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Twilio CEO Resigns Amid Activist Push

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Twilio CEO and co-founder Jeff Lawson says he’s step down following a protracted battle with a pair of persnickety activist investors.

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Big Tech’s Legal-Shield Promises Are All About Keeping Customers In-House

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Can artificial intelligence companies really offer customers legal shields for any copyright disputes over content their AI makes?

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Google May Watch Users Closely with Context-Aware Digital Assistants

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Google filing for a context-driven digital assistant raises the question of privacy versus usefulness in consumer tech.

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FAA Launches Probe into Boeing Aircrafts After Alaska Air Mishap

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The Federal Aviation Administration is temporarily grounding over 170 of Boeing’s 737 Max 9 aircraft after a scary incident.

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Radio Giant Audacy Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

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Audacy, one of the largest radio networks in the nation, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday to restructure its billion-dollar debt load.

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Ford’s Privacy Patent Connects the Car to the Office

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Ford may let you take work-from-anywhere even more seriously.

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The World’s Largest Mining Operation Is Finally Ready to Break Ground

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The world’s largest mining project is expected to get off the ground this year — and it only took about three decades.

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eBay Saves Face with Image Data Privacy Patent

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Preserving privacy in image datasets could be beneficial in training visual AI without putting user data at risk.

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Can Wind Power Ride Out the Storm?

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For the wind power sector, 2023 was a financial bloodbath. As we hit peak fossil fuel usage, wind power needs the wind back in its sails.

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US Flight Cancellations Hit a 10-Year Low in 2023

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It’s not your imagination — 2023 was the best year in a decade for actually boarding your flight.

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Blue Origin Blasts Off to Expansion Mode

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Jeff Bezos’ company has stepped up its space game by picking up an upstart to expand even further.

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Banks Have a Lot of Cash But Aren’t Ready to Use It

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The lenders that survived last spring’s crisis throughout the industry are flush, but are still shy about spending.

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Snap’s Patent Could Help Advertisers Know What Makes Users Swipe

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Snap wants to know what makes you click. But sarcastic teens could thwart the tech in its latest patent.

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EV Makers Worry About Tax Credits in a Second Trump Term

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If Biden loses, the tax credits from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act may get wiped out, hampering future sales.

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The Great Job Churn Has Ended

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Unlike the labor-market turnstile of the pandemic, people are beginning to be a little more methodical in their job hunts.

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Disney Gets Some Help from ValueAct in Board Battle

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The media and theme-park giant agreed to consult with the hedge fund in exchange for backing its board slate.

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Disney Could Bring Machine Learning to Parks’ CCTV

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The tech could raise privacy concerns if it’s used on Disney theme park visitors that are children and minors.

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BlackRock Still Leads US ETF Market, But It’s Losing Ground

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The asset manager’s rival Vanguard has captured investors’ recent interest in embracing cheap broad-market index funds.

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Tesla Starts 2024 With Good News and Bad News

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Tesla’s delivery numbers looked pretty good, until you compare them to those from up-and-coming Chinese rival BYD.

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Apple Stumbles Out of the Gate as Analysts Fret iPhone Sales

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Barclays analysts fear that the company’s iPhone 15 and its upcoming sequel are not going to spark new revenue growth.

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Walmart Patent Signals AI Transformation for Bricks-and-Mortar Retail

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Why AI Augmentation Tech Is More Than a ‘Cost-Cutting Tool’

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Why Access Controls May Be AI’s Biggest Security Vulnerability

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