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The First Americans Are Being Vaccinated. Now, the Hard Part
The next few weeks will also be a trial run for the computer systems states plan to use to track…
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Trump Could Torpedo a Bill to Boost Funding for AI
Over a tumultuous four years, the Trump administration has steadily emphasized the importance of artificial intelligence to American competitiveness. Now…
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Texas Accuses Google and Facebook of an Illegal Conspiracy
“If you can prove an agreement between two firms, once you have proof of that agreement, it is called per…
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How Restaurants Retooled for Takeout—and Survival
The owners’ resistance to takeout is almost forgotten. “If we want the business to survive, we had to change the…
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A Clever Strategy to Distribute Covid Aid—With Satellite Data
When the novel coronavirus reached Togo in March, its leaders, like those of many countries, responded with stay-at-home orders to…
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Uber Faces a Fine for Refusing to Give Details on Assaults
The California Public Utility Commission has slapped Uber with a $59 million fine for refusing to hand over detailed records…
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Airlines’ Pandemic-Driven Cargo Business Will Keep Flying
Airlines have also consolidated routes and eliminated thousands of flights that duplicated the more popular ones several times a day.…
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Why Did the NSA Go (Virtually) MIA?
Plus: A visit to the agency’s headquarters, a license for engineers, and a holiday reprieve. Source link
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Google’s Antitrust Cases: A Guide for the Perplexed
Do good things come in threes? Not if you’re Google. Heading into the holidays, the company finds itself facing a…
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Some UK Stores Are Using Facial Recognition to Track Shoppers
“The data is then held stored and shared proportionally with other retailers creating a bigger watchlist where all benefit,” a…
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