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February 26, 2021

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Amazon faces biggest union push in its history

February 20, 2021 Joseph Pisani, Associated Press

NEW YORK — The second Jennifer Bates walks away from her post at the Amazon warehouse where she works, the clock starts ticking. She has precisely 30 minutes to get to the cafeteria and back […]

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What is Clubhouse, the buzzy new audio chat app?

February 12, 2021 Barbara Ortutay and Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Clubhouse, an invitation-only audio chat app launched less than a year ago, has caught the attention of tech industry bigshots like Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — not to mention the […]

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5 challenges awaiting Amazon’s new CEO

February 6, 2021 Joe Pisani and Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

NEW YORK — In 1995, few could imagine that the modest online bookstore built by Jeff Bezos would turn into a $1.7 trillion behemoth that sells everything from diapers to sofas, produces movies, owns a […]

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CEO of social media app Parler says board fired him

February 5, 2021 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — John Matze says he has been fired as CEO of Parler, which was among social media services used to plan the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President […]

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may step down without stepping away

February 3, 2021 Joseph Pisani and Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Even after stepping aside as CEO, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos appears likely to keep identifying new frontiers for the world’s dominant e-commerce company. His successor, meanwhile, gets to deal with escalating efforts to curtail its […]

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Apple urges security upgrade to iPhones, iPads

January 27, 2021 The Associated Press

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple is urging iPhone and iPad users to update their devices to fix security flaws that might have been “actively exploited” by hackers. Apple made the software upgrades available Tuesday, adding a […]

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Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia

January 22, 2021 Nick Perry, Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Google on Friday threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government went ahead with plans to make tech giants pay for news content. Australian Prime Minister Scott […]

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Chinese Embassy Twitter account locked for “dehumanization”

January 21, 2021 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twitter locked the account belonging to the Chinese Embassy in Washington after a tweet stated that Uighur women in Xinjiang have been emancipated and are no longer “baby making machines.” One of […]

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WhatsApp growth slumps as rivals Signal, Telegram rise

January 14, 2021 Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — Encrypted messaging apps Signal and Telegram are seeing huge upticks in downloads from Apple and Google’s app stores. Facebook-owned WhatsApp, by contrast, is seeing its growth decline following a fiasco that forced […]

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Simon & Schuster drops book by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley

January 8, 2021 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — A planned book by Sen. Josh Hawley, who objected to President-elect Joe Biden’s win and backed election integrity concerns, has been canceled by its publisher in the wake of the chaotic protest […]

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