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Google, Facebook and Twitter are among tech companies that have suspended processing requests for user data from Hong Kong law-enforcement agencies following China’s imposition of a national-security law on the city.

Palantir Technologies said it has confidentially filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public, ending an extended wait that made the data analytics company one of Silicon Valley’s oldest private startups.

Congress designed the Paycheck Protection Program to help small businesses hit by the pandemic, but its $521 billion in loans also went to major law firms, wealth managers and politically connected companies.

The fight for customers among DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats and rivals is going nationwide as they expand into one another’s territory.

The next challenge for bringing Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX jets back into service is slated to play out as early as this week, with another government test flight assessing the safety of software fixes.

Duke Energy and Dominion Energy are pulling the plug on the proposed $8 billion pipeline under the Appalachian Trail as companies continue to meet environmental opposition to new fossil fuel conduits in the U.S.

Google, Amazon and Facebook face proposed European rules aimed at curbing their alleged anticompetitive behavior, making them pay more taxes and compelling them to shoulder more responsibility for illegal content.

Companies behind candidate Covid-19 vaccines are making an unprecedented push to recruit tens of thousands of healthy volunteers for final-phase testing, targeting states where infections are surging.

Before you hit the road or go off the grid, download these helpful apps that work without an internet connection, and consider gear to keep your phone charged and safely positioned when you’re out of service range.

The employment report, based on survey data largely collected in mid-June, doesn’t reflect recent government-mandated business closures and related layoffs in response to the coronavirus.