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Boing Boing Goes Black

Boing Boing – “Boing Boing is offline today, because the US Senate is considering legislation that would certainly kill us forever” says the home page. Boing Boing says this could be the unmaking of the Web, and adds that PIPA would mean legal complications, if users linked to a site anywhere online that had any links to copyright infringement.

 

 

 

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Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter, writes Ashley Capoot.

U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs — NPR

The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own, writes Andrea Hsu. 

The Coca-Cola Company commits $1.1B to Microsoft Cloud and AI partnership

The Coca-Cola Company and Microsoft announced a five-year partnership on Tuesday. As part of the collaboration, Coca-Cola has committed $1.1 billion to Microsoft Cloud and generative AI capabilities.