Adam Neumann sues SoftBank for walking away from $3 billion WeWork share buyout

WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann has filed a lawsuit accusing Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and its massive investment arm of "breaching their contractual commitments and fiduciary duties" by walking away from a $3 billion share buyout agreement.

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TikTok is winning over millennials and Instagram stars as its popularity explodes

For TikTok-owner ByteDance, the coronavirus outbreak has been a boon to business.

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Black Americans Don’t Trust Medicine Because Of Racism. That’s Bad In A Pandemic.

A legacy of racism has left a dangerous divide between the medical establishment and black Americans, now dying at higher rates in the coronavirus pandemic.

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Apple and Google show what their contact tracing system could look like

Apple and Google just provided a first look at how public health apps could use the coronavirus contact tracing software they are jointly developing.

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Amazon VP says he quit over company 'firing whistleblowers'

Amazon engineer and vice president Tim Bray said he quit his lucrative job at the company over the recent firing of several employees who raised concerns about protections for warehouse workers during the pandemic.

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UK starts testing coronavirus contact tracing app

The UK government is launching its first test of a coronavirus contact tracing app Monday on a small island off the south coast of England.

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Reliance Jio lands another major cash infusion to fuel its digital dominance in India

Reliance Jio, India's biggest mobile carrier, just got a big cash injection from Silver Lake, the US private equity firm with a winning track record of big bets on promising tech giants.

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Uber will soon require drivers and riders to wear face coverings in the US

As it anticipates a restart to its core rideshare business amid the pandemic, Uber plans to require drivers and riders to wear face masks or face coverings when using the platform in certain countries, including the United States, CNN Business has learned.

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How a badly-coded computer virus caused billions in damage

Wearing a striped shirt and Matrix-style dark glasses, Onel de Guzman stared at the floor as he made his way through a crowd of photographers into a hastily arranged press conference in Quezon City, a suburb of the Philippines capital Manila.

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FDA Has Approved Emergency Use Of Remdesivir To Treat COVID-19

The approval comes days after the NIH announcement of preliminary results showing a four-day shortening of hospital stays after treatment with the drug.

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