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  DSW delivers mixed bag, CBS holds shareholders meeting, Facebook reportedly files controversial patent

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  Tesla’s Navigate on Autopilot takes on LA’s insane freeways

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Lawyer: Google's new sexual harassment policy is a 'bait-and-switch'

Facing pressure over high-profile allegations of sexual harassment, Google recently changed its policy of forcing those claims into arbitration. But this isn't all good news for employees.

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  Lawyer: Google's new sexual harassment policy is a 'bait-and-switch'

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  Huawei, Google, and the tiring politics of tech

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6 ways you can avoid going broke this holiday

How to get ahead of your holiday debt and avoid overspending

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  3 holiday shopping scams to watch out for

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  Watch Google CEO Sundar Pichai testify in Congress -- on bias, China and more

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Apple Pay finally launches in Germany

Apple's mobile payment technology has finally launched in Germany, some four years after it debuted in the U.S. On its newly launched Apple Pay website for Germany, Apple lists partner banks and credit card companies at launch, with customers from the likes of Deutsche Bank, O2 Banking, N26, Comdirect, HypoVerensbank, Bunq and Boon able to tap up the payment method directly. Apple's Face ID and Touch ID biometrics are used to a security layer to the payment system.

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  Introducing the startups and agenda for Startup Battlefield Africa

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  Apple says iPhones remain on sale in China following court injunction

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Google goes to Washington, CBS shareholders meet: What to know in markets Tuesday

Google CEO heads to Capitol Hill, and CBS shareholders will be gathering in NYC on Tuesday.

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  Monday was a 'moral victory' for investors

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  Google Lens arrives in iOS search app

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Why China's sales ban of Apple iPhones isn't as bad as it sounds

Qualcomm said China’s court has banned the sale of several iPhone models. Here are the reasons why iPhones continue to be sold there.

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  Google's search data shows YouTube's influence over this season's hottest toys

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  Google's search data shows YouTube's influence over this season's hottest toys

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Google employees demand the end of forced arbitration across the tech industry

On the heels of an employee-led protest against Google, a group of 35 Google employees is banding together to take it a step further and end the practice of forced arbitration across the entire tech industry. Forced arbitration ensures workplace disputes are settled behind closed doors and without any right to an appeal.

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  Google Fit gets improved activity logging and a breathing exercise

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  Instagram launches walkie-talkie voice messaging

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Google+ bug gave developers access to non-public data from 52.5M users

Google+ was a bit of a disaster for the company when it was still alive, and now that it's walking dead, it's becoming even more of a stone around its neck. Today, the company announced a new privacy hole, one that it found last month, that left some data from about 52.5 million users up for grabs from apps that used the Google+ API. Because every bug seems to move up the Google+ shutdown date, Google also today announced that the service will now close in April 2019.

Microsoft is asking the government to regulate the company's facial recognition tech

Microsoft president Brad Smith is calling on the federal government to step in and pass laws to prevent the abuse of facial recognition technologies.

Why Ford, Tesla, and General Motors Are Up Today

The broader market started December 11 on a positive note, with the S&P 500 benchmark trading at a 1.3% rise as of 9:34 AM EST. Auto stocks are leading the stock market rally (QQQ) today. General Motors (GM), Ford Motor Company (F), and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCAU) have risen 3.5%, 3.2%, and 2.5%, respectively.

GOP House leader notes gap of distrust as Google CEO grilled

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy kicked off a congressional grilling of Google CEO Sundar Pichai by noting a "widening gap of distrust" between tech companies and the American people. McCarthy, a California Republican, asked whether tech companies are "serving as instruments of freedom or instruments of control" in the U.S. and beyond. Pichai is facing the Republican-majority House Judiciary Committee before Democrats take control of the House in January.