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FILE - In this file photo taken, Dec. 16, 2014, a woman leaves the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco, Calif. Uber drivers are employees, not independent contractors, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries said Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, in an opinion that takes direct aim at the business model for the popular ride-hailing company. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
FILE – In this file photo taken, Dec. 16, 2014, a woman leaves the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco, Calif. Uber drivers are employees, not independent contractors, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries said Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, in an opinion that takes direct aim at the business model for the popular ride-hailing company. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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Here s what s going on in tech.

Apple has reportedly leased a 96,000-square-foot former Pepsi bottling plant in Sunnyvale. Maybe for more car work?

More Apple supporters in the company s fight against the FBI over unlocking the San Bernardino killer s iPhone: The ACLU, Access Now and the Wickr Foundation file amicus briefs.

Uber s international losses totaled $237 million in 2014, the most recent numbers available — and during a year of big expansion.

Facebook exec jailed in Brazil over WhatsApp s refusal to turn over data related a drug-trafficking investigation has been released.

Indonesia is asking Facebook, Google, Twitter and other Internet companies to pay local taxes or risk being blocked in the world s fourth most populous country.

Facebook says it now has 3 million advertisers, a 50 percent increase in a year.

 

Photo: A woman leaves the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco in 2014. (AP/Eric Risberg)

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