Electronics
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U.S., France to lead talks on a global digital tax
France and the U.S. announced an agreement this week over a French tax on online giants like Google
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Tesla heads down new road with car insurance in California
Elon Musk believes Tesla has learned so much about its cars that it will be able to offer rates 20% to 30% below those offered by traditional insurers
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Survey finds new auto technology can annoy drivers
The 2019 J.D. Power Tech Experience Index study found that frustrated drivers may avoid the systems in future vehicle purchases
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Canada takes centre stage in Bannon film based on Huawei exec Meng’s detention
Produced by Steve Bannon, the film, “Claws of the Red Dragon,” is fiction, but “inspired by” Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and China’s subsequent retaliatory measures
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Ex Google engineer charged in Uber self-driving theft case
The indictment accuses Anthony Levandowski of stealing years of top-secret information. That included breakthroughs in lidar, technology that enables self-driving cars to detect what’s around them
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Toys “R” Us Canada unveils plans to open two smaller stores next year
Toys “R” Us Canada was subsequently purchased by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. for $300 million last year and is now poised for expansion
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Japan’s move to lower South Korea trade status takes effect
Japanese manufacturers now must apply for approval for each technology-related contract for South Korean export
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Toyota, Suzuki partnering in self-driving car technology
Cost-sharing partnerships help auto manufacturers cope with costly shift toward the use of artificial intelligence, the internet and other technologies
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Toys “R” Us Canada president resigns after two decades with retailer
The company did not say when the resignation takes effect and says that it has yet to appoint an interim president
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Aimia sells roughly half its stake in Cardlytics for $59.8M
Loyalty rewards company still has 1.478 million shares in Cardlytics which uses purchase data from financial institutions to help banks and marketers
