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The annual Game Developers Conference, a professional gathering of close to 30,000 interactive industry professionals, has been called off just two weeks before the 2020 edition was to launch due to fears of a coronavirus pandemic.
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At Apple’s annual shareholders meeting, CEO Tim Cook acknowledged the problems posed by coronavirus. A shareholder proposal requiring the company to disclose its cooperation with the Chinese government was voted down despite significant support.
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Salesforce.com Inc. raised its annual revenue forecast, but the strong results were overshadowed by the news that co-Chief Executive Officer Keith Block had stepped down.
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Telecom companies will do everything possible to protect shareholder value. That means offsetting losses in TV subscribers by increasing revenue from internet-only customers.
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The Supreme Court denied Apple’s petition arguing that a judgment in a patent infringement case brought by VirnetX Holding Corp. was “grossly excessive.”
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The Pentagon is preparing to accelerate its use of artificial intelligence technology on the battlefield.
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Mike Bloomberg has hired hundreds of paid “digital organizers” to boost his presidential bid on social media. A look inside the operation reveals potential downsides to this approach.
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Twitter said it would suspend 70 accounts posting content supporting the Michael Bloomberg campaign in a pattern that violates company rules.
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Uber and Lyft bring plenty of drawbacks to cities, but solutions aren’t easy to find.
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With little warning, Uber notified about 80 customer support workers in its Downtown L.A. office that it was offshoring their jobs to an office in Manila.
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The shutdown of the power-generating kites firm is Alphabet’s first closure of a moonshot project since Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepped back from management.
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The Amazon CEO promised to commit $10 billion of his personal fortune to combating climate change. He will begin issuing grants this summer.
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After years of fighting regulation, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls for it, saying users need to feel giant social media platforms answer to someone.
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Elon Musk’s first electric car plant in Europe faces a possible delay while a court mulls environmentalists’ challenge over clearing forest for Tesla.
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California employers may dislike the new law on independent contractors, but they’re devising a host of strategies to comply.
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Robotic arms like Flippy from Miso Robotics are getting cheap enough to make financial sense for low-wage work. But there’s an argument in the industry.
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UC Santa Cruz has fired 54 teaching assistants who withheld grades from the university as part of a “wildcat strike” demanding higher pay to afford the cost of living.
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Stores across Southern California see a surge in demand for masks, hand sanitizer, self-stable food and other supplies because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Actress and talk show host Adrienne Bailon has paid $3 million for a two-story traditional in Calabasas.
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Insurers have succeeded in watering down a Washington state bill that would have made a firm’s surplus cash a factor in any rate increase.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos rocks the Southern California realty world with the mega-million-dollar purchase of David Geffen’s Beverly Hills estate.
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The outbreak has wiped out box office, hobbled productions and affected industry conferences. Estimating the long term effects is proving impossible.
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Famed b-movie director Roger Corman reaches a settlement with his sons over longstanding lawsuit.
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Bob Chapek succeeded Bob Iger as CEO of Disney, a role earned for the way he way he oversaw the company’s themed entertainment business.
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Disney’s appointment of Chapek to replace Bob Iger surprised Hollywood and Wall Street. But his background may make him well-suited for the job.
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National Transportation Safety Board chairman blasts Tesla and ‘government regulators’ for jeopardizing traffic safety over Tesla’s Autopilot feature.
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Tesla’s Autopilot and other driver-assist systems might enhance safety, but manufacturers can keep the data under wraps.
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May Mobility Inc.’s boxy white-and-green self-driving shuttle pulls up to a damp corner in downtown Detroit.
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The Ferrari 488 Pista brings race-track performance to California freeways.
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Apartment: A Separated Place is an interactive tale about moving on.
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A group of Apple workers filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were required to submit to searches before leaving the stores but were not compensated for the time those searches required.
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Microsoft is blocked from working on a $10-billion Pentagon cloud-computing contract after a lawsuit by Amazon alleging interference by President Trump.
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The U.S. raised the stakes, using a law historically associated with prosecuting mafia figures to claim Huawei engaged in decades of intellectual property theft.
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Recently remodeled, the modern farmhouse-style home holds five bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms in about 3,200 square feet.
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The two-story home boasts five bedrooms, six bathrooms and a handful of formal living spaces in 5,165 square feet.
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Gated and hedged, the property holds a main house, guesthouse and entertainer’s backyard with a patio, pool and spa.
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Mark Kimsey, son of late AOL co-founder James Kinsey, just bought a Spanish-style home in Beverly Hills for $11.15 million.
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