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Hackers have a devastating new target

By Rishi Iyengar and Clare Duffy, CNN Business A major gas pipeline. Dozens of government agencies. A Florida city’s water supply. And now, one of the world’s top meat producers. The last few months have seen a sharp rise in cyberattacks, often disrupting products and services that are key to our everyday lives. Many of

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Helicopters, a patrol car and virtual bodyguards: Inside Citizen’s scattered push to upend public safety

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Well before Citizen, a controversial real-time crime alerting app, raised eyebrows by testing a company-branded patrol car on the streets of Los Angeles, the startup’s CEO teased an even more striking idea for a private security force: helicopters. Citizen founder and CEO Andrew Frame frequently threw out the concept

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Amazon thrived during the pandemic. These drivers say they paid the price

By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Massive turnover rates. Dissatisfaction with pay. Demanding bosses. Some workers who helped Amazon take advantage of the business opportunity the pandemic brought say they aren’t pleased. The Covid-19 pandemic and the accompanying lockdowns left many Americans fearful or unable to shop at physical stores. So they turned to online shopping.

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US announces new delayed tariffs against six countries in response to taxes targeting large tech companies

By Brian Fung, CNN Business The US government announced new, suspended tariffs on Wednesday against six countries in response to those governments’ digital services taxes, the office of the US Trade Representative said. The six countries subject to the tariffs, which are set at 25% on about $2 billion worth of goods, include Austria, India,

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