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Lyft's IPO could reportedly come as soon as March

The ride-hailing company appears to be gunning to beat Uber in going public first.

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Samsung's blowout "Unpacked" event

Today's major tech headlines include all of the news from Samsung's massive "Unpacked" event that saw the reveal of the company's first foldable phone and the new line of Galaxy S10 smartphones.

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<p>Twitter headquarter's in San Francisco.&nbsp;</p>

Twitter wants your help in making conversations less of a mess

The social network -- a "chaotic hellpit" in one observer's phrase -- still has a lot of work to do.

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Facebook lets Android users block location tracking when not on the app

The social network is rolling out a new "background location" control for Android phones.

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<p>Mark Zuckerberg has embarked on his 2019 personal challenge.</p>

Zuckerberg says he wants Facebook to work in your best interest

For his 2019 personal challenge, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg wants to talk about how tech will affect society.

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<p>Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the F8 developer conference in 2018.&nbsp;</p>

Facebook opens registration for F8 developer conference

Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is expected to speak at the conference in San Jose.

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<p>Ren Zhengfei, Huawei's founder and president, denied allegations that his company's products were being used to spy for China.</p>

Huawei founder says daughter's arrest was 'politically motivated'

Ren Zhengfei also says his company is "as small as a tomato" in the tension between the US and China.

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Amazon's environmental initiative, a retina-quality VR headset

Today's major tech stories include Amazon's plan to lower its carbon footprint, a new VR headset from startup Varjo and Google's difficult road ahead as it continues to battle fake news.

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<p>Apple's App Stores for various platforms may be combined.</p>

Apple will reportedly combine iPhone, iPad and Mac apps by 2021

It'll basically combine its App Stores.

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Google says it doesn’t want to prevent ad blocking on Chrome

The search giant tries to reassure software developers after a raft of criticism last month.

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Facebook faces questions from lawmakers about privacy of health groups

The social network has been accused of exposing the health data of users in "closed" Facebook groups.

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<p>Facebook's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun said the company is interested in developing a smart assistant that has a certain level of "common sense."</p>

Facebook is trying to give AI 'common sense,' says chief scientist

Even a lot of humans don't have that.

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