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Court Strikes Down Puerto Rico Tax on Wal-Mart

Implemented last year, the measure had increased the tax for on-island companies with more than $2.75 billion in revenues that buy goods from off-island 'related parties' to 6.5 percent from 2 percent.

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Government, Claiming it Cracked iPhone Security, Drops Legal Action Against Apple

The abrupt end to a confrontation that had transfixed the tech industry was a victory for Apple, which vehemently opposed a court order to unlock the device used by the San Bernardino shooter.

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U.S. Government Asked Amazon to Lie in Staples-Office Depot Merger Case, Judge Says

'The public ought to know that the government wanted Amazon to say some things that weren't true,' Emmet Sullivan said.

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Apple Considering Building Proprietary Servers to Stop Third-Party Spying

In 2013, an NSA program developed to intercept electronic devices and plant snooping equipment on them was discovered.

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Government Now Says it May Not Need Apple to Unlock iPhone, Postpones Hearing

The government had insisted until Monday that it had no way to access the phone used by one of the killers in the December massacre in San Bernardino, Calif.

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Staples and Office Depot: U.S. Government 'Simply Wrong' for Trying to Block Merger

More than a year ago, Staples offered to buy Office Depot in a transaction then valued at about $5.5 billion, pressured by declining sales in the office supplies sector and the rise of rivals.

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Senate Blocks Bill That Would Override State GMO Labeling Laws

The proposed legislation comes amid growing calls for transparency in the U.S. food supply.

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Like It Or Not, Drones Will Soon Be Buzzing Overhead

FAA chief Michael Huerta says new rules and tools for drones are being developed faster than skeptics thought possible.

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Justice Department Calls Apple's Rhetoric 'Corrosive' in iPhone Case

The government said Apple 'deliberately raised technological barriers' to prevent execution of a warrant.

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Tech Companies to Apple: We've Got Your Back

The rare display of unity and support from Apple's sometime-rivals showed the breadth of Silicon Valley's opposition to the government's anti-encryption effort, a position endorsed by the United Nations human rights chief.

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Pentagon Competition Dares You to Hack its Websites

While the government is keeping sensitive systems off-limits, this will hopefully identify vulnerabilities that in-house experts wouldn't catch.

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Former Google CEO Schmidt to Head New Pentagon Innovation Board

Its goal will be to bring Silicon Valley innovation and best practices to the U.S. military.

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FBI Director Says Apple Case May Set a Precedent for Other Devices

The remarks were a slight change to James Comey's statement last week that ordering Apple to unlock the phone was 'unlikely to be a trailblazer.'

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Why Sheroes Co-Founder Finds Jaitley's Budget Pro Startup

Sairee Chahal, co-founder of Sheroes, shares her views on Union Budget 2016