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The investigation is looking into a January 17 crash where a Zoox robotaxi hit the driver's side door of a parked car, which Zoox said was "suddenly opened." Also, once symbolic of a mid-2010s San Francisco tech bro, Allbirds is cutting costs to "support the long-term health of t ...  Show more

Google signed deals to pay over 300 European publishers for news content, the European Commission unveiled a new plan for combating CSAM on tech platforms, and Intel made a desktop chip for laptops with the Alder Lake-HX series.

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Elon Musk secures financing for a tender offer on Twitter, Google announced new cookie banners for Europe, and the newly launched CNN+ streaming service will shutdown on April 30th.

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The privacy controversy surrounding FaceApp; Netflix loses subscribers in the U.S. for the first time in a long time; CES to allow sex toys at next year's show; Amazon Prime Day is a roaring success once again; a new service ensures you're never hit with subscription fees after a ...  Show more

Amazon backs down from its plans to no longer accept Visa credit cards, security researchers find new sophisticated cross-platform remote access trojan, and Microsoft finds ransomware-like malware targeting Ukrainian organizations.

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