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Amazon effect steamrolling the restaurant industry

Retailers are in the throes of adapting to a shopping environment completely revolutionized by e-commerce giant Amazon, but restaurants are now facing the same challenge thanks to what has become known as the “Amazon effect.”

FBI chief calls unbreakable encryption 'urgent public safety issue'

The inability of law enforcement authorities to access data from electronic devices due to powerful encryption is an "urgent public safety issue," FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday in remarks that sought to renew a contentious debate over privacy and security.

The best and worst IPOs of 2017

Wall Street saw several highly-touted initial public offerings, or IPOs, in 2017, as several rising companies went public to challenge the likes of Amazon and Facebook.