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• Intel stock up amid rumors it's selling part of its chip business to Apple -Intel's stock rose more than 1% in after-hours trading Monday amid reports that Apple is in talks to buy its smartphone-modem chip business.
  
  
• Google agrees to pay $13 million in Street View privacy case -Google has agreed to pay a $13 million settlement that could resolve a class-action lawsuit over the company's collection of people's private information through its Street View project.
  
  
• Equifax exposed 150 million Americans' personal data. Now it will pay up to $700 million -Credit reporting agency Equifax has reached a deal to pay up to $700 million to settle probes stemming from a data breach that exposed the data of nearly 150 million people.
  
  
• India is too big for TikTok to risk another ban -One of China's biggest social media companies is scrambling to protect its business in India after a second run-in with authorities in three months.
  
  
• Elon Musk hopes to put a computer chip in your brain. Who wants one? -This week Elon Musk unveiled his most sci-fi project thus far: a computer chip connected to exceptionally slender wires with electrodes on them, all of which is meant to be embedded in a person's brain by a surgical robot. The implant would connect wirelessly to a small behind-the-ear receiver that could communicate with a computer.
  
  
• Pampers is making a 'smart' diaper. Yes, really -It's come to this: Babies may soon be wearing Pampers smart diapers.
  
  
• Libra is a great idea. But Facebook has to get out of the way -In many respects, Libra sounds like the way of the future. But the shining vision for Libra is clouded by a big concern: Facebook is behind it.
  
  
• Huawei executive says US export ban will cost American jobs -Huawei will survive the US pressure campaign against it, but American jobs may not, says Andy Purdy, Huawei's chief security officer and former head of the US Department of Homeland Security's national cybersecurity division.
  
  
• Social influencers see stardom potential on LinkedIn and Pinterest -LinkedIn and Pinterest want a piece of the influencer industry. An emerging group of creators are already taking advantage of these platforms' recent push into video.
  
  
• Didi may relaunch a carpooling service that was shut after two murders -Didi Chuxing is considering reviving Hitch, a carpooling service that the Chinese ride-hailing company suspended indefinitely last year after two female passengers were murdered.
  
  
• Microsoft's 'blow out' fourth quarter beats analyst projections by $1 billion -Microsoft beat analysts' revenue projections by nearly $1 billion when it announced earnings for the fourth quarter of its 2019 fiscal year, as its cloud division Azure continues its path of strong expansion.
  
  
• Trump vows 'strong look' at Pentagon contract that could go to his frequent target, Amazon -President Trump said Thursday he intends to scrutinize a plan by the Pentagon that could end in a multi-billion dollar contract being awarded to Amazon.
  
  
• Slack is resetting thousands of passwords after 2015 hack -Slack has reset the passwords of thousands of accounts after receiving new information about a hack that took place in March 2015.
  
  
• FaceApp's viral success proves we will never take our digital privacy seriously -
  
  
• -CNN's Hadas Gold looks at the security concerns surrounding "FaceApp," a smartphone app made by a small company in Russia that allows users to age their selfies by decades, because it's user terms grant "full access" to personal photos and data.
  
  
• Europe fines Qualcomm $270 million for 'predatory pricing' -Europe has hit Qualcomm with a ?242 million ($271 million) fine, saying the US chipmaker used "predatory pricing" to drive a competitor out of the market for 3G phone hardware.
  
  
• Google will build 15,000 Silicon Valley homes as part of a $15 billion project -Google is teaming up with an Australian developer to build $15 billion worth of homes, retail and hospitality spaces in Silicon Valley.
  
  
• Elon Musk is making implants to link the brain with a smartphone -Elon Musk wants to insert Bluetooth-enabled implants into your brain, claiming the devices could enable telepathy and repair motor function in people with injuries.
  
  
• IBM earnings lag as it tries to capitalize on cloud -Growth in IBM's cloud business appeared to be a bright spot in its earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2019. It beat expectations on profit, posting earnings per share of $3.17. But its revenue was down 4.2% from the prior year to $19 billion, its fourth straight quarter of decline.
  
  
• Instagram doubles down on test to hide likes -Instagram is doubling down on its test to conceal your likes. The test is expanding to more countries, including Ireland, Brazil and Australia.