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EU orders Google to sell ad business
The 27-nation EU has led the global movement to crack down on Big Tech companies — including moving closer to groundbreaking rules on artificial intelligence — but it has previously relied on issuing blockbuster fines, including three antitrust penalties for Google worth billions
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Olympics may have ‘no supporters’ under state of emergency says PM Yoshihide Suga
The remarks were made shortly after Suga announced that the state of emergency would go into effect on Monday and last through August 22nd
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Warren Buffett resigns from Gates Foundation
I am now resigning from that post, just as I have done at all corporate boards other than Berkshire's, Warren Buffett said
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Emirates airline posts first annual loss in over 30 years
Emirates announced a net loss of $5.5 billion over the past year as revenue fell by more than 66% due to global travel restrictions
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G-7 nations gather to pledge 1 billion vaccine doses for world
Vaccine sharing commitments from US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set the stage for the G-7 meeting
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US to donate half a billion Pfizer vaccines to low and lower-middle-income countries
The United States has faced increasing pressure to outline its global vaccine sharing pl
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El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender
The digital currency can be used in any transaction and any business will have to accept payment in Bitcoin
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Many websites disrupted by outage at cloud company Fastly
Dozens of high-traffic websites including the New York Times, CNN, Twitch and the UK government's home page, could not be reached
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to go to space on Blue Origin flight
Blue Origin said Bezos and his brother Mark will travel on the first crewed flight of the company's New Shepard capsule
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Moderna seeks to use vaccine for adolescents
Moderna said it had filed data for a conditional marketing approval in the 27-nation EU bloc to expand its coronavirus vaccine to children, beyond the green light it received in January for use in adults 18 and over
