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March 9, 2020, 6:05 PM

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Yun Li / CNBC:
Nasdaq closes down 7.29% and S&P 500 down 7.6% extending last week's selloff, amid fears over the spread of the coronavirus and a new oil price war  —  Stocks plunge as investors fear coronavirus outbreak and oil price war—Five experts on what to watch next
Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC:
Robinhood says it's investigating the cause of its third major outage in two weeks, which affected equities, crypto, and options trading until late in the day  —  Free stock trading pioneer Robinhood is experiencing another major outage, keeping clients on the sidelines of a major day for stocks.
CNBC:
Twitter says Silver Lake will invest $1B as it enters into an agreement with Elliott Management to avoid ousting Dorsey and launches a $2B share buyback program  —  Twitter has reached a deal with investment firms Elliott Management and Silver Lake, the company announced Monday.
Todd Haselton / CNBC:
Apple now says it's OK to use disinfectant wipes to clean “nonporous surfaces of your Apple product, such as the display, keyboard, or other exterior surfaces”  —  - Apple now says it's OK to use Clorox Disinfecting Wipes and other disinfectants to clean your iPhone and other Apple gadgets.
Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Amazon says it will start selling its cashier-less store tech used in Amazon Go, dubbed Just Walk Out, to other companies  —  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Monday is set to announce a new business line selling the technology behind its cashier-less convenience stores to other retailers, the company told Reuters.
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Leaked iOS 14 code shows Apple Watch Series 6 and watchOS 7 will include an “Infograph Pro” watch face with tachymeter, Schooltime mode for kids, sleep tracking  —  9to5Mac exclusively reported over the weekend that Apple Watch will gain the ability to detect blood oxygen saturation …
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Twitter applied its “manipulated media” label for the first time, after a clipped video of Joe Biden was tweeted by a White House official, retweeted by Trump  —  It's the first time the social network has enforced a new policy to fight doctored videos and photos
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon is relaxing its attendance policy and not penalizing warehouse and store workers for missing shifts during March, in response to coronavirus concerns  —  - Amazon has relaxed its attendance policy for employees who “work from an office, store, fulfillment center, delivery station or sort center” …
New York Times:
Misinformation about coronavirus persists on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, despite the companies' efforts to stop misleading posts by working with health orgs  —  Secret labs.  Magic cures.  Government plots.  Despite efforts by social media companies to stop it, false information …
Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Australia's information commissioner sues Facebook for allegedly breaching the privacy of over 300,000 Australians caught up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal  —  Facebook alleged to have committed serious breaches with data collected by This is Your Digital Life app used by Cambridge Analytica for political profiling
Nicole Hong / New York Times:
Alleged Vault 7-leaker Joshua Schulte is convicted on making false statements to FBI and contempt of court, but jury hung on spying charges; mistrial declared  —  The judge declared a mistrial after jurors were deadlocked on whether Joshua Schulte stole classified documents to give to WikiLeaks.

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