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Family sues Amazon One Medical after death followed a virtual appointment
The family of a 45-year-old California man who died after seeking care from Amazon One Medical sued the company, alleging it was โcareless, reckless and negligent.โ Source link
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Biden supports a ban on congressional stock trading
Biden expressed his support for changing the requirements for lawmakers during an interview with the advocacy-journalism outlet More Perfect Union. Source link
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I used Amazonโs AI for my holiday shopping list. Hereโs how it went.
Amazon wants its AI to be more useful than a great human salesperson when youโre not sure what to buy. Source link
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In online drone panic, conspiracy thinking has gone mainstream
Authorities are urging calm. But with trust in media and other institutions at all-time lows, fringe theories are winning the day. Source link
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TikTok asks Supreme Court to block law that would shut down app in U.S.
The company wants the Supreme Court to intervene before Jan. 19, the deadline Congress set for TikTokโs China-based owner to sell the video-sharing platform. Source link
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Senate probe finds Amazon manipulates workplace injury data
The firm discourages injured workers from seeking outside medical care and ignored internal safety recommendations, a panel led by Sen. Bernie Sanders found. Source link
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Authorities abroad use phone-cracking tools to install spyware, report says
As tech companies make it harder to infect phones remotely, governments are using physical access to the devices of activists to insert spyware programs. Source link
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Donald Bitzer, a pioneer of cyberspace and plasma screens, dies at 90
He helped shape cyberculture as the father of PLATO, a computer-based educational network that sparked the development of plasma screens and digital messaging. Source link
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U.S. and China renew science agreement as officials brace for new tensions
The scope of the long-running pact on science and technology cooperation has been narrowed amid a competitive rivalry likely to intensify under Trump. Source link
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New emails reveal Muskโs demand to โunequivocallyโ control OpenAI
ChatGPT developer OpenAI responded to a lawsuit from the billionaire by releasing messaging showing he demanded control of the company in 2017. Source link
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