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- $4. The CEOs, who will likely appear remotely over video, will have to defend the growing power of their tech companies to skeptical lawmakers.
- $4. Bezos plans to argue that Amazon's size benefits consumers, sellers, and the economy, and that it faces plenty of competition from rivals including Walmart, Instacart, and Shopify.
- $4. The Grace Hopper cable, named after the famous US computer scientist, will connect New York to Bude in the UK and Bilbao, Spain.
- $4. The new valuation maintains the company's position as one of Europe's most valuable fintech startups and the secondary trade serves to diversify its funding pool.
- $4. The deletion came after a number of celebrities staged a virtual 48-hour walkout from Twitter over its refusal to ban Wiley from its platform.
- $4. Musk's comments came in response to a blog post about German automakers looking to close the technological gap between them and Tesla.
- $4. The acquisition comes just months after Microsoft likely paid more than $1 billion for 5G software company Affirmed Networks.
- $4. Trump has again accused social media companies of censorship after the removal of videos touting hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus cure.
- $4. The study was carried out with the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection, both of which use facial recognition technology.
- $4. One of the most prominent ones was just proven to be true: Despite not appearing in the game, Mario's brother and partner-in-heroism, Luigi, is apparently buried within the game's code.
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