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- Apple breaks ground on new Austin campus
Wednesday - 11/20/2019 - 01:40 PMAhead of today's visit from President Trump, Apple announced it has begun construction on its new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Factcheck fiasco shows Twitter is still being abused by politicians
Wednesday - 11/20/2019 - 01:40 PMWhat happens when a major political party campaigning in a hugely significant election misrepresents itself on social media?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - DoorDash sued by DC Attorney General over allegedly misusing worker tips
Tuesday - 11/19/2019 - 08:20 PMDoorDash is being sued by DC Attorney General Karl Racine over allegedly deceiving customers with a controversial tipping policy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Slack's stock plunges after Microsoft says Teams has 20 million users
Tuesday - 11/19/2019 - 02:00 PMThere's more bad news for Slack: The messaging software company's stock plunged nearly 10% Tuesday after Microsoft announced that its rival Teams product has 20 million users.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Google requested a trove of documents from the Texas attorney general's antitrust probe
Monday - 11/18/2019 - 08:24 PMGoogle is calling on Texas's attorney general to hand over a vast trove of internal documents and communications related to a multi-state antitrust probe of the tech giant, including any information supplied to regulators by Texas's outside consultants and Google's chief critics and rivals.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Yahoo Japan and Line are merging to fend off US tech giants
Monday - 11/18/2019 - 08:22 AMA Japanese company that can tap into SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son's growing tech portfolio may be just what Japan needs to fend off the likes of Google and Facebook.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boeing and SpaceX face 'significant' challenges in delayed NASA program
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 03:00 PMGovernment oversight officials issued a scathing report about delays in NASA's commercial crew program, warning that Boeing and SpaceX are facing "significant safety and technical challenges" with their spacecraft — which could leave NASA astronauts stranded on the ground next year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WeWork almost ran out of money. Now, it's spending $438 million to renovate a building
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 09:39 PMWeWork, the co-working startup on unsteady financial footing, is spending $438 million to renovate an iconic building, according to a new securities filing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Google is targeting women with its new gaming service Stadia
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 03:36 PMGoogle wants to break into the hyper-competitive gaming industry in part by targeting an audience sometimes overlooked by rivals: women.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Alibaba's homecoming is about pleasing China and buying trade war insurance
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 09:55 AMAlibaba's plan to raise billions of dollars by selling shares on the Hong Kong stock market will be one of the largest public offerings in the world this year.
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- These are the creepiest holiday gifts of 2019
Wednesday - 11/20/2019 - 01:40 PMHoliday gifts are meant to be fun, but security researchers say some presents can be downright creepy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amazon wants to ship you anything in 30 minutes. It's going to need a lot of robots
Wednesday - 11/20/2019 - 01:40 PMAmazon is burning through billions to get you stuff faster.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - So, your Disney+ account was hacked. Here's what to do
Tuesday - 11/19/2019 - 02:00 PMSome Disney+ customers are having trouble logging into their accounts, complaining on social media that their accounts have been compromised.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The United States once again kicks the Huawei can down the road
Monday - 11/18/2019 - 08:24 PMThe Department of Commerce has again extended the temporary general license allowing American companies to sell to Huawei, the embattled Chinese tech company.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - T-Mobile CEO John Legere will step down
Monday - 11/18/2019 - 01:48 PMWireless carrier T-Mobile announced Monday that CEO John Legere will be stepping down at the end of next April after his contract expires.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - HP board rejects takeover bid from Xerox
Sunday - 11/17/2019 - 08:46 PMHewlett-Packard Inc.'s Board of Directors has unanimously rejected a bid to be acquired by Xerox, though it did not completely shut down an effort by Xerox to merge the two aging former tech giants.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amazon rolls out 'Amazon Pharmacy' branding to PillPack
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 09:39 PMAmazon is adding "Amazon Pharmacy" branding to PillPack, the mail-order pharmacy it acquired in 2018.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bill Gates tops Jeff Bezos as richest person in the world
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 09:39 PMBill Gates is back on top.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meet the Facebook executive who wants you to trust him with your money
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 09:55 AMDavid Marcus, who heads Facebook's development of the cryptocurrency Libra, hopes it can unlock financial services for 1.7 billion people around the world.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Free superfast broadband for all, Labour Party pledges ahead of UK election
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 09:55 AMThe UK's main opposition party has promised to provide "fast and free" full-fiber broadband across the country by nationalizing parts of BT Group.
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- Hackers could be using your Android camera to spy on you
Wednesday - 11/20/2019 - 01:40 PMResearchers have discovered an alarming security flaw that could let some Android apps spy on users without their knowledge.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Google Stadia is here, but there are still huge issues
Tuesday - 11/19/2019 - 08:20 PMGoogle Stadia launches now.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Feds blame distracted test driver in Uber self-driving car death
Tuesday - 11/19/2019 - 08:20 PMA federal investigation into a fatal crash involving an Uber self-driving car concluded the probable cause was a safety driver distracted by their phone.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WeWork braces for mass layoffs this week
Monday - 11/18/2019 - 08:24 PMOne month after WeWork's former CEO, Adam Neumman, received a massive payout despite all but running the company into the ground, more than 12,000 global staffers are bracing for mass layoffs this week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - TikTok could be getting into the streaming music business
Monday - 11/18/2019 - 01:48 PMThe Chinese company behind the social media phenomenon TikTok might try to conquer the competitive world of music streaming services next.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Google Stadia launches this week. Here's what you should know about the gaming service
Sunday - 11/17/2019 - 02:49 PMGoogle will soon officially launch Stadia, a service for streaming and playing games without needing to own a hard copy or even a console.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why fans aren't happy with Pokémon Sword and Shield developer Game Freak
Saturday - 11/16/2019 - 09:29 AMNintendo Switch users were treated to their first mainline Pokémon games on the console with the release of "Pokémon Sword" and "Pokémon Shield" on Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Most Americans want the government to do more to protect our data. Few think it will happen
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 03:36 PMConsumers are overwhelmingly pleading for the government's help in the face of an ever-growing list of corporate data breaches and privacy mishaps — but few have faith help will ever arrive.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Twitter will run some political ads, just not from politicians. It seems well-intentioned, but might get messy.
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 03:36 PMTwitter announced details of its new policy banning political ads on Friday, saying that although politicians, political candidates and groups like SuperPACs will be banned from advertising on its platform, other groups and qualifying news organizations will be allowed to advertise on political issues.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apple Music introduces Replay to create playlists of your most-played songs
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 04:11 AMWith 2019 soon coming to a close, Apple Music is offering us all a fun way to look back at our listening habits from the past year.
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