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Elliott targets Twitter, seeking CEO Dorsey’s removal: sources
Amazon tells employees to pause nonessential travel in U.S. due to coronavirus
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Amazon says it has barred 1M+ products from sale in recent weeks that had inaccurately claimed to cure or defend against the coronavirus
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Powered by hydrogen, Hyundai’s trucks aim to conquer the Swiss Alps. Hyundai’s hydrogen-powered 18-tonne trucks are set to hit the roads in Switzerland next month
Sources: FCC proposes fining AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon at least $200M in total for improperly disclosing some real-time location data of users
Google says it will spend $10B on offices and data centers in the US this year, focusing on 11 states including MA and NY, down from $13B in 2019
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Apple appeal in patent fight with VirnetX
Ex-Apple employees and supply chain experts say preparation for new iPhone production, which usually starts early in the year, may be delayed due to COVID-19
Facebook would have to pay $3.50 per month to U.S. users for sharing contact info: study
Facebook would have to pay $3.50 per month to U.S. users for contact info: study
U.S. safety board to issue new recommendations in probe of fatal Tesla Autopilot crash
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Apple's appeal to avoid paying ~$400M in damages to VirnetX in longstanding patent infringement case
Swedish game developer Embracer to buy US-based Saber Interactive, maker of the game World War Z, for up to $525M in cash and stock, most of which is deferred
After exiting Colombia in January, Uber relaunches in the country after finding a legal loophole, says customers will now rent vehicles with drivers via its app
Samsung Electronics confirms coronavirus case at phone factory complex in South Korea
Global telcos join Alphabet, SoftBank’s flying cellphone antenna lobbying effort
U.S. agency that handles Trump’s secure communication suffered data breach
Inside the Philip Morris campaign to 'normalize' a tobacco device
Samsung Electronics names ex-finance minister Bahk Jae-wan its new board chairman after his predecessor was jailed for union-busting activities
Cloud-based HR software providers Kronos and Ultimate Software to merge, say the combined company will have revenues of ~$3B and an enterprise value of $22B
Should Facebook, Google be liable for user posts? asks U.S. Attorney General
Sweden’s central bank says it has begun testing an e-krona
Google users in UK to lose EU data protection – sources
Sources: following Brexit, Google plans to move UK user accounts out of EU's jurisdiction and into the US', where privacy protections are weaker
Should Facebook, Google be liable for user posts? asks U.S. Attorney General Barr
Facebook tax court trial begins over Ireland offshore deal
Sources: SoftBank has invested $2.5B of its own cash into investments since October, as it seeks to re-establish credibility ahead of a planned Vision Fund 2
China has partnered with Alibaba and Tencent to expand a QR code-like system for tracking individual citizens' health, with a nationwide rollout planned
EU industry chief tells Facebook to adapt to EU, not other way round
Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook’s Zuckerberg
In a presentation, online retailers in India ask the government to scale back a proposal for 1% tax on each sale made by third-party sellers on their platforms
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