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December 6, 2018 at 4:48 am

Lyft aims to beat Uber to US stock market with IPO

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lyft still hasn't caught up to Uber in the rapidly growing ride-hailing market, but it's ahead in the race to sell...

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December 5, 2018 at 5:00 am

Google’s robotic spinoff launches ride-hailing service

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's self-driving car spinoff is finally ready to try to profit from its nearly decade-old technology. Waymo is introducing a small-scale...

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November 29, 2018 at 10:05 am

Cruise control: GM’s No. 2 exec to run self-driving car unit

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — General Motors' No. 2 executive is moving from Motor City to Silicon Valley to run the automaker's self-driving car operations as...

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November 8, 2018 at 8:16 am

Google bows to worker pressure on sexual misconduct policy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is promising to be more forceful and open about its handling of sexual misconduct cases, a week after thousands of...

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November 7, 2018 at 12:03 pm

Smartphone makers bet on foldable screens as next big thing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the past few years, the smartphone industry has been searching for a breakthrough to revive a market mired in an...

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November 7, 2018 at 11:29 am

Midterm voting exposes growing problem of aging machines

ATLANTA (AP) — Election experts have long warned about the nation's aging fleet of voting equipment. This week's elections underscored just how badly upgrades are...

November 1, 2018 at 2:40 pm

Apple’s 4Q, change in iPhone sales disclosure jar investors

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple's faithful customers aren't snapping up iPhones quite as enthusiastically as anticipated heading into the crucial holiday shopping season. But the...

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October 31, 2018 at 10:06 pm

Google employees leave work to protest treatment of women WATCH

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Carrying signs that included a mocking use of the company's original "Don't be evil" motto, thousands of Google employees around the...

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October 30, 2018 at 2:27 pm

Google spinoff to test truly driverless cars in California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The robotic car company created by Google is poised to attempt a major technological leap in California, where its vehicles will...

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October 27, 2018 at 7:01 am

Wall Street sours on Silicon Valley, battering tech stocks VIEW

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investors for years have seemingly adored technology stocks as much as most people love their smartphones. But Wall Street has suddenly...

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