown'
Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter, aka Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret in Netflix’s “The Crown,” are perched royally atop folding chairs as they hold court in a hotel suite serving as an interview room.
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November 23, 2019
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Amnesty International Calls Facebook, Google Rights Abusers
Amnesty International issued a scathing indictment of the world’s dominant internet corporations, arguing in a new report that Google and Facebook should be forced to abandon what it calls their surveillance-based business model because it is “predicated on human rights abuse.”
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November 23, 2019
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MUTED LAUNCH FOR GOOGLE'S GAME-STREAMING SERVICE STADIA
Google’s new game-streaming service Stadia demonstrates the possibilities of gaming from the cloud, but experts say it’s hindered by a lack of compelling video games and a convoluted pricing scheme.
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November 23, 2019
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SUPREME COURT STEPS INTO GOOGLE-ORACLE COPYRIGHT FIGHT
The Supreme Court said it will referee a high profile copyright dispute between technology giants Oracle and Google. Oracle says it wants nearly $9 billion from Google.
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November 23, 2019
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WHERE PARENTS FEEL LIKE CHAUFFEURS, COMPANIES STEP IN
When Deb Fink heard about a company that could drive her 9-year-old son to his after-school program, she balked at the idea of putting him in a car with a stranger.
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November 23, 2019
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GOOGLE'S DO GOOD ARM TRIES TO MAKE UP FOR EVERYTHING ELSE
Google’s head of philanthropy says the company is having “a lot of conversations” internally amid worries about the tech giant’s bottomless appetite for consumer data and how it uses its algorithms.
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November 23, 2019
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CHINA BATS AWAY RUMORS, SAYS TRADE TALKS WITH US CONTINUE
China is working to resolve conflicts with Washington over trade, a Commerce Ministry official said Thursday, dismissing speculation the talks might be in trouble as inaccurate “rumors.”
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November 23, 2019
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GOOGLE REINS IN POLITICAL ADVERTISING
Google is making it harder for political advertisers to target specific types of people.
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November 23, 2019
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APPLE CANCELS PREMIERE OF ‘THE BANKER' OVER ‘CONCERNS'
Apple has canceled the premiere of one of the tech company’s first original films, “The Banker” the day before it was to debut at Los Angeles’ AFI Film Festival.
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November 23, 2019
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China Presses Washington for Tariff Cut in Trade Deal
China pressed Washington on Thursday to roll back punitive tariffs in a tentative trade deal.
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November 16, 2019
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Boeing Details Steps Needed To Get Grounded Max Jet Flying
Boeing hopes to resume deliveries of its 737 Max jet to airlines in December and win regulatory approval to restart commercial service with the plane in January.
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November 16, 2019
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Facebook Says It Removed 3.2B Fake Accounts In 6 Months
Facebook says it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts from its service from April to September, up slightly from 3 billion in the previous six months.
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November 16, 2019
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Nike Calls Off Pilot Program With Amazon Ending Direct Sales
Nike is ending a sales partnership with Amazon less than a month after the athletic gear company named an e-commerce veteran as its new chief executive.
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November 16, 2019
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SpaceX Launches 60 More Mini Satellites For Global Internet
SpaceX launched 60 mini satellites Monday, the second batch of an orbiting network meant to provide global internet coverage.
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November 16, 2019
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Apple Shakes Off iPhone Slump To Deliver Strong Fiscal 4Q
Apple is still running a well-oiled moneymaking machine despite cooling demand for its hottest product, the iPhone.
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November 01, 2019
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Grounded Boeing Jet Hits Another Pothole In Path To Return
Regulators are asking Boeing to revise documentation of its proposed fixes to software on the 737 Max jet, and the company said this week that it is too early to know whether the request will further delay the return of the grounded plane.
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November 09, 2019
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Colorado Voters Narrowly Approve Legalized Sports Betting
Colorado became the 19th U.S. state to legalize some form of sports betting as election officials tallied this week a surprisingly close vote in which ballots for the measure narrowly surpassed “no” votes.
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November 09, 2019
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Group Says Misinformation On The Rise On Facebook
An advocacy group tracking misinformation says it has found an increase in fake political news shared on Facebook ahead of the 2020 presidential elections.
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November 09, 2019
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Iconic Pacific Bird Sanctuary Ravaged By Plastic And Death
Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land with pristine white sand beaches that are teeming with life.
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November 09, 2019
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Agency: All States Should Require Bicyclists To Wear Helmets
A government agency is recommending that all 50 states enact laws requiring bicyclists to wear helmets to stem an increase in bicycle deaths on U.S. roadways.
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November 09, 2019
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Twitter Pulls Back On Political Ads, But Pitfalls Await
Twitter announced an end Wednesday to political campaign and issue ads on its service, calling it an important step in reducing the flow of election-related misinformation.
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November 01, 2019
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University-Backed Nebraska Firm To Offer Firefighting Drones
University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers has launched a university-backed startup company to help prevent and fight wildfires with drones.
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November 01, 2019
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Samsung Electronics Says Third Quarter Profit Fell 56%
Samsung Electronics said Thursday its operating profit for the last quarter fell by nearly 56%, with its robust sales of smartphones, displays, and TVs offset by a continuously weak market for computer chips.
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November 01, 2019
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Lyft Loses Money Again But Eyes Profits In About 2 Years
Despite higher average prices, Lyft’s number of active riders grew 28% to surpass 22 million. The money-losing company has struggled to demonstrate a path to profitability, just like its larger rival Uber.
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November 01, 2019
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Hackers Plead Guilty In Data Breach That Uber Covered Up
Two computer hackers have pleaded guilty to concocting an extortion scheme that entangled Uber in a yearlong cover-up of a data breach that stole sensitive information about 57 million of the ride-hailing service’s passengers and drivers.
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November 01, 2019
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Microsoft Racks Up More Cloud Customers
Microsoft this week reported its latest solid quarterly report card to Wall Street, buoyed by another round of business customers signing up for its cloud computing services.
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October 26, 2019
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Tesla's Stock Soars After Company Posts Surprising 3Q Profit
Tesla posted a surprising profit of $143 million in its latest quarter, raising hopes the electric car pioneer may finally be turning the corner after posting mostly losses during its first decade as a publicly held company.
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