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  • Spartan

    Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience's previously recalled rapid COVID-19 test

  • This Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 photo shows the icon for TikTok taken in New York. (AP Photo)

    Italy takes action against TikTok following girl's death

  • FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 18, 2019 file photo, the logo of Google is displayed on a carpet at the entrance hall of Google France in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

    Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia

  • FILE - An Amazon logo appears on an Amazon delivery van, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Boston. Amazon won’t be forced to restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 against a plea to reinstate the fast-growing social media app favored by followers of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file)

    Judge says Amazon won't have to restore Parler web service

  • FILE - This Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, file photo, shows the Signal encrypted messaging app loading on a smartphone in Paris. In early January 2021, encrypted messaging apps Signal and Telegram are seeing huge upticks in downloads from Apple and Google's app stores, while WhatsApp's growth is on the decline following a privacy fiasco where the company was forced to clarify a message it sent to users. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter, File)

    WhatsApp growth slumps as rivals Signal, Telegram rise

  • In this June 7, 2019, file photo, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey leaves after his talk with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

    Twitter CEO defends Trump ban, warns of dangerous precedent

  • Users have flocked to encrypted messaging app Signal by the millions in recent days — bringing it to the No. 1 spot on both Google Play Store and Apple App Store's top free apps lists this week. (Shutterstock)

    Privacy concerns motivating millions to switch from WhatsApp to Signal

  • Parler has been banned from the Google Play Store, Google told CNN Business Friday evening. (CNN)

    Parler has now been booted by Amazon, Apple and Google, and it may have to go offline temporarily

  • This Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 image shows the suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump. On Friday, the social media company permanently suspended Trump from its platform, citing "risk of further incitement of violence." (AP Photo)

    A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets

  • Parler has been banned from the Google Play Store, Google told CNN Business Friday evening. (CNN)

    Right-wing social media app Parler has been removed from the Google Play store

  • President Donald Trump arrives in the early morning hours, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the White House in Washington, after returning from a rally in Dalton, Ga. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

    Twitter bans Trump permanently, citing risk of violent incitement

  • Trump

    Social platforms flex their power, lock down Trump accounts

  • President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

    Twitter, Facebook muzzle Trump amid U.S. Capitol violence

  • In this file photo, consumer credit cards are pictured. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

    Small businesses feeling the pinch of credit-card fees as e-commerce ramps up

  • The US government on Dec. 28 appealed a decision handed down by a federal judge earlier this month that prevented authorities from fully implementing its restrictions against TikTok. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images via CNN)

    Trump administration appeals court order blocking TikTok restrictions

  • The Zoom app is pictured in this file photo.

    From Zoom to Quibi, the tech winners and losers of 2020

  • In this Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award, in Berlin. In a tweet Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, Musk said he once considered selling the electric car maker to Apple, but the iPhone maker’s CEO Tim Cook blew off the meeting. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

    Musk: Apple CEO didn't take meeting about buying Tesla

  • A woman uses her computer keyboard to type while surfing the internet. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

    Senator: U.S. Treasury Dept. email accounts compromised in hack

  • FILE - The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)

    Hack against U.S. is 'grave threat,' cybersecurity agency says

  • This Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez)

    Dozens of U.S. states file anti-trust lawsuit against Google