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WorldPingGoogle has won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines' internal business data with a $10 million bid, beating AI firm Mercor, and says the trove will help train its AI models. The company clarified it is not buying customer or credit card information.
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Google is leveraging our poor relationship to technology to sell its new phones - the same relationship it had a hand in creating.
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WorldPingGoogle told its suppliers that it will no longer manufacture Pixel devices in China starting next year, according to Nikkei Asia.
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WorldPingAn obstetrician says he treats women from Wales every other week at an abortion clinic in London.
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