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COMPLETE LIST OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS
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COMPLETE LIST OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS

COMPLETE LIST OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS

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December 14, 2019
Holidays Bring Phishing Scam Surge Aimed At Small Business
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Holidays Bring Phishing Scam Surge Aimed At Small Business

The email looked legitimate, so Danielle Radin clicked on the link it contained, expecting to have her products included in a holiday gift guide.

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Complacency A Concern As Aids Treatment Improves In Africa
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Complacency A Concern As Aids Treatment Improves In Africa

AIDS has no cure. HIV is still here. But some people are forgetting that.

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European Space Agency Gets More Funds, Also For Moon Mission
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European Space Agency Gets More Funds, Also For Moon Mission

The 22 member states of the European Space agency pledged to boost their funding to support more missions and research projects, including a new generation of satellites to monitor climate change.

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Huawei Moving US Research Center To Canada
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Huawei Moving US Research Center To Canada

The founder of Huawei says the Chinese tech giant is moving its U.S. research center to Canada due to American sanctions on the company.

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Video Game Maker To Pay $10 Million In Gender Bias Case
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Video Game Maker To Pay $10 Million In Gender Bias Case

The maker of popular video game League of Legends has agreed to pay $10 million to female employees to settle a broad gender discrimination case.

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UK Election Is Full Of Dirty Tricks And Political Clicks
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UK Election Is Full Of Dirty Tricks And Political Clicks

Britain is proving a lawless landscape for political mudslingers mining cyberspace for votes in an election that could determine the U.K.’s future relationship with the European Union.

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Deadly Defect Found In Another Version Of Takata Airbags
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Deadly Defect Found In Another Version Of Takata Airbags

A new and distinct problem has been discovered in air bags made by the now bankrupt company Takata which has led to at least one death.

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Microsoft Shareholders Defeat 2 Activist Proposals
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Microsoft Shareholders Defeat 2 Activist Proposals

Microsoft’s shareholders have defeated two proposals by activist investors calling for the company to add a rank-and-file employee on its board of directors and report on gender disparities in company salaries.

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Angry China Weighs Options As Trump Backs Hong Kong Bills
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Angry China Weighs Options As Trump Backs Hong Kong Bills

China’s fury over President Donald Trump’s decision to sign legislation supporting human rights in Hong Kong is evident.

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November 30, 2019
Airbnb To Verify All 7 Million Properties To Improve Trust
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Airbnb To Verify All 7 Million Properties To Improve Trust

Airbnb says it will spend the next year verifying that all 7 million of its listings are accurate and that the homes and rooms being offered for short-term stays meet basic quality standards.

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November 09, 2019
Best Buy Cruises Into The Holidays
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Best Buy Cruises Into The Holidays

Best Buy is entering the critical holiday season with good cheer, raising its profit expectations for the current quarter.

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November 30, 2019
3-D Printing Recreates Ancient Sculpture Destroyed By ISIS
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3-D Printing Recreates Ancient Sculpture Destroyed By ISIS

A figure of a roaring lion, about the size of a loaf of bread, is the latest step in the fight to preserve culture from conflict.

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July 6, 2019
Trump Campaign, Gop Groups Attack Google's New AD Policy
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Trump Campaign, Gop Groups Attack Google's New AD Policy

President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and other Republican election groups criticized tech giant Google on Tuesday for making it harder for political advertisers to target specific types of people.

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November 30, 2019
Panasonic Leaves Semiconductor Business With Taiwan Sale
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Panasonic Leaves Semiconductor Business With Taiwan Sale

Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic Corp. is abandoning the semiconductor business with the sale of its last business in that sector to a Taiwanese company.

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November 30, 2019
Nissan Invests In Production To Prepare For Electric Age
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Nissan Invests In Production To Prepare For Electric Age

Nissan is investing 33 billion yen ($303 million) in its flagship auto plant in Japan’s Tochigi prefecture in a first rollout of a production system geared toward electric vehicles.

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November 30, 2019
Group Of French Lawmakers Wants To Ban Black Friday Sales
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Group Of French Lawmakers Wants To Ban Black Friday Sales

Some French lawmakers want to ban ‘Black Friday’, the post-Thanksgiving sales event that has morphed into a global phenomenon.

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November 30, 2019
Gift-Wrapping This Season Trends Jazzy But Sustainable
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Gift-Wrapping This Season Trends Jazzy But Sustainable

The trend in gift wrapping this holiday season is toward jazzy yet sustainable options.

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November 30, 2019
Ebay Selling Stubhub To Viagogo For $4.05 Billion
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Ebay Selling Stubhub To Viagogo For $4.05 Billion

EBay is selling StubHub to ticket seller viagogo for $4.05 billion in cash.

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November 30, 2019
Consumer Confidence Still High Despite November Decline
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Consumer Confidence Still High Despite November Decline

US consumer confidence declined slightly for a fourth consecutive month, but it remains elevated with the holiday shopping season ramping up.

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November 30, 2019
Bosch To Stop Motor Scooter-Sharing Service Coup In Europe
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Bosch To Stop Motor Scooter-Sharing Service Coup In Europe

German engineering firm Bosch is shutting down its motor scooter-sharing service Coup, currently operating in four European cities.

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November 30, 2019
Uber to Let Users Record Audio of Rides in Brazil, Mexico
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Uber to Let Users Record Audio of Rides in Brazil, Mexico

Uber will allow passengers and drivers in Brazil and Mexico to record audio of their rides as it attempts to improve its safety record and image.

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November 23, 2019
Sibling Rivalry, Affection Rule New season of 'The Crown'
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Sibling Rivalry, Affection Rule New season of 'The Crown'

Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter, aka Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret in Netflix’s “The Crown,” are perched royally atop folding chairs as they hold court in a hotel suite serving as an interview room.

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November 23, 2019
Amnesty International Calls Facebook, Google Rights Abusers
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Amnesty International Calls Facebook, Google Rights Abusers

Amnesty International issued a scathing indictment of the world’s dominant internet corporations, arguing in a new report that Google and Facebook should be forced to abandon what it calls their surveillance-based business model because it is “predicated on human rights abuse.”

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November 23, 2019
MUTED LAUNCH FOR GOOGLE'S GAME-STREAMING SERVICE STADIA
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MUTED LAUNCH FOR GOOGLE'S GAME-STREAMING SERVICE STADIA

Google’s new game-streaming service Stadia demonstrates the possibilities of gaming from the cloud, but experts say it’s hindered by a lack of compelling video games and a convoluted pricing scheme.

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November 23, 2019
SUPREME COURT STEPS INTO GOOGLE-ORACLE COPYRIGHT FIGHT
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SUPREME COURT STEPS INTO GOOGLE-ORACLE COPYRIGHT FIGHT

The Supreme Court said it will referee a high profile copyright dispute between technology giants Oracle and Google. Oracle says it wants nearly $9 billion from Google.

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November 23, 2019
WHERE PARENTS FEEL LIKE CHAUFFEURS, COMPANIES STEP IN
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WHERE PARENTS FEEL LIKE CHAUFFEURS, COMPANIES STEP IN

When Deb Fink heard about a company that could drive her 9-year-old son to his after-school program, she balked at the idea of putting him in a car with a stranger.

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November 23, 2019
GOOGLE'S DO GOOD ARM TRIES TO MAKE UP FOR EVERYTHING ELSE
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GOOGLE'S DO GOOD ARM TRIES TO MAKE UP FOR EVERYTHING ELSE

Google’s head of philanthropy says the company is having “a lot of conversations” internally amid worries about the tech giant’s bottomless appetite for consumer data and how it uses its algorithms.

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November 23, 2019
CHINA BATS AWAY RUMORS, SAYS TRADE TALKS WITH US CONTINUE
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CHINA BATS AWAY RUMORS, SAYS TRADE TALKS WITH US CONTINUE

China is working to resolve conflicts with Washington over trade, a Commerce Ministry official said Thursday, dismissing speculation the talks might be in trouble as inaccurate “rumors.”

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November 23, 2019
GOOGLE REINS IN POLITICAL ADVERTISING
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GOOGLE REINS IN POLITICAL ADVERTISING

Google is making it harder for political advertisers to target specific types of people.

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November 23, 2019