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An appeals court has given Uber and Lyft more time to fight a judge's order over how they classify their drivers, averting a threatened shutdown in California.

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  • Business

Uber, Lyft Will Not Suspend Service In California After Court Gives Them More Time

An appeals court has given the ride-hailing companies more time to fight a judge's order that they reclassify their drivers as employees to comply with state law.

August 20, 2020
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  • Shannon Bond
Federal prosecutors allege Uber's former head of security organized a cover-up of a massive data breach.

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  • Technology

Former Uber Executive Charged With Paying 'Hush Money' To Conceal Massive Breach

Federal prosecutors allege Uber's former chief security officer Joe Sullivan covered up the breach and arranged a $100,000 payment to the hackers.

August 20, 2020
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  • Shannon Bond
The Google logo adorns the outside of the company's New York City office building. The stock market is hitting records, in large part because of a handful of superstar tech stocks, including Alphabet, Google's parent company.

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  • Business

There's More Big Tech In Your Life Than You Even Know. Check Out Your Stock Portfolio

The market is hitting records, in large part because of a handful of superstar tech stocks. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix and Google's parent dominate indexes in retirement funds.

August 20, 2020
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  • Jim Zarroli
GPB News NPR

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  • Economy

Despite Investors Preaching Diversity, Market Keeps Relying On Big Tech Stocks

S&P 500 index funds were supposed to protect investors, by putting their money in a broad array of different stocks — but much of the recent gains have come from a few Big Tech stocks.

August 20, 2020
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  • Jim Zarroli
President Trump holds a press briefing Wednesday at the White House.

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  • Politics

Trump, Addressing Far-Right QAnon Conspiracy, Offers Praise For Its Followers

The president said he didn't know much about the online conspiracy theory community, other than he believes its followers "like me very much."

August 19, 2020
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  • Brandon Carter
Apple, now worth $2 trillion, first crossed the $1 trillion milestone two years ago.

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  • Business

Apple Is Worth $2 Trillion — 1st American Company To Hit Milestone

Apple first crossed the $1 trillion mark just two years ago. The iPhone maker and a handful of other tech giants propelled the S&P 500 index to a new record this week.

August 19, 2020
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  • Avie Schneider and
  • Shannon Bond
Actors Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in a scene from <em>Marriage Story. </em>The award-winning 2019 film can be watched with audio description that conveys scenes to viewers who are visually impaired. But <em>Parasite, </em>another popular award-winner, has not included such descriptions.

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  • Health

There's A Better Way To 'Dub' Movie Audio For Visually Impaired Fans

Most non-English films made outside the U.S. are inaccessible to many of the 26.9 million visually impaired Americans. "Dubbing just tells us the dialogue," one disability rights activist explains.

August 19, 2020
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  • Jason Strother

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  • Music Features

A Tale Of Two Ecosystems: On Bandcamp, Spotify And The Wide-Open Future

There's Bandcamp, beloved by artists. There's Spotify, very well-liked by listeners. And then there's that big question mark. The artist Damon Krukowski takes a look.

August 19, 2020
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  • Damon Krukowski
People stand in the lobby of Amazon offices in New York in January 2019. At a time of mass work from home and many moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and jobs in New York and five other U.S. cities.

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  • Business

Amazon Plans More — Not Fewer — Offices In Big Cities

At a time of mass work from home and with many people moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and 3,500 jobs in six U.S. cities.

August 18, 2020
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  • Alina Selyukh
The school year started online Monday for Cobb and several other large districts and complaints of technical glitches that kept children from their lessons.

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  • Education

Monday's Big Online Return To Georgia Schools Needed Tech Support

Students in three of Georgia’s largest school districts – in Cobb, DeKalb and Fulton counties – started fall semesters with online classes Monday and widespread glitches left some families coping more with tech support than learning.

August 18, 2020
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  • Ross Williams
Your animals will demand your attention in <em>Planet Zoo</em>, just one of several simulation games that might distract you from quarantine.

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  • Games & Humor

I Thought A Zoo: Simulated Games For Isolated Times

Whether you want to take a break from reality with a zoo, a city, an amusement park, or a hospital full of angry clowns, a simulation game can be just the ticket.

August 17, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

User Coalition Fights To Keep Chinese App WeChat In U.S. Market

President Trump recently issued an executive order that would effectively ban the Chinese app WeChat — starting in September. The order says the app poses a national security threat.

August 17, 2020
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  • John Ruwitch
President Trump on Friday ordered that ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, divest from the U.S. in 90 days.

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  • Technology

Trump: TikTok Must Be Sold In 90 Days, Cites 'Credible Evidence' Of Security Threat

The move follows a previous executive order from the president that would make "transactions" between U.S. citizens and the Chinese-owned app illegal.

August 14, 2020
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  • Bobby Allyn
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

Virtual Schmoozing: How The Pandemic Changed Ways Businesses Seal The Deal

The days of business lunches and sealing deals over drinks are gone. In place of face-to-face schmoozing, companies woo clients with virtual cooking classes and Zoom calls with famous athletes.

August 14, 2020
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  • Ryan Kailath

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  • Games & Humor

Fortnite Uses Apple's Own '1984' Ad Against It In Dispute Over Payments

Apple pulled the popular shooting game from its App Store, after its developer tried to get around the fee Apple requires from in-app purchases.

August 13, 2020
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