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FILE - In this April 14, 2020 file photo, the thumbs up Like logo is shown on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park,…
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Long-awaited Facebook Oversight Board to Launch in October
Whether the board will hear cases related to the November election has not been announced
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Thu, 09/24/2020 - 09:49 PM
An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 21,…
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Apple Critics Form Coalition to Challenge App Store Fees
Apple charges a commission for apps that use its in-app payment system and sets out extensive rules for apps in its App Store
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Thu, 09/24/2020 - 09:40 PM
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights hearing in Washington
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US Justice Department Proposes Changes to Internet Platforms' Immunity
Critics have accused Google of breaking antitrust law by abusing its dominance of online advertising and its Android smartphone operating system as well as favoring its own businesses in search
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Wed, 09/23/2020 - 09:56 PM
FILE PHOTO: A man holding a phone walks past a sign of Chinese company ByteDance's app TikTok, known locally as Douyin, at the…
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TikTok Asks Judge to Block US From Barring App for Download
A federal judge in San Francisco on Saturday issued a preliminary injunction blocking a similar Commerce Department order from taking effect Sunday on Tencent Holdings' WeChat app
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Wed, 09/23/2020 - 06:47 PM
Rainer Knirsch, Telekom press spokesman, wears a mouth and nose protector with the app's logo at the beginning of a press conference on the 100-day Corona Warning App at the Federal Press Conference Center in Berlin, Sept. 23, 2020.
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German Coronavirus App Transmits 1.2 million Test Results in First 100 Days, Officials Say
German health minister says app downloaded 18 million times since June
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Wed, 09/23/2020 - 10:09 AM
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75th UNGA Virtual Format Creates Cybersecurity Challenges
The 75th U.N. General Assembly is breaking new ground by going virtual this year due to the coronavirus
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By Aaron Fedor
Tue, 09/22/2020 - 08:26 PM
What the Fight Over TikTok Portends for Tech
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What Fight Over TikTok Portends for Tech
Around the world, businesses are watching battle US and China are waging in an array of communications industries and wondering what it will mean for them
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Mon, 09/21/2020 - 12:11 PM
Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. President…
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US Challenges Injunction Against WeChat App Store Bans
Judge ruled that Trump administration’s actions would restrict users’ free speech rights under First Amendment
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Mon, 09/21/2020 - 11:54 AM
Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. President…
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US Judge Blocks Order to Remove WeChat From App Stores 
Commerce Department issued order Friday to block app by Sunday night, citing national security grounds
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Sun, 09/20/2020 - 11:40 AM
FILE - A general view of Facebook's elections operation center in Dublin, Ireland, May 2, 2019.
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Newspaper: Facebook Tells Irish Court That Probe Threatens Its EU Operations
Facebook tells High Court it cannot see how its services could operate in the European Union if regulators freeze its data transfer mechanism, the 'Sunday Business Post' reports
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Sun, 09/20/2020 - 09:29 AM
FILE - A French gendarme in Calvados wearing a blue Gore-Tex jacket, Feb. 28, 2005.
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Robert W. Gore, Inventor of Gore-Tex Fabric, Dead at 83 
Robert W. Gore, whose invention of what created the breathable-yet-waterproof fabric known as Gore-Tex revolutionized outdoor wear and helped spawn uses in numerous other fields, has died
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Sun, 09/20/2020 - 09:09 AM
Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. President…
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Trump Administration Announces Bans of TikTok, WeChat
National security concerns are cited; US Commerce Department announcement comes as the latest development in America’s tech fight with China
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Fri, 09/18/2020 - 08:49 PM
Tech Glitches Abound as a New US School Year Gets Underway with Remote Instruction
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Tech Glitches Abound as US Kids Start New School Year
Experts counsel patience as education resumes in the COVID era
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By Deana Mitchell
Sat, 09/19/2020 - 02:56 AM
FILE - U.S. and Chinese flags surround a TikTok logo in this illustration photo taken July 16, 2020.
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Officials: Trump to Block US Downloads of TikTok, WeChat on Sunday
Commerce officials said the ban on new U.S. downloads of TikTok could be still rescinded by President Donald Trump before it takes effect late Sunday as TikTok owner ByteDance races to clinch an agreement over the fate of its U.S. operations
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Fri, 09/18/2020 - 10:11 AM
FILE - U.S. and Chinese flags surround a TikTok logo in this illustration photo taken July 16, 2020.
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ByteDance Plans TikTok IPO To Win US Deal as Deadline Looms, Sources Say
President Donald Trump has threatened a US ban on TikTok could happen as early as next week
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Thu, 09/17/2020 - 09:25 PM