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In the age of e-commerce, Black Friday can feel like an anachronism. But don’t be fooled. The Friday after Thanksgiving remains enormously important — at least symbolically — to the retail industry. And millions of shoppers will still be out in stores, working off that turkey and stuffing by racing to find the best deals. […]

Twitter said Wednesday it would pause its plans to purge inactive accounts on the social network after many worried that dead users’ histories would be deleted en masse. “We’ve heard you on the impact that this would have on the accounts of the deceased,” Twitter wrote on Wednesday, saying it apologized for the “confusion and

BBC Click’s Lara Lewington looks at some of the week’s best technology news stories including: Uber will not have its licence to operate in London renewed. The company says it is appealing against the decision Google fires four employees in what it says is related to data security and employee safety. Those people who lost

The 22 member states of the European Space agency have pledged to boost their funding to support more missions and research projects, including a new generation of satellites to monitor climate change November 28, 2019, 4:14 PM 2 min read The 22 member states of the European Space agency pledged Thursday to boost their funding

Sunday Riley would face the threat of civil penalties if it engaged in this behavior again. The company did not have to provide consumer redress, in part because it would be difficult to calculate how many purchases were driven by the fake reviews. “An order that binds a company and its C.E.O. for 20 years,

Chinese-owned social network TikTok has apologised to a US teenager who was blocked from the service after she posted a viral clip criticising China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslims. The firm said it had now lifted the ban, maintaining it was due to 17-year-old Feroza Aziz’s prior conduct on the app – and unrelated to

Japan’s Panasonic sells last semiconductor business to Taiwan company Novoton Technology By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer November 28, 2019, 9:07 AM 2 min read Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic Corp. is abandoning the semiconductor business with the sale of its last business in that sector to a Taiwanese company. Panasonic said Thursday it was transferring

MOSCOW — Since it grabbed Crimea from Ukraine five years ago, Russia has made no headway in getting the United States or the European Union to recognize the annexed Black Sea peninsula as Russian. But Russia’s Parliament is now rejoicing at getting at least Apple to fall partly into line. When viewed from inside Russia,

SHANGHAI — The video app TikTok on Wednesday reversed its decision to block an American teenager who posted a clip in which she discussed the mass internment of minority Muslims in China, and acknowledged that its moderation system had overreached in shutting her out of her account. The incident raised fresh concerns about whether TikTok,

Amazon plans to hire 200,000 people for the busy holiday shopping season, double the number of workers it hired a year ago By JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer November 27, 2019, 7:29 PM 1 min read Amazon plans to hire 200,000 people for the busy holiday shopping season, double the number of workers it hired