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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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3 injured, suspect dead in shooting on Austin’s crowded downtown 6th Street
Three people were wounded, one critically, and the suspect is dead after a shooting involving police on the crowded 6th…
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LA City Council approves motion to develop special street vending zones
The Los Angeles City Council approved a motion calling for the development of a special vending zone, effectively allowing street vendors to…
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How Street Sense, The Salvation Army, and Samaritan are using tech to help the unhoused, as people shift to cashless payment apps and don't carry spare change (Ashraf Khalil/Associated Press)
Ashraf Khalil / Associated Press: How Street Sense, The Salvation Army, and Samaritan are using tech to help the unhoused,…
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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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The US and UK governments jointly accuse Russia's FSB of orchestrating a wide-ranging, global hacking campaign since 2015 to interfere in British elections (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: The US and UK governments jointly accuse Russia’s FSB of orchestrating a wide-ranging, global hacking campaign since…
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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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