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Europe Wants Big Telecoms to Merge

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The unexpected stance appears to be an infrastructure-related exemption to regulators’ normally tough antitrust stance.

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Patent Drop

Google Wants to Use Context to Drop Wakewords

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Without a wakeword, a digital assistant has to monitor its users more closely.

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Patent Drop

Visa Takes Biometrics On-the-Go Without Privacy Issues

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The patent could add another form of frictionless payment to the landscape, and present competitors to Apple Pay and Amazon’s Just Walk Out.

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Consumer

Uber, Lyft Drivers to Spend Valentine’s Day on Strike

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Thousands of gig-economy workers plan to walk out on Wednesday in a bid for higher wages.

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Eli Lilly’s Sterling Results Highlight Rival Novo Nordisk’s Fading Fortunes

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Chipotle Struggles as Customers Skip the Guac

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Trial Truce: US, China Negotiate Yearlong Trade Détente

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