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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Google said Thursday it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms across Canada over a new law that will require digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose. The tech giant said it will remove Canadian news links from Google News — a personalized aggregator service available by web or app that highlights local news — and from Google Discover, a feature on mobile phones that helps people find content. Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez accused Google of trying to bully Canadians, but added that ...

Germ behind infant formula shortage joins CDC watchlist of bad bugs

The Associated Press U.S. health officials will start formally tracking infections caused by the rare but potentially deadly germ that sickened babies and triggered a nationwide shortage of infant formula last year. A group that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agreed Thursday to add infections caused by cronobacter to the list of serious conditions reported to the agency. There are about 120 infections and diseases on the national watchlist. States will be asked, but not required, to notify the CDC about cronobacter infections, although they usually comply. ...

DoorDash co-founder grows company from ground level

The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — On a recent afternoon in San Francisco, a DoorDash driver was circling the neighborhood — first in his car, then on foot — trying to find the restaurant where he needed to pick up two orders. Finally, he Googled the location and realized DoorDash’s app sent him to the wrong address. It’s an error he vowed to fix, and he probably will. Because that worker is Andy Fang, DoorDash’s chief technology officer and one of the company’s three co-founders. “If it happens with one restaurant, it might actually be happening with a lot of ...

Online gambling would get 5 more years under latest proposal in N.J.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Internet gambling in New Jersey would be allowed to take place for at least five more years under the latest proposal by state lawmakers. On Wednesday evening, legislators abandoned a move they made a day earlier to drastically cut the extension of internet casino gambling in the state. An original bill reauthorizing online betting would have given it another 10 years, but lawmakers sliced that to just two years on Tuesday. After an outcry from casinos, their political allies and business groups in southern New Jersey, lawmakers amended the bill yet again ...

Microsoft’s Nadella: Activision takeover is good for gaming

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told a judge Wednesday that his company’s proposed $69 billion takeover of video game-maker Activision Blizzard will be good for the gaming industry, remarks that came as he defended the deal against an attempt by federal regulators to block it. Nadella took the witness stand in a San Francisco federal court and said his goal is to get Activision games on as many platforms as possible, much as Microsoft has with its traditional software products. “I love their console games, I love their PC games and I particularly love their ...

COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs that helped small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years. The numbers issued Tuesday by the U.S. Small Business Administration inspector general are much greater than the office’s previous projections and underscore how vulnerable the Paycheck Protection and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs were to fraudsters, particularly during the ...