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Google agrees to pay $700M and make certain changes to its app store to settle a 2021 antitrust lawsuit brought by 36 US states and the District of Columbia (Ben Glickman/Wall Street Journal)
Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal: Google agrees to pay $700M and make certain changes to its app store to…
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Western intelligence officials say that former Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek, who fled to Moscow after nearly $2B went missing, was likely a Russian agent for years (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Western intelligence officials say that former Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek, who fled to Moscow after nearly $2B…
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How parametric insurance startups use data science and AI to limit their liability, as climate change makes typical kinds of coverage unprofitable (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: How parametric insurance startups use data science and AI to limit their liability, as…
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A look at Alibaba's decline since China halted Ant's IPO in 2020, losing its online shopping dominance to rival PDD last week, and roadblocks in revival plans (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: A look at Alibaba’s decline since China halted Ant’s IPO in 2020, losing its online shopping dominance…
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Emails show Twitter is offering free ad space by matching ad spending up to $250K; all ads must run by February 28, a period that includes the Super Bowl (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Emails show Twitter is offering free ad space by matching ad spending up to $250K; all ads…
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Google Cloud introduces an AI tool designed to help retailers keep track of their inventory by analyzing imagery from retailers' ceiling cameras, robots, more (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)
Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: Google Cloud introduces an AI tool designed to help retailers keep track of their…
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Sources: DOJ cleared its antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter to oversee probes involving Google; Google had sought his recusal, citing his work with Yelp and others (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Sources: DOJ cleared its antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter to oversee probes involving Google; Google had sought his…
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YouTube is testing a new hub of free, ad-supported streaming channels as it looks to compete with Roku, Paramount's Pluto TV, and Fox's Tubi (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: YouTube is testing a new hub of free, ad-supported streaming channels as it looks to compete with…
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Google argues that gutting Section 230 would "upend the internet" in a brief filed with the US Supreme Court ahead of a YouTube case involving terrorist content (John D. McKinnon/Wall Street Journal)
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: Google argues that gutting Section 230 would “upend the internet” in a brief…
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