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  Alphabet sees higher revenue, profits amid coronaviruas pandemic

  Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 04:32pm on April 29, 2020

  Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday outshined dim earnings expectations, showing higher revenue and profits despite a coronavirus-induced slowdown in its core digital advertising operations in...

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  Court approves record $5b fine of Facebook over privacy

  Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 09:44pm on April 25, 2020

  US regulators on Friday welcomed a ‘historic’ $5 billion settlement with Facebook over data privacy as the social network said it was already implementing the...

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  Autopsies reveal US virus deaths weeks before first reported fatality

  Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 11:27pm on April 22, 2020

  Two people who died in California in early and mid February were confirmed Tuesday as coronavirus cases — weeks before the first reported COVID-19 fatality...

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  Google to provide free online shopping service to traders

  Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 01:26pm on April 22, 2020

  Google is opening its online shopping service to merchants free of charge as it competes with Amazon in precious e-commerce and digital ads...

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  Facebook offers a hug from a distance with emoji update

  Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 02:56am on April 19, 2020

  Facebook is reaching out to give the world a hug — in the form of an emoji people can share while staying safely apart. The...

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  Apple, Google team up on virus ‘contact tracing’ by smartphone

  Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 12:53pm on April 11, 2020

  Google and Apple unveiled a joint initiative Friday to develop a coronavirus smartphone ‘contact tracing’ tool that could potentially alert people when they have crossed...

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  Facebook draws on user data to support fight against COVID-19

  Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 01:28pm on April 07, 2020

  Facebook on Monday said it is providing anonymous data about users’ movements and relationships to help researchers better anticipate where the coronavirus might spread...

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  FB revenue slips as usage leaps during pandemic

  Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 10:32pm on March 25, 2020

  Facebook on Tuesday said that the coronavirus pandemic had users flocking to its services while it undermined ad revenue on which the world’s biggest social...

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  Former Google engineer agrees to plead guilty to secrets theft

  Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 10:21pm on March 20, 2020

  A former Google star engineer charged with stealing trade secrets from its selfdriving car programme has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors,...

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  Walmart to hire 1,50,000 workers as virus spreads in US

  Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 10:16pm on March 20, 2020

  Walmart plans to hire 1,50,000 people to meet increased demand during the coronavirus crisis and will pay out $365 million in bonuses, the US retail...