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Google says it won't stalk you across the web with cookies. Experts think it's a clever ploy to consolidate its ads empire

Summary List Placement Google made a big announcement on Wednesday - it's going to stop following people round the web. Sort of. The tech giant said in a blog post that it will...
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Rudy Giuliani's legal woes mount as a federal criminal investigation into his Ukraine dealings resumes, report says

31 minutes ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement A federal criminal investigation into Rudy Giuliani has resumed, according to the Associated Press. The US Attorney's office at the South District of New...
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'It Really Is A Gag Order': California May Limit Nondisclosure Agreements

37 minutes ago | NPR

Former Pinterest employee Ifeoma Ozoma risked a lawsuit when she made public her allegations of workplace discrimination and harassment. She hopes California will ban contracts...
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Elon Musk says Tesla will double its Full Self-Driving software's beta program. It comes amid news that Ford's Mustang Mach-E is eating into Tesla's US sales

47 minutes ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday said the carmaker would double a beta testing program for its self-driving software. The news comes amid reports that...
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Hold That Drill: Why Wall Street Wants Energy Companies To Pump Less Oil, Not More

1 hour ago | NPR

After bankrolling oil companies for years and seeing poor returns, investors are now pressuring companies to keep their oil output lower, instead of higher. (Image credit: Apu...
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U.S. and EU agree to suspend tariffs amid hopes of a ‘fresh start' from the bruising Trump trade wars

1 hour ago | Fortune

The truce means a pause on tariffs levied against aircraft, wine, food and other products, many of which stem from the Trump era trade war.
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A Year Without Our Work Friends

1 hour ago | NY Times

What the absence of day-to-day connections showed us about how we spent our days.
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The Robots Are Coming for Phil in Accounting

1 hour ago | NY Times

Workers with college degrees and specialized training once felt relatively safe from automation. They aren't.
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Inside the disruptive rise of $2 billion Babylon Health, which sources say is considering a multibillion-dollar SPAC in 2021

1 hour ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement At the beginning of this year, Babylon Health CEO Ali Parsa told his 2,000-strong staff in an all-hands that the firm's partnership with the Canadian...
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How To Watch Or Live Stream UFC 259: Petr Yan Vs. Aljamain Sterling

1 hour ago | Forbes | 3 articles

Petr Yan puts his bantamweight title on the line against Aljamain Sterling tonight at UFC 259.
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NASA's Perseverance rover just went for its first drive on Mars, then...

Summary List Placement NASA's Perseverance rover left its footprints on Mars on Thursday after going for its first drive. The jaunt proved the vehicle can make its way around... Read more ...

Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema votes against $15 minimum wage with a...

Summary List Placement Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona Democrat, dramatically indicated her "no" vote with a thumbs-down to the Senate clerk on a measure to raise the federal... Read more ...

Trump sued for 'incitement to riot' and terrorism over Capitol attack by...

Summary List Placement Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, a former House impeachment manager, on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against former President Donald Trump... Read more ...

Trump appointee arrested over Capitol riot took a police riot shield and...

Summary List Placement A Trump appointee who has been arrested in connection with the Capitol riot fought police and used a riot shield to wedge the door to the building open... Read more ...

Staunch Big Tech critic joins White House

The move could have Apple glancing over its shoulder... What you need to know Tim Wu has joined the White House as part of the National Economic Council. Wu is known as a... Read more ...

A business owner's guide to Pa.'s next wave of COVID-19 relief grants

The aid is targeted at businesses with fewer than 300 employees that have lost at least 25% of their sales as a result of the pandemic. Read more ...

Strong 379,000 jobs added in hopeful sign for US economy

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers added a robust 379,000 jobs last month, the most since October and a sign that the economy is strengthening as confirmed viral cases drop, consumers... Read more ...

Bitcoin mining company Cipher to go public via $2 billion SPAC merger with...

Summary List Placement Newly formed bitcoin mining operation Cipher Mining Technologies announced it will go public in a merger with blank-check company Good Works Acquisition... Read more ...

US economy adds 379,000 jobs as rebound from COVID surge accelerates

The US economy added 379,000 jobs in February, far outpacing expectations amid a sharp drop in coronavirus infections that helped loosen the pandemic's grip on the labor market. Read more ...

President of Brazil, presiding over one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in...

Summary List Placement Brazil's populist president told people to "stop whining" as he presides over what is arguably the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the world. Jair Bolsonaro... Read more ...