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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy OAKLAND, Calif.—For nearly a decade, , across from picturesque Lake Merritt, where locals head for leisurely walks, had become a popular breakfast and brunch destination. So many visitors ordered the $14 avocado toast and the $11 vegetarian sandwich called the Kamala Llama — a nod to Oakland's favorite daughter — that in 2018 it opened a second location nearby.But since the coronavirus pandemic hit and California restaurants closed to indoor dining, co-owner May Seto Wasem's business has...

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Tenant screening software faces national reckoning

Tenant screening software faces national reckoning

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy In November 2018, Marco Antonio Fernandez, returned home after a yearlong Navy deployment in South Korea and searched for an apartment near his next posting in Fort Meade, Maryland.Fernandez, whose national security work had already earned him a top-secret clearance, had little to worry about when he was asked to undergo a tenant screening — a process involving credit, criminal records and eviction checks. But the screening’s algorithm-based software rejected him for an apartment: It found...

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Amazon worker died by suicide at Las Vegas facility

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Silicon Valley's hunger problems grow during a time of record profits

Silicon Valley's hunger problems grow during a time of record profits

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Major internet service providers won't say who has access and who needs it

Major internet service providers won't say who has access and who needs it

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy Months into the school year, the one thing many families have learned is how much they rely on a functioning internet connection to access remote classrooms. So education equality experts who are trying to chip away at the many challenges families are struggling with through the pandemic are starting by simply trying to identify which students aren't connected to make sure those households have access to affordable packages.But even though most internet service providers, or ISPs, offer...

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Apple pays France €500 million to cover a decade of back taxes

Apple pays France €500 million to cover a decade of back taxes

Apple has reportedly paid 10 years of back taxes to the French tax authority—around €500 million (over $570 million)—according to , a business newspaper.The iPhone maker has been under pressure to pay taxes to European Union countries after it was found to have engaged in legal financial chicanery to drastically mitigate its tax burden.Ars  previously that Apple pays an effective 2.3 percent tax rate on overseas profits by using various legal tax mechanisms across several countries as a way to minimize its tax burden. Google, Microsoft, and many other large multinational...

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