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Plus, Airbnb makes a major acquisition, Huawei heats up its battle with the US government, and Facebook finally draws the line on anti-vaccination content.


Plus: France wants a 3 percent tax on the multinational tech giants; Apple is expanding south to San Diego — into the backyard of legal rival Qualcomm; meet the delete-nevers.


Plus: T-Mobile spent more at Trump’s DC hotel after announcing its merger with Sprint; a clear-eyed look at the $100 billion prescription eyewear industry; what if your April Fools’ pranks were bankrolled by Elon Musk?


Plus: Congressional Democrats unveil legislation to reinstate net neutrality rules; with an all-star slate of creators, the Luminary app wants to be the Netflix of podcasts; the AI diet.


Plus: A list of US data brokers that are buying and selling your personal information — and how to opt out; Steven Spielberg doesn’t want another Roma to happen at the Oscars; how not to fall for viral scares like Momo.


Plus: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo is working to woo Amazon back; streaming revenue accounted for 75 percent of the US music industry’s total revenue; Martha Stewart teams up with a Canadian cannabis company.


Plus: Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen calls his ex-boss a liar, con man, and a cheat; Trump gets huggy with his “friend,” Kim Jong Un; when the bully is the boss.


Plus: Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar is critical of big tech, but she’ll raise money there anyway; US Cyber Command “basically took the IRA offline” during the 2018 midterms; finding the “oddly satisfying” on the internet.


Plus: Microsoft’s $3,500 HoloLens 2 mixed-reality headset is for workers, not consumers; Amazon now has five women on its 11-member board; the future of gaming is subscription.