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Illustration on curtailing Amazon by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why Amazon must be curtailed

By Robert W. Merry

FILE - In this May 17, 2017, file photo, an Amazon Alexa device is switched on for a demonstration of its use in a ballpark suite before a Seattle Mariners baseball game in Seattle. Microsoft and Amazon are making their Alexa and Cortana voice assistants team up and talk to each other in a new collaboration. Both companies say that later in fall 2017, users will be able to access Alexa using Cortana on Windows 10 computers and on Android and Apple devices. They’ll also be able to access Cortana on Alexa-enabled devices such as the Amazon Echo. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Alexa, Cortana talk to each other in Amazon-Microsoft deal

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

This photo provided by Ikea demonstrates Ikea's augmented reality app called IKEA Place, on an iPhone, allowing a user to superimpose virtual images over real-life settings. The app allows shoppers to see how furniture will look in their living room or other space before buying it. (Ikea via AP)

Are consumers ready to give augmented reality a try?

By ANICK JESDANUN - Associated Press

‘Angry Birds’ IPO to test economic durability of digital game industry

By Nicole Ault - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Oct. 27, 2016, file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of new products in Cupertino, Calif. Apple is donating $2 million to two human rights groups as part of Cook’s pledge to help lead the fight against the hate that fueled the violence in Charlottesville, Va., during a white-nationalist rally. Cook made the commitment late Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, in an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

What major tech companies are doing on hate groups

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

A Wall Street sign hangs near the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

Dow Jones industrials break above 22,000

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FILE - In this Monday, June 5, 2017, file photo, John Knoll, of Industrial Light &amp; Magic, right, speaks about virtual reality during an announcement of new products at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif. Apple is getting ready to use iPhone cameras as an entryway into the strange world of augmented reality, taking the trend-setting company down an avenue that could usher in a new era in technology. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Next big leap for Apple? - augmented reality

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, June 5, 2017, file photo, John Knoll, of Industrial Light &amp; Magic, right, speaks about virtual reality during an announcement of new products at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif. Apple is getting ready to use iPhone cameras as an entryway into the strange world of augmented reality, taking the trend-setting company down an avenue that could usher in a new era in technology. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Apple’s next big leap might be into augmented reality

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Companies say Apple removed their privacy apps from China

By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs’ widow, buys The Atlantic

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FILE- In this June 11, 2015, file photo, from left, an iPod, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle are displayed at an Apple store in New York. The company discontinued sales of the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle on Thursday, July 27, 2017, in a move reflecting the waning popularity of the devices in an era when most people store or stream their tunes on smartphones. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Apple kills iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle as music moves to phones

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DC, Apple reach terms for new store in Carnegie Library

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FILE - In this May 26, 2010 file photo, staff members work on the production line at the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, southern China. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says President Donald Trump plans to make a &quot;major jobs announcement for Wisconsin&quot; as anticipation builds it will be about electronics giant Foxconn locating in the state. Taiwan-based Foxconn is best known as the assembler of the iPhone. Wisconsin is among seven states, mostly in the Midwest, that the company has named as possible locations to build the its first liquid-crystal display factory that could mean tens of thousands of jobs. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

The Latest: Foxconn says Wisconsin first investment of many

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Concerns increase in Wisconsin over deal for Foxconn plant

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Apple unveiled a dozen new emoji characters in celebration of World Emoji Day on Monday, including a breastfeeding mother, a bearded man and a woman in a hijab. (Apple)

Apple unveils beards, hijabs, breastfeeding emojis marking World Emoji Day

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Business Highlights

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, a customer sets up his new iPhone 7 Plus, right, as he switches from the iPhone 6 at the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue during the release of the Apple iPhone 7 and the latest Apple Watches, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Qualcomm seeks to block iPhone imports in patent dispute

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Illustration on two futures of the iPhone by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

iPhone, smartphone technology can be used for good or evil

By Peter Morici

Rochester technology team looks for the next killer app

By JEFF KIGER - Associated Press

In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, a customer sets up his new iPhone 7 Plus, right, as he switches from the iPhone 6 at the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue during the release of the Apple iPhone 7 and the latest Apple Watches, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Apple seeks to void patent claims, fees in Qualcomm dispute

By ANICK JESDANUN - Associated Press