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Google rivals join forces in online maps
Google rivals join forces in online maps
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Google rivals on Thursday unveiled a project to make freely available data sets for map features to be built into online offerings. Alphabet-owned Google dominates online mapping, selling its services to other companies or platforms and using location and navigation capabilities to enhance its other offerings, including online advertising.

Ex-Twitter worker gets prison time in Saudi 'spy' case
Ex-Twitter worker gets prison time in Saudi 'spy' case
Business and Economy
by  AFP

US justice officials on Thursday said a former Twitter worker convicted of spying for Saudi officials was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. Prosecutors accused Abouammo and fellow Twitter employee Ali Alzabarah of being enlisted by Saudi officials between late 2014 and early the following year to get private information on accounts that were critical of the regime.

Keystone pipeline partly reopens after oil spill
Keystone pipeline partly reopens after oil spill
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Canada's TC Energy has restarted a portion of the Keystone Pipeline, which was shut down last week following a large spill of heavy crude oil in Kansas. The company on Wednesday night resumed the flow of diluted bitumen, a heavy crude oil, from Hardisty, Alberta to Wood River/Patoka, Illinois, TC Energy said on its website.