Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Amazon workers may be watching your Cloud Cam home footageOct 12, 2019 6:18 am - In a promotional video, Amazon.com Inc. says its Cloud Cam home security camera provides "everything you need to monitor your home, day or night." In fact, the artificia...
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To live or die by Google search brings an escalating cost for businessesOct 12, 2019 6:15 am - "Where's the best place to hide a body? The second page of a Google search." The gallows humor shows that people rarely look beyond the first few results of a search, bu...
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Sting operations help startups crack down on stolen scootersOct 12, 2019 6:10 am - On a rainy July Sunday in Brussels, two men prepared to fill a rented van with stolen e-scooters. They didn't notice the Wind employees hiding around the city, ready to ...
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Fitbit to move smartwatch, tracker production out of ChinaOct 12, 2019 6:00 am - Fitbit Inc. said it's shifting manufacturing operations out of China for all of its health trackers and smartwatches to avoid U.S. tariffs on imports from the country. S...
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Good news, Facebook doubters: You can bet on Libra being delayedOct 12, 2019 6:00 am - Facebook Inc.'s proposed cryptocurrency has faced such overwhelming scorn since it was announced in June that an exchange is facilitating bets on whether the social-medi...
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2020 Democrats plan to tax the rich — including themselvesOct 06, 2019 6:00 am - The leading Democratic presidential candidates are promising to pay for their policy visions with new taxes on the wealthy — and some of the 2020 contenders would have t...
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Microsoft unveils new surface laptops with larger screen, fast chargingOct 05, 2019 6:12 am - Microsoft unveiled several new versions of its Surface devices, including a new laptop and an update to its Surface Pro hybrid laptop and tablet, freshening up the compa...
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Why an early Bitcoin millionaire has lost his 'love for the industry'Oct 05, 2019 6:00 am - As Bitcoin crashed 20% in late September, Jered Kenna - one of the first Bitcoin millionaires - returned to Twitter after a three-year hiatus with a startling statement,...
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'Call of Duty' mobile is off to an explosive startOct 05, 2019 6:00 am - Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s Call of Duty Mobile attracted 20 million gamers within the first two days of its worldwide debut, a big boost for the company's ambition of adapt...
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Walmart rolls out slew of new health-care benefits for employeesOct 03, 2019 1:00 am - Walmart will test a variety of new health-care programs for some of its workers next year, aiming to provide easier access and better care while also reducing its own ex...