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Facebook’s Q3 Earnings Will Reflect Pandemic, Politics and Payments
Facebook’s Q3 Earnings Will Reflect Pandemic, Politics and Payments
October 26, 2020  |  Earnings

Investors will get a glimpse inside the increasingly complex world of the biggest social-media platform on Thursday (Oct. 29) when Facebook posts its third-quarter results...

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Big Data, Targeted Political Ads Face Election Day Test
Big Data, Targeted Political Ads Face Election Day Test
October 26, 2020  |  Big Data

The big day is a week away. Election Day has almost come, a fact we imagine any American using any form of media already knows given...

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White House Finalizing New Regulations For AI
White House Finalizing New Regulations For AI
October 22, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

The White House is in the final stretch of finishing guidance on how agencies in different sectors should regulate artificial intelligence (AI), according to a...

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US Senate To Vote Wednesday On More COVID-19 Relief
US Senate To Vote Wednesday On More COVID-19 Relief
October 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has scheduled a vote for Wednesday on a $500 billion federal COVID-19 relief package that falls well short...

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McConnell Pledges COVID-19 Stimulus Vote This Month
McConnell Pledges COVID-19 Stimulus Vote This Month
October 13, 2020  |  Coronavirus

U.S. Senate President Mitch McConnell (D-Ky.) said on Tuesday (Oct. 13) that the body will take up a COVID-19 relief measure before the end of...

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White House Preps $1.8T Relief Package; Trump Says It’s Time To ‘Go Big’
White House Preps $1.8T Relief Package; Trump Says It’s Time To ‘Go Big’
October 09, 2020  |  Coronavirus

President Donald Trump and top administration officials did an apparent 180-degree reversal on new stimulus funding mid-day on Friday (Oct. 9), just hours after Senate...

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Report: US Antitrust Head May Step Down In 2021
Report: US Antitrust Head May Step Down In 2021
October 08, 2020  |  Politics

Makan Delrahim, the U.S. Justice Department’s top enforcer of antitrust laws, is likely to leave his post early in calendar 2021 regardless of the outcome...

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Facebook, Google, Twitter To Face Senate Committee On Law Governing Removal Of Third-Party Content
Facebook, Google, Twitter To Face Senate Committee On Law Governing Removal Of Third-Party Content
October 01, 2020  |  Politics

In a unanimous, bipartisan vote, a U.S. Senate Committee ordered the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter to testify on Capitol Hill about a federal...

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Trump Administration Announces TikTok And WeChat Bans To Start Sunday
Trump Administration Announces TikTok And WeChat Bans To Start Sunday
September 18, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

President Donald Trump will follow through on his pledge to ban downloads of TikTok and WeChat starting Sunday (Sept. 20).  The U.S. Commerce Department announced...

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