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Cars enter and leave Fox Studios, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. Disney has closed its $71 acquisition of Fox’s entertainment business on Wednesday, March 20, in a move set to shake up the media landscape. The closure paves the way for Disney to launch its streaming service, Disney Plus, due out later this year. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

March 19, 2019 at 9:21 pm

Disney closes $71B deal for Fox entertainment assets

The deal is likely to shake up the media landscape. By buying the studios behind "The Simpsons" and X-Men, Disney aims to better compete with...

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March 19, 2019 at 11:24 am

Goodbye console? Google launches game-streaming platform WATCH

NEW YORK (AP) — Google on Tuesday unveiled a video-game streaming platform called Stadia, positioning itself to take on the traditional video-game business. The platform...

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Users of Facebook and other platforms owned by the tech giant, including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, experienced problems accessing the services on Wednesday. (Martin Meissner / The Associated Press)

March 14, 2019 at 9:57 am

Facebook says outages due to ‘server configuration change’

The outages affected countless users and advertisers worldwide. Some people weren’t able to reach Facebook’s website and apps, including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp.

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FILE – This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo shows the Facebook app icon on an iPhone in New York. Facebook says Apple is restoring a key development tool that the iPhone maker disabled Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2019. Apple’s earlier move followed disclosure of a Facebook program that paid users, including teens, to download a “research” app that could extensively track peoples’ app and internet usage. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof, File) CAET240 CAET240

February 22, 2019 at 12:32 pm

Report: Apps give Facebook sensitive health and other data

The WSJ report says an analytics tool called “App Events” allows app developers to record user activity and report it back to Facebook, even if...

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February 21, 2019 at 12:53 pm

Nestle, AT&T pull YouTube ads over pedophile concerns

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Several companies, including AT&T and Nestle, are pulling advertisements from YouTube over concerns about inappropriate comments on videos of children. A...

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February 17, 2019 at 5:48 pm

‘Digital gangsters’: UK wants tougher rules for Facebook

LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers issued a scathing report Monday that calls for tougher rules to keep Facebook and other tech firms from acting like...

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FILE- In this Jan. 29, 2018, file photo Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon.com, takes a walking tour of the Amazon Spheres in Seattle. Amazon has had a complicated few weeks with its cancellation of a New York headquarters Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, and extortion claims last week related to intimate photos taken by its founder. Experts say the events are unlikely to pose much of a threat to Amazonâ€™s business. But the company will continue to face more challenges as it grows larger. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) NYBZ520 NYBZ520

February 15, 2019 at 6:24 am

Amazon’s stormy week will blow over, but the debris may stay

Experts say recent events in the news are unlikely to pose much of a threat to Amazon’s business. But the company will continue to face...

February 11, 2019 at 8:57 am

AP Explains: The promise of 5G wireless – speed, hype, risk

NEW YORK (AP) — A much-hyped network upgrade called "5G" means different things to different people. To industry proponents, it's the next huge innovation in...

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February 6, 2019 at 5:35 am

Spotify takes a big jump into the podcasting game

NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify is making a bigger bet on podcasts as it looks to bring a Netflix-like model of original programs to the...

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February 5, 2019 at 1:51 pm

Disney’s 1st-quarter results beat expectations

NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt Disney Co.'s first-quarter net income beat expectations as higher revenue from its media networks and theme parks helped offset...

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