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Shares of Tesla dropped more than 7% after hours on Friday after the S&P 500 Index Committee decided to move Etsy, Teradyne and Catalent into the S&P 500, but abstained from including Elon Musk’s…
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The Pentagon said Friday it will stick with Microsoft for a major cloud contract that has been disputed in court for months. The JEDI, or Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, deal has become one of the most hotly contested contracts…
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Apple has delayed the implementation of new privacy measures designed to stop apps and websites tracking people online without their consent.The changes also mean app will have to ask a user's permission to access the ad-tracking ID on an…
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In countries where the economy has been ravaged by the effects of the coronavirus, job losses are soaring - except in the technology sector, where companies such as Amazon are creating thousands of new jobs.In this week's Tech Tent…
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Billionaire investor William Ackman has approached short-term home rental company Airbnb Inc about going public through a reverse merger with his blank-check company, according to people familiar with the matter. The discussions are…
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Uber is to roll out a selfie feature on its app so that drivers can verify some riders are wearing face masks. It will apply to riders who have previously been reported for not wearing a mask. The selfie scanner, to be used in the US…
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Apps, social media platforms and online games that are specifically targeted at children will now have to put privacy at the heart of their design.A code of practice outlining how children's data should be protected has come into force and…
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Microsoft has developed a tool to spot deepfakes - computer-manipulated images in which one person's likeness has been used to replace that of another. The firm says it hopes the tech will help "combat disinformation".One expert has…
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Facebook says it has dismantled a small network of accounts and pages that were part of a Russian influence operation. The company said the campaign was linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency (IRA), an organisation close to the…
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Hacked documents suggest that the FBI is concerned some people may be using Ring or other smart doorbells to watch the police.The papers describe a 2017 incident where someone remotely watched live footage of police preparing to serve a…
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