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Tesla Engineer Tells US Court That the Firm Staged 2016 Video Promoting Self-Driving Capabilities
A Tesla engineer has testified during Elon Musk's ongoing shareholder lawsuit that the company's promotional video in 2016 showing off the vehicle's capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light was staged and the vehicle did not have those capabilities. The video was released in October 2016 and promoted on Twitter by...
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White House Order Said to Push Antitrust Enforcement Throughout US Economy
The White House is working on an antitrust executive order that aims to push government agencies to consider how their decisions will impact competition in an industry, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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"We've Made Mistakes," Boeing CEO Tells US Lawmakers At Hearing
Boeing Co Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg was pressed by US lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday over what the company knew about its MCAS stall-prevention system linked to two deadly crashes, and about delays in turning over internal 2016 messages that described erratic behaviour of the software in a simulator.
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Apple Considered Samsung, MediaTek to Supply 5G Modems for 2019 iPhones
Apple held talks with Samsung and MediaTek along with Intel to supply 5G modem chips for 2019 iPhones, according to an Apple executive's testimony at a trial between Qualcomm and the US FTC.
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US Family Of 8 Killed "Execution Style", Bodies Scattered In 4 Houses
Four members of a family were arrested Tuesday in the 2016 killings of seven adults and a 16-year-old boy in Pike County, Ohio, state officials announced Tuesday afternoon.
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Facebook's Zuckerberg Disavows Memo Saying All User Growth Is Good
A Facebook executive said in an internal memo in 2016 that the social media company needed to pursue adding users above all else.
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Cambridge Analytica Played Key Trump Campaign Role, CEO Says in UK TV 'Sting'
British broadcaster Channel 4 News mounted a "sting operation" in which it secretly recorded Cambridge Analytica Chief Executive Alexander Nix saying he had met the then Republican presidential candidate "many times".
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US, European Officials Question Facebook's Protection Of Personal Data
U.S. and European officials on Sunday called for Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to explain how personal information about tens of millions of users ended up in the hands of a data analysis firm that worked for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign - without the permission or knowledge of the vast majority of those affected.
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'We Need To Do More' About Misinformation, Google Says
A top Google executive has said the US internet giant has to do more to crack down on illegal content and misinformation, after American firms were grilled in Congress over Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.
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H-1B Visa Programme: Donald Trump To Seek Changes To Encourage Hiring Americans
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will sign an executive order directing federal agencies to recommend changes to a temporary visa programme used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill high-skilled jobs.
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How To Stay Sane In A World Of Crazy News
Life comes at you fast-these days, it seems, at the speed of light. The first 100 days of any new presidential administration bring a flurry of actions and reactions, but this first month alone has been a blizzard of executive orders, presidential tweets, and momentous events-among them an immigration order that created havoc at airports before bei...
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IBM Touts Trump-Pleasing Hiring Plans While Firing Thousands
On the eve of a summit last month between technology executives and then President-elect Donald Trump, IBM Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty publicly pledged to hire about 25,000 U.S. workers and spend $1 billion on training over the next four years.
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US Executions Hit 25-Year Low In 2016: Study
The number of US executions fell to a quarter-century low in 2016 as new death sentences plummeted, indicating capital punishment is on the decline, a study released on Wednesday showed.
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Mark Zuckerberg Discloses Steps To Fight Fake News
Facebook Inc, facing withering criticism for failing to stem a flood of phony news articles in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, is taking a series of steps to weed out hoaxes and other types of false information, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post Friday evening.
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Women Executives Left Yahoo In US Amid Layoffs, Deal Talk
Women executives left Yahoo Inc US operations at an unusually high rate after the technology company announced plans to sell itself earlier this year, but it was not immediately clear why, according to the company's 2016 diversity report, released on Monday.
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Tesla Engineer Tells US Court That the Firm Staged 2016 Video Promoting Self-Driving Capabilities
A Tesla engineer has testified during Elon Musk's ongoing shareholder lawsuit that the company's promotional video in 2016 showing off the vehicle's capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light was staged and the vehicle did not have those capabilities. The video was released in October 2016 and promoted on Twitter by...
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White House Order Said to Push Antitrust Enforcement Throughout US Economy
The White House is working on an antitrust executive order that aims to push government agencies to consider how their decisions will impact competition in an industry, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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"We've Made Mistakes," Boeing CEO Tells US Lawmakers At Hearing
Boeing Co Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg was pressed by US lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday over what the company knew about its MCAS stall-prevention system linked to two deadly crashes, and about delays in turning over internal 2016 messages that described erratic behaviour of the software in a simulator.
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Apple Considered Samsung, MediaTek to Supply 5G Modems for 2019 iPhones
Apple held talks with Samsung and MediaTek along with Intel to supply 5G modem chips for 2019 iPhones, according to an Apple executive's testimony at a trial between Qualcomm and the US FTC.
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US Family Of 8 Killed "Execution Style", Bodies Scattered In 4 Houses
Four members of a family were arrested Tuesday in the 2016 killings of seven adults and a 16-year-old boy in Pike County, Ohio, state officials announced Tuesday afternoon.
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Facebook's Zuckerberg Disavows Memo Saying All User Growth Is Good
A Facebook executive said in an internal memo in 2016 that the social media company needed to pursue adding users above all else.
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Cambridge Analytica Played Key Trump Campaign Role, CEO Says in UK TV 'Sting'
British broadcaster Channel 4 News mounted a "sting operation" in which it secretly recorded Cambridge Analytica Chief Executive Alexander Nix saying he had met the then Republican presidential candidate "many times".
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US, European Officials Question Facebook's Protection Of Personal Data
U.S. and European officials on Sunday called for Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to explain how personal information about tens of millions of users ended up in the hands of a data analysis firm that worked for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign - without the permission or knowledge of the vast majority of those affected.
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'We Need To Do More' About Misinformation, Google Says
A top Google executive has said the US internet giant has to do more to crack down on illegal content and misinformation, after American firms were grilled in Congress over Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.
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H-1B Visa Programme: Donald Trump To Seek Changes To Encourage Hiring Americans
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will sign an executive order directing federal agencies to recommend changes to a temporary visa programme used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill high-skilled jobs.
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How To Stay Sane In A World Of Crazy News
Life comes at you fast-these days, it seems, at the speed of light. The first 100 days of any new presidential administration bring a flurry of actions and reactions, but this first month alone has been a blizzard of executive orders, presidential tweets, and momentous events-among them an immigration order that created havoc at airports before bei...
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IBM Touts Trump-Pleasing Hiring Plans While Firing Thousands
On the eve of a summit last month between technology executives and then President-elect Donald Trump, IBM Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty publicly pledged to hire about 25,000 U.S. workers and spend $1 billion on training over the next four years.
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US Executions Hit 25-Year Low In 2016: Study
The number of US executions fell to a quarter-century low in 2016 as new death sentences plummeted, indicating capital punishment is on the decline, a study released on Wednesday showed.
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Mark Zuckerberg Discloses Steps To Fight Fake News
Facebook Inc, facing withering criticism for failing to stem a flood of phony news articles in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, is taking a series of steps to weed out hoaxes and other types of false information, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post Friday evening.
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Women Executives Left Yahoo In US Amid Layoffs, Deal Talk
Women executives left Yahoo Inc US operations at an unusually high rate after the technology company announced plans to sell itself earlier this year, but it was not immediately clear why, according to the company's 2016 diversity report, released on Monday.
