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The move announced Wednesday by GM-owned Cruise come two months after the company received California's permission to fully driverless cars in the state.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has left California and is now a resident of Texas.

It's a name synonymous with Silicon Valley, but Hewlett Packard Enterprises is moving to Texas.

The settlement came on the same day Apple announced a partial concession in its fight over fees it charges app developers to sell their offerings on its App Store, amid broader regulatory scrutiny of the power it wields over other companies in its digital ecosystem.

Apple allegedly made misrepresentations about the batteries in some of its iPhones and software that limited performance so the phones would not shut off unexpectedly.

The San Francisco-based company filed papers signaling its intent for initial public offering Friday.

Proposition 24 includes provisions to triple the fines for companies that violate kids' privacy and will create a dedicated state agency to enforce the law that was passed in 2018.

While all five — Amazon, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook, Apple and Twitter — exceeded analyst expectations, gloomy forecasts and other uncertainties led to share-price declines for all but Alphabet in after-market trading.

The researchers say the disputed tool is vital to understanding how Facebook has been used as a conduit for disinformation and manipulation.

Cruise CEO Dan Ammann said in a statement that the company got a permit Thursday from California's Department of Motor Vehicles to let the cars travel on their own.

Scott Atlas, who joined the White House in August as a science adviser, had tweeted “Masks work? NO,” and said widespread use of masks is not supported.