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Google Sister Company Rolls Out Coronavirus Screening Form
Google’s parent company is rolling out a new online form to help determine if individuals who believe they are at high risk of becoming infected by the novel coronavirus are eligible for testing.
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Apple to Pay Up to $500M Over Battery-Related Phone Slowdown
IPhone owners could get $25 from Apple after the company agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle claims over intentionally slowing down older phones to preserve older batteries.
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Video of Pelosi Brings Renewed Attention to “Cheapfakes”
The issue of misleading political messages on social media has arisen again, as President Donald Trump tweeted an edited video showing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi repeatedly tearing up his State of the Union speech as he honored audience members and showed a military family reuniting. Pelosi did tear the pages of her copy of the speech — but only after…
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Why Tech Has Been Slow to Fight Wildfires, Extreme Weather
For two years running , California’s wildfires have sent plumes of smoke across Silicon Valley. So far, that hasn’t spurred much tech innovation aimed at addressing extreme-weather disasters associated with climate change. It’s true that tech companies from enterprise software-maker Salesforce to financial-technology firm Stripe have pushed to dramatically reduce their climate impact. Individual investors and small investment firms have stepped in to...
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Google Co-founders Step Aside as Antitrust Scrutiny Heats Up
Google’s co-founders are relinquishing their executive positions just as state and federal regulators, not to mention the Department of Justice and Congress, are taking a keen interest in possible abuse of its privacy practices and market power.