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Italy accuses the ECB of political interference — but the experts are unconvinced

Elisabetta A. Villa | Getty Images European Union (EU) and Italian national flag banners hang in central Rome on May 29, 2018 in Rome, Italy. The European Central Bank (ECB) is under renewed criticism for buying fewer Italian sovereign bonds in May, when political instability meant it was a time …

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Sex robots could worsen impotence and sexual violence, doctors say

Getty Images | Fred Dufour | AFP Robots in a lab of a doll factory of EXDOLL, a firm based in the northeastern Chinese port city of Dalian. The study, while citing a lack of empirical evidence, said it had found little to suggest that robots will help reduce inappropriate …

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LEGO aims to get back into growth after cleaning up operations in 2017

Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images Children playing with Lego sets in Tianjin, China. As for the future, Lego would further expand by integrating technology into its products, such as the Lego Boost — which teaches children to code and introduce them to robotics, Lao said. The company is …

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How Amazon Alexa and Google’s Duplex could trigger new privacy concerns with your voice

Getty Images Google Vice President of Product Management Mario Queiroz shows the new Google Home during Google I/O 2016 at Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 19, 2016 in Mountain View, California. Citibank recently announced an integration with Apple’s Siri, which allows customers to use their voice to navigate through their account. …

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Washington State sues Google Facebook for political ad disclosures

Matt McClain | The Washington Post | Getty Images Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg Washington state’s attorney general is suing Google and Facebook for allegedly failing to provide adequate public information about who buys election ads on their platforms. The complaints, filed by the office of Attorney General Bob Ferguson, claim …

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Government watchdog probing ‘allegations related to’ Ronny Jackson

The Washington Post | Getty Images White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson’s bid to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs was derailed by damning allegations of workplace misconduct. Those allegations are …

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Twitter to replace Monsanto in S&P 500

Yana Paskova | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jack Dorsey, chief executive officer of Square on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the company’s IPO, November 19, 2015. Twitter jumped as much as 5 percent in extended trading on Monday, after Dow Jones Indices announced the social media …

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Special master in Cohen case finds few privileged items in initial review

Peter Foley | Bloomberg | Getty Images Michael Cohen, personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives at federal court in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. A court appointed watchdog in the case of President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, released an initial report Monday which found …

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The Nasdaq’s record close bodes well for future gains,, analysts say

The Nasdaq composite’s record close Monday indicates more gains ahead, chart analysts said. The Nasdaq composite and Nasdaq 100 are “both trying to break above their highs from around March and once they do that there’s not a lot of resistance. They’ve got quite a lot of room to run,” …

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New World Trade Center building set to open

Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Manhattan skyline is seen past furniture displayed on the 68th floor during a tour of the 3 World Trade Center (WTC) building in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Silverstein said he sees the commercial real estate market as “strong.” …

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