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No checkout needed: Amazon opens cashier-less grocery store

By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon wants to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, where shoppers can grab milk or eggs and walk out without waiting in line or ever opening their wallets. It’s the latest sign that Amazon is serious […]

TurboTax maker Intuit buying Credit Karma in $7.1B deal

By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL AP Personal Finance Writer Intuit is buying consumer finance company Credit Karma in a $7.1 billion cash and stock deal that will take it deeper into the financial products realm. The agreement announced Monday would bring together the maker of TurboTax, QuickBooks and other personal finance tools with one focusing on […]

China's Huawei debuts latest version of folding phone

LONDON (AP) — China’s Huawei unveiled its latest folding smartphone Monday and its first such device to be available internationally, competing in a niche category with new models from Samsung and Motorola. The company took the wraps off the new Mate Xs by video instead of a press launch, as the tech show in Spain […]

Top Bangladesh cellphone company pays $117M in legal tussle

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s leading cellphone operator paid $117 million to the country’s telecommunication regulator on Sunday amid a protracted legal tussle with the government that could result in the loss of its license to operate in one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile markets, officials said. Zakir Hossain Khan, […]

Spain to severely restrict advertising for on-line betting

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government announced plans Friday for what it said would be the toughest legislation in the European Union on restricting advertising for on-line betting houses. Advertising for betting, above all for sports bets, has grown rapidly in Spain in recent years and dominates commercials during soccer matches. Consumer AffairsMinister Alberto Garzón said […]

New Mexico sues Google over collection of children's data

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegally collecting personal data generated by children in violation of federal and state laws. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque claims Google is using its education services package that […]

Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite

MATT O’BRIEN and CHRISTINA LARSON Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors inwarning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, they more than made up in finesse. Early warnings of disease outbreaks can help people […]

Europe resists mounting US pressure on Huawei 5G technology

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on European allies to ban Chinese tech firm Huawei from supplying next-generation mobile networks, with more officials visiting this week to press the case. The diplomatic push seems to be failing, however, after Britain decided to allow Huawei as […]

Tech-starved government seeks industry's best, brightest

By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press Denver (AP) — In this post-impeachment era of divisiveness and deadlock in the nation’s capital, Uncle Sam has a message for top U.S. technologists: I Still Want You. A Washington-based nerd strike force called the U.S. Digital Service is seeking private-sector coders, programmers and software engineers to make government user-friendly […]

Apple warns China virus will cut iPhone production, sales

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple Inc. is warning investors that it won’t meet its second-quarter financial guidance because the viral outbreak in China has cut production of iPhones. The Cupertino, California-based company said Monday that all of its iPhone manufacturing facilities are outside Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, and all have been reopened. […]