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GM to tout its electric vehicles to investors swooning over Tesla
General Motors Co executives on Wednesday will tackle one of their toughest tasks: Persuading investors that a Detroit automaker can catch up with Elon Musk and Tesla Inc as vehicles go electric.
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Super Tuesday voting so far free of cyber meddling, U.S. officials say
The Super Tuesday primary elections were so far free of any signs of interference, said national security professionals who gathered in Northern Virginia in an unprecedented monitoring effort to counter cyberattacks and foreign disinformation.
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Facebook to revamp its digital currency plans: The Information
Facebook Inc will revamp its plans for digital currencies amid regulatory scrutiny, The Information reported on Tuesday.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise cuts cash flow outlook on coronavirus impact, shares down
Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Tuesday cut its free cash flow forecast for the year citing supply constraints due to the coronavirus outbreak, and reported a lower-than-expected quarterly revenue.
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Ford bets more businesses want carbon-free delivery vans
Ford Motor Co is putting more chips on a bet that it can profit from selling electric vans to delivery businesses that need to reduce carbon emissions.
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Google cancels annual developer conference amid coronavirus concerns
Alphabet Inc said on Tuesday it has canceled its annual developer event, Google I/O, amid concerns related to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Lam Research unveils improved tool to make 3-D chips for phones, devices
Lam Research Corp on Tuesday released its first major new tool in two decades for producing finer three-dimensional details on computer chips that must be shrunk down to fit into ever more complex phones and other electronic devices.
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Coronavirus is not impacting ride-hailing demand: Lyft CFO
The outbreak of the coronavirus has not impacted consumer demand for ride-hailing services, Lyft's chief financial officer said on Tuesday.
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Robinhood restores app services after suffering outage again
Fintech startup Robinhood Markets Inc said on Tuesday its free stock trading app is up and running again after a second straight day of outages.
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Nokia says will cut up to 148 jobs in Finland this year
Finnish network equipment maker Nokia will cut up to 148 jobs in Finland in 2020 excluding its 5G development operations, it said on Tuesday evening.
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Mobile game downloads jump as coronavirus keeps people indoors
Millions of Chinese stuck indoors due to fears of the coronavirus epidemic are turning to mobile games to keep themselves occupied.
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Alibaba's AliExpress warns of possible coronavirus delays
AliExpress, the global e-commerce platform of Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba, warned customers on Tuesday that there may be some delivery delays due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Electric cars lack mainstream appeal, Peugeot CEO says
Electric cars are only bought by "green addicts" and lack broader appeal needed to reach mainstream consumers, Peugeot Chief Executive Carlos Tavares said on Tuesday.
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Russia's Sberbank partners with China's Huawei on cloud services
Sberbank and Chinese technology giant Huawei said on Tuesday they had formed a strategic partnership to provide cloud services for Russian businesses, extending the reach of Russia's largest bank into the country's digital economy.
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Russian court rules in favor of facial recognition over privacy claims
A Moscow court ruled on Tuesday that the city's facial recognition system does not violate the privacy of its citizens, a lawyer for one of the plaintiffs told Reuters - a blow to activists who had hoped to ban the technology's use.
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Virus to dent Foxconn's consumer electronics revenue in first-quarter
Apple supplier Foxconn warned revenue would drop 15% in businesses including consumer electronics and enterprise products in the first quarter, but that it would recover thereafter as production returns to normal in virus-hit China.
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Ampere targets cloud companies with new chip, signs Oracle as customer
Data center chip startup Ampere on Tuesday released a new processor that it claims can outpace offerings from Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc, and said it has signed Oracle Corp's cloud division as a customer.
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U.S. national security agencies gather to combat potential election interference
National security professionals from across the U.S. government will meet on Tuesday in a Northern Virginia office building for an unprecedented monitoring effort to counter cyberattacks and foreign disinformation aimed at Super Tuesday presidential primaries.
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High-fives, hugs, kisses discouraged as U.S. companies respond to growing coronavirus threat
As news broke of more cases of coronavirus spreading across the United States, T-Mobile had a novel response to the threat: fewer hugs, kisses or high-fives.
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