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Study Shows Facebook Most Cited by Justice Department in Capital Hill Attack Charges

Feb 7, 2021 · 10:48pm PST
A study by the Program on Extremism at the George Washington University of some 200 charging documents found Facebook posts referenced in connection to the January 6 siege 73 times.
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Oscar Health Files to Go Public, Hippo in SPAC Talks

Feb 5, 2021 · 4:00pm PST
The two deals reflect investor excitement about insurance tech startups.
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Microsoft Suspends Donations to Politicians Who Voted to Overturn Election

Feb 5, 2021 · 1:55pm PST
After pausing its political action committee's contributions to members of congress after the Capitol riots, Microsoft is now taking a harder line.
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Alibaba’s $5 Billion Bond Draws Demand Despite Regulatory Crackdown

Feb 5, 2021 · 1:50am PST
The bond, which was oversubscribed, allowed Alibaba to raise money at cheaper rates and signals that investors have largely dismissed its regulatory problems.
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IBM Shutters China Research Lab

Feb 5, 2021 · 1:08am PST
IBM, which opened an R&D center in China in 1995, follows in the footsteps of Oracle, which closed its China lab two years ago.
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Tencent Music Seeks Secondary Listing in Hong Kong

Feb 5, 2021 · 1:02am PST
The firm is taking advantage of Hong Kong's red-hot capital markets and seeking protection from increased scrutiny of Chinese firms listed in the U.S.
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Alphabet Workers Union Files Labor Violation Against Google Contractor

Feb 4, 2021 · 5:47pm PST
The charge claims that the contractor illegally prevented workers from speaking out about wages.
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Twitter Expands Cloud Agreement With Google

Feb 4, 2021 · 2:59pm PST
After moving some data analytics and storage to Google Cloud more than two years ago, Twitter is now moving more of its computing to the provider.
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Pinterest Caps Off 2020 With Huge Revenue and User Growth

Feb 4, 2021 · 2:43pm PST
The company's revenue in the fourth quarter was up 76% as it broke through with advertisers in the US.
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Snap Grows Revenue 62% as Daily Users Reach 265 million

Feb 4, 2021 · 1:11pm PST
CEO Evan Spiegel said the growth “validates the broad appeal of our service” and that “we see a tremendous opportunity to innovate in ecommerce."
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Microsoft Bolsters Teams With New Remote Work Features

Feb 4, 2021 · 12:58pm PST
Microsoft, which has been locked in a battle with Zoom, Slack and others in the market for remote work software, is now upping the ante.
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Digital Now Dominates New York Times Co. Revenues

Feb 4, 2021 · 8:46am PST · 1 comment
Despite growth in digital, long term trends are troubling, as average revenue per digital subscriber is falling and digital advertising is also declining.
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CNN’s Zucker to Leave at End of Year

Feb 4, 2021 · 7:21am PST
The announcement puts to end months of speculation about when the chief would leave, but now raises more questions about the future of the network.
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Banks to Reduce Consumer Loan Cooperation With Ant Group

Feb 3, 2021 · 11:22pm PST
Beijing's regulatory crackdown could force Chinese financial technology giant Ant Group to scale back its consumer credit and loan services.
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Twitter in India Faces Punishment in Showdown With Government Over Censorship

Feb 3, 2021 · 11:18pm PST
The government is angry that Twitter unblocked some 250 accounts it had initially blocked after a government request to censor content from a farmers' protest.
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Parler CEO Fired

Feb 3, 2021 · 6:30pm PST
Former Parler CEO John Matze said he was fired last Friday from the social-media app after disagreements with the company's board.
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Box Acquires Digital Signature Startup, Plans New Product

Feb 3, 2021 · 12:26pm PST
Box is hoping to capture more spending from customers by building a new digital signature service, and acquiring SignRequest to speed those efforts.
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Spotify Sees Growth off Podcasting

Feb 3, 2021 · 6:12am PST
Despite growth, the company's outlook is conservative for 2021.
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Ant Group Reaches Agreement With Government to Become a Financial Holding Company

Feb 3, 2021 · 1:57am PST
The deal will turn Jack Ma's fintech giant into a holding company with similar capital requirements and oversight like a bank.
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Tencent Says It Fired More Than 100 Employees on Suspicion of Graft

Feb 3, 2021 · 12:58am PST
The Chinese tech giant said that it investigated 60 cases since the last quarter of 2019 and turned 40 employees to police for investigation.