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Amazon cloud computing unit plans to invest $11 billion to build data center in northern Indiana
Amazon’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center in northern Indiana that will create at least 1,000 new jobs
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Biden just signed a bill that could ban TikTok. His campaign plans to stay on the app anyway
President Joe Biden’s signing of legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. runs counter to his campaign’s embrace of the platform and outreach to influencers
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Connecticut Senate passes wide-ranging bill to regulate AI. But its fate remains uncertain
The Connecticut Senate has passed one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm
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Meta more than doubles Q1 profit but revenue guidance pulls shares down after-hours
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta says its first-quarter profit more than doubled, boosted by higher advertising revenue and a 6% increase on the average price of ads on its platforms
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Oracle's Larry Ellison says planned Nashville campus will be company's 'world headquarters'
Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison says the business software giant’s planned campus in Nashville, Tennessee, will serve as its world headquarters and place it in a city that's a center of the health care industry
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Tesla driver in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist told police he was using Autopilot
A Tesla that may have been operating on the company’s Autopilot driving system has hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle
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Poland's prosecutor general says previous government used spyware against hundreds of people
Poland’s prosecutor general has told the parliament that powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people during the former government in Poland
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TikTok may be banned in the US. Here's what happened when India did it
The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature
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Ancestry website cataloguing names of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II
The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II have been digitized and made available for free on Ancestry
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TikTok bows to European pressure and halts reward feature on new app in France and Spain
TikTok is halting a feature on its new app rewarding users in Europe for watching videos, after facing pressure from regulators worried about its addictive features
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