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Amazon has made $11.2B in profits in 2018 but will pay no federal income tax and will receive a rebate of $129M due to unspecified tax credits — Amazon, the ubiquitous purveyor of two-day delivery of just about everything, nearly doubled its profits to $11.2 billion in 2018 from $5.6 billion …
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| Brad Stone / Bloomberg: |
After Amazon misread New York's politics, pulling out was a typical Bezos' power play of belligerently confronting opposition he views as unfair or unjust — In retrospect, the helipad was probably a bad idea. — The proposed transportation hub for senior Amazon executives was supposed …
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| J. David Goodman / New York Times: |
Amazon says it has canceled plans to build HQ2 in New York City, focusing instead on Northern Virginia and Nashville, following backlash — Amazon on Thursday canceled its plans to build an expansive corporate campus in New York City after facing an unexpectedly fierce backlash from lawmakers …
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| Stefan Etienne / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils 10.5-inch Galaxy Tab S5e, its lightest and thinnest tablet and the first with Bixby built-in, starting at $399, launching in the second quarter — It's $399 and comes in three “millennial friendly” colors — There isn't a single Android tablet we can currently wholeheartedly recommend …
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| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
US Copyright Office has refused a copyright claim for the “Carlton Dance”, a potential blow to performers seeking rights to dance emotes in games like Fortnite — A government examiner also questioned the submission of the actor's performance on ABC's “Dancing With the Stars,” …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Samsung's wearables app reveals new products including Galaxy Buds wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Watch Active smartwatch, and Galaxy Fit and Fit e fitness bands — An update to Samsung's wearables app has inadvertently revealed an entire lineup of new products that are presumably set to be unveiled alongside the Galaxy S10 next week.
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung to open stores in LA, Houston, and Long Island on February 20, the first US retail stores to be operated by the company — Samsung's coming to a mall near you — if you live in California, New York or Texas. — The company on Thursday said it plans to open three Samsung Experience Stores …
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| Tom Wilson / Reuters: |
HSBC exec says its blockchain project, which processes between 3,500 to 5,000 trades worth $350B a day, has cut foreign exchange trading costs by 25% — LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC has reduced the cost of settling foreign exchange trades by a quarter through its blockchain-based system …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
OpenAI says it won't release the dataset behind GPT-2, its new text generator algorithm that can write, translate, and summarize text, due to fears of misuse — OpenAI's researchers knew they were on to something when their language modeling program wrote a convincing essay on a topic they disagreed with.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: the FTC and Facebook are negotiating a record multi-billion dollar fine to settle the agency's investigation into the company's privacy practices — The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook are negotiating over a multi-billion dollar fine that would settle the agency's investigation …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Sources: Facebook keeps a “lookout” list of ex-employees and users who made threats against the company, and sometimes uses its products to track their location — - Facebook maintains a list of individuals that its security guards must “be on lookout” for that is comprised …
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| Matthew Gault / Motherboard: |
The right to repair movement hopes it is getting a strong corporate backer after US insurance giant Allstate buys the smartphone repair company iCracked — With Allstate's purchase of iCracked, you could say the right to repair movement is ... in good hands.
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