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Mark Zuckerberg denied a report that Facebook is considering sharing smartphone location data with the US government to help track the coronavirus Privacy Concerns

Mark Zuckerberg denied a report that Facebook is considering sharing smartphone location data with the US government to help track the coronavirus

REUTERS/Andreas Gebert Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook isn’t looking to share users’ location data with the US government to help it track the coronavirus. On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that the government is in talks with the tech industry about leveraging smartphone location data to combat the disease, raising privacy…
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March 19, 2020
The show Musk go on: Tesla defies SIlicon Valley coronavirus lockdown order, keeps Fremont factory open Elon Musk

The show Musk go on: Tesla defies SIlicon Valley coronavirus lockdown order, keeps Fremont factory open

Elsewhere, Geek Squad still sending out techies to elderly people's homes Updated Tesla CEO Elon Musk said employees should continue working at the automaker's Fremont factory despite the site falling under the San Francisco Bay Area's strict near-lockdown order. Alameda County, where the factory is located, is among several California…
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March 19, 2020
“We Are In Danger Of Losing It All”: The Restaurant And Bar Industry Is Petitioning The Government For Help Protectionism

“We Are In Danger Of Losing It All”: The Restaurant And Bar Industry Is Petitioning The Government For Help

TORONTO, March 17, 2020 -- A notice of a fast-food restaurant is seen in Toronto of Ontario, Canada, ... March 17, 2020. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Zou Zheng via Getty Images) Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images In the midst of the pandemic, restaurants and bars are in danger. Many…
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March 19, 2020
Coronavirus calamity is not the time to provide less than solid economic rescue plan Filter Bubble

Coronavirus calamity is not the time to provide less than solid economic rescue plan

The day before Justin Trudeau announced his economic rescue, Gerald Butts, the prime minister’s former principal secretary, advised his more than 74,000 Twitter followers that if they were looking for insight on the “economic fallout” from COVID-19, they should follow Jason Furman, a Harvard economist who served in Barack Obama’s…
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March 18, 2020
French banks are solid and in no need of nationalisation – Villeroy Grexit

French banks are solid and in no need of nationalisation – Villeroy

The European Central Bank's Francois Villero has stated that the ECB is absolutely determined to fight fragmentation risk between eurozone countries.  "French banks can weather the current economic storm unleashed by the coronavirus outbreak and are in no need of nationalisation despite the recent collapse in their share prices", the…
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March 18, 2020