Andrew Cunningham Activist hedge fund Third Point has taken a stake of nearly $1 billion in Intel and called on the chipmaker to consider shedding its manufacturing operations, throwing a core part of its strategy into question. The firm with $15 billion in assets run by Daniel Loeb made a number of demands in a […]
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Zoom, the video-chat app that leapt to fame during the coronavirus outbreak, briefly blocked the account of a Chinese human-rights leader who used the platform to organize a commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown between activists in the United States and China. The nine-year-old San Jose, Calif., company restored the activist’s account on Wednesday.
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The California State Capital Museum, the home of the California State Legislature since 1869. (Nick Otto/For The Washington Post) The activist who spurred California to adopt the country’s first-ever consumer privacy law is readying for another battle: a new ballot initiative that would be even tougher on tech giants and other big businesses that collect
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from the video-or-it-didn’t-happen dept Drones have moved beyond the novelty stage, and are now capable of having a global impact. That was shown most dramatically by the recent drone attack on the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia. The loss of production has caused the price of oil to spike, and fears about
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Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said she’s overwhelmed by the success of Friday’s climate protests. But the 16-year-old who sparked the global movement said she was underwhelmed by the United States government’s approach to climate change. Thunberg spoke with The Associated Press as the climate events were underway. Responses have been edited for length
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Image copyright SERGEY BOYKO Image caption Sergey Boyko says the drone was safely caught by a friend. A Russian activist used a drone to get his data out of his high-rise flat when police came to search it. Sergey Boyko says he sent hard drives to a friend by drone when police banged at his
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A British court ruled Wednesday that a police force’s use of automated facial recognition technology is lawful, dealing a blow to an activist concerned about its implications for privacy. Existing laws adequately cover the South Wales police force’s deployment of the technology in a trial, two judges said , in what’s believed to be the
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The Google logo on Google’s home page in the United States, Mexico Argentina, Chile, Peru, Singapore, and Uruguay celebrates the life and achievements of María Rebeca Latigo de Hernández. María Rebeca Latigo de Hernández was a Mexican-American rights activist who fought for the rights of Mexican immigrants. She was born in San Pedro Garza García,
Cincinnati Business Courier P&G advertising experts target activist investor in proxy battleCincinnati Business CourierThat means jobs could be at stake. P&G employs … However, apparently as a result of search engine optimization, an ad linking to P&G’s campaign appears higher in the results I viewed on my computer today than the ad promoting the Trian
