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Period-tracking apps are trying to make women feel safer about their data after the end of Roe v. Wade

By Jennifer Korn In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, women living in states that criminalize abortion are grappling with the possibility that their phones could now hold incriminating information about their travel, search history and menstrual cycles. With that in mind, some popular services are rethinking the data

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FTC warns tech companies against misusing health data, following Biden’s executive order protecting abortion access

By Brian Fung, CNN Tech companies and data brokers that misuse or misrepresent how they handle Americans’ personal data, including reproductive health information, may find themselves on the hook with the Federal Trade Commission, the agency warned this week. On Monday, the FTC renewed its vow to investigate or sue companies that use Americans’ digital

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House lawmakers are investigating how some tech companies will handle health data related to abortions

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Three House lawmakers are launching an investigation into the collection and sale of personal health data related to abortion by data brokers and period-tracking apps. They are seeking information from five data broker companies and five health-tracking app companies about their collection, retention and sale of personal health data, according

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China says India risks scaring away investors with raids on its companies

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India risks damaging its reputation among foreign investors with its “frequent investigations” into Chinese companies, Beijing said this week. China’s embassy in India said in a statement Thursday that probes by Indian authorities into Chinese companies were disrupting “normal business activities” and chilling “the confidence and willingness of market entities

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The rise and fall of Theranos: A timeline

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Four years after the top two Theranos executives, Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, were first indicted together on a dozen federal fraud charges stemming from their time heading up the failed blood testing startup, both have been convicted by juries. Holmes, the founder and former CEO of Theranos,

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Former Theranos COO is guilty of federal fraud

By Sara Ashley O’Brien and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former COO of failed blood testing startup Theranos and ex-boyfriend of founder Elizabeth Holmes, was found guilty of defrauding investors and patients. Jury deliberations stretched for four full days following a lengthy trial that got underway in March with opening statements. A jury

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American Airlines is tripling pilots’ pay after a scheduling glitch left thousands of flights without pilots

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business American Airlines has agreed to pay its pilots triple their normal rate after a computer scheduling glitch left thousands of flights with understaffed cockpits. The malfunction in the scheduling program occurred early Saturday morning and allowed pilots to drop flights the airline was counting on them to fly throughout the

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Pringles wants a spider named after it

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Pringles and spiders are probably two things you don’t associate with each other — until now. The Kellogg-owned brand is petitioning the “arachnid community” to recognize the little-known Kidney Garden spider as the Pringles Spider. The reason, the snack food maker says, is because it has an uncanny resemblance to

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