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Daily Report: Apple’s Chief Charms Capitol Hill

Timothy D. Cook told a Senate panel that Apple pays all the taxes we owe every single dollar, Nelson D. Schwartz and Brian X.

Today’s Scuttlebot: Spherical Amazon and Teenage Exodus

The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar items. For Tuesday, selections include the merger of online food delivery sites in Chicago and New York, the origin of Tumblr and good news for cats who feel left out when people use iPods.

The New Flickr Is Pretty, but Is It Social?

Flickr unveiled its new Web site design, showing off high-resolution rectangular photos and a free terabyte of space for users. But the new Flickr still feels like it's missing something.

A $2,400 Fine for an Airbnb Host

A New York man who rented his room in a two-bedroom apartment on Airbnb must pay a $2,400 fine for violating the city"s administrative code, a judge has ruled.

Google: Let a Billion Supercomputers Bloom

The search giant is adapting its old playbook to compete in cloud computing: enlist small developers around the world and hope some of them create something huge. One hazard: Amazon and Microsoft are wise to this tactic.

Live Blog: Apple and Corporate Taxes

A Senate panel questioned Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief executive, and other Apple executives about how Apple sidestepped tens of billions of dollars in taxes.

Daily Report: Apple’s Tax Practices Under Scrutiny

A Congressional investigation on Apple's tax practices, laying out the use of a complex web of foreign subsidiaries to minimize tax liability, set the stage for a potential confrontation with Apple's chief at a hearing on Tuesday.

I.B.M. Puts Watson to Work in Business

I.B.M. will move its Watson artificial-intelligence technology into the business mainstream with an offering pitched as a smart assistant especially useful in industries with many customer service calls.

Tumblr Founder Says Site Will Stay an ‘Independent’ Effort

A day after Yahoo"s board approved a deal to acquire Tumblr for $1,1 billion, Marissa Mayer, Yahoo"s chief executive, and David Karp, Tumblr"s founder, reassured users that Tumblr would continue to operate as it did before.

Cisco: Big Data Is the Network, Too

The head of the world's biggest computer networking company says that the computer business and networking are collapsing into each other, as sensors and a bigger Internet deliver even more information to analyze. The implication is a lot of expensive acquisitions.