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Elon Musk Settles With SEC, Agrees To Step Down As Tesla Chairman

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has agreed to step down as chairman of the electric-car company as part of a settlement to resolve a securities fraud charge lobbed by the SEC on Thursday. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Elon Musk Settles With SEC, Agrees To Step Down As Tesla Chairman

The Tesla CEO reached a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve a securities fraud case. As part of the deal, Tesla and Musk agreed to pay $40 million in penalties.

No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data

At Shiru Cafe in Providence, R.I., students "pay" for coffee, but not with money. Chaiel Schaffel/Rhode Island Public Radio hide caption

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The Salt

No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data

The Public's Radio

For free coffee, students can provide their names, phone numbers, email, majors and interests. This information is then provided to corporate sponsors who want to "diversify students' career choices."

Technology

Facebook Says Hackers Accessed Information Of 50 Million Users In Latest Data Breach

Facebook announced a new data breach on Friday. Hackers accessed the information of 50 million Facebook users, as Facebook remains under pressure for misuse of users' personal data.

Facebook Says Hackers Accessed Information Of 50 Million Users In Latest Data Breach

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SEC Lawsuit Seeks To Remove Elon Musk As Tesla CEO Or Officer In Any Public Company

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Bloomberg reporter Max Chafin about the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against Elon Musk announced on Thursday.

SEC Lawsuit Seeks To Remove Elon Musk As Tesla CEO Or Officer In Any Public Company

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Drugmakers Play The Patent Game To Lock In Prices, Block Competitors

Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid OxyContin, has a subsidiary that won a patent for a treatment for opioid addiction. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Drugmakers Play The Patent Game To Lock In Prices, Block Competitors

Kaiser Health News

Pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, often win patents for incremental changes with debatable value. Now there's a twist involving an opioid addiction treatment.

SEC Sues Tesla CEO Elon Musk

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit Thursday against Tesla CEO Elon Musk, accusing him of securities fraud. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption

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SEC Sues Tesla CEO Elon Musk

"Musk's false and misleading public statements and omissions caused significant confusion and disruption in the market for Tesla's stock and resulting harm to investors," the lawsuit says.

SEC Sues Tesla CEO Elon Musk

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Europe's Copyright Reforms Are More Than (Just) A Boring Policy Change

Günther Oettinger, commissioner of the digital single market for the European Union, in a presentation on copyright reform on December 9, 2015 in Brussels. Thierry Monasse/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption

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Europe's Copyright Reforms Are More Than (Just) A Boring Policy Change

Two weeks ago, the European Commission approved new rules that will change how tech companies are required to deal with copyright infringement on their platforms. Unsurprisingly, it was controversial.