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Facebook Will Halt Political Ads in the US After Polls Close on Nov. 3
Facebook on Wednesday announced that it will stop running political ads in the U.S. after polls close for the 2020 election on Nov. 3, and keep them halted for an indefinite period.
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Bezos Sells More Than $3 Billion in Amazon Shares
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week has sold more than $3.1 billion worth of shares in his company, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission compiled by OpenInsider.
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Abbott Receives Approval for Test That Can Detect Coronavirus in 5 Minutes
Abbott on Friday announced it received approval for a test that is capable of delivering positive results of the coronavirus in as little as five minutes, and it will begin making those tests available to health care providers next week.
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Facebook Manager Says in Internal Post She Quit After Being ‘Harassed' Over Views on Diversity
On Jan. 11, Sophie Alpert, a Facebook engineering manager who ran a major open-source project called React, made an announcement on Twitter: “today’s my last day at Facebook.” In the tweet, which got 3,600 likes and elicited 247 comments, Alpert said she was leaving to join a start-up called Humu. But she neglected to tell her more than 41,000 followers...