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Amazon Buys Jets from Airlines to Bolster Deliveries

Amazon on Tuesday announced it bought jets from a pair of airlines, bolstering its delivery network as online shopping booms and travel withers during the pandemic.

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Israeli Firm in Gaza Extracts Drinking Water from Air

The densely populated Gaza Strip has long lacked sufficient drinking water, but a new project helps ease the shortage with a solar-powered process to extract potable water straight from the air.

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Algerian Jailed for 3 Years for Political Protest Memes

An Algerian supporter of the Hirak protest movement was sentenced to three years in jail Monday for satirical social media posts mocking the government and religion, a campaign group said.

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Facebook to Close Irish Units at Center of Tax Dispute

Facebook confirmed Wednesday it was closing its Irish subsidiaries at the center of a dispute on profit shifting to avoid taxes in the United States.

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Telegram Messaging App to Launch Pay-for Services in 2021

Encrypted messaging app Telegram will launch pay-for services in 2021, its Russian-born founder Pavel Durov said Wednesday, as the growing company needed "at least a few hundred million dollars per year".

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Trump Says Cyberattack 'Under Control,' Plays Down Russian Role

U.S. President Donald Trump has downplayed a massive cyberattack on U.S. government agencies, declaring it "under control" and undercutting the assessment by his own administration that Russia was to blame.

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U.S. Blacklists Chinese Companies including Chip Giant SMIC

The United States on Friday announced it has imposed export controls on 77 Chinese companies including the country's biggest chipmaker, SMIC, restricting its access to U.S. technology over its alleged ties to China's military.

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U.S. States Sue Google for Anti-Competitive Practices

The Attorney General of Texas announced Wednesday that he was leading several U.S. states in a suit against Google over alleged anti-competitive practices.

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Gmail Service Disrupted in New Google Mishap

Google's cloud-hosted email service suffered a "significant" disruption Tuesday, just a day after it went down during a massive outage of the internet giant's platform.

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Twitter Dropping Periscope Mobile App for Live Streams

Twitter on Tuesday said its Periscope mobile app for live streaming video will shut down by March as use of it declines and the cost of maintaining it goes up.

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