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38 States Sue Google Over Antitrust Complaints
The lawsuits against Alphabet Inc.’s Google continue to pile up. On December 17, 38 states filed a joint antitrust complaint that accuses the tech giant of expanding its search monopoly through smart speakers, televisions and …
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The U.S. government confirmed on Wednesday that a recent hacking campaign affected its networks and said the attack was “significant and ongoing.” Hackers believed to be working for Russia have been monitoring internal email traffic …
Details10 States Sue Google for ‘Anti-Competitive’ Online Ad Sales
Ten states on Wednesday brought a lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of “anti-competitive conduct” in the online advertising industry, including a deal to manipulate sales with rival Facebook. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton …
DetailsEU Unveils New Rules to Curb Technology Companies
The Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act have just been presented in Brussels. These proposed policies aim to revise all the principles that apply to digital services within the 27 member states — …
DetailsHackers Used SolarWinds’ Dominance Against it in Sprawling Spy Campaign
On an earnings call two months ago, SolarWinds Chief Executive Kevin Thompson touted how far the company had gone during his 11 years at the helm. There was not a database or an IT deployment …
DetailsFacebook’s Antitrust Fight in US Could Mean More Consumer Choice Worldwide
The U.S. government’s suit against Facebook for illegally stifling competition and limiting consumer choice will be watched worldwide, particularly by the social network’s more than two billion users. Tina Trinh reports. Produced by: Tina Trinh …
DetailsBritain to Introduce New Laws Over ‘Harmful’ Social Media Content
Lawmakers in Britain have proposed legislation that would fine social media companies if they do not quickly take action to remove illegal content like child pornography or terrorist materials. U.S. based Facebook and Twitter and …
DetailsApple Adding Privacy Fact Labels to App Store Items
Apple on Monday began adding labels that reveal what user data is gathered by games, chat or other software offered in the App Store for its popular mobile devices. The iPhone maker announced plans for …
DetailsGoogle Suffers Widespread Outage of Gmail, YouTube and More
After nearly an hour of widespread global outages of Google services, most users were again able to access their Gmail, Google Drive and YouTube accounts Monday morning. “Update — We’re back up and running! …
DetailsCan China Become Self-reliant in Semiconductors?
The U.S. added China’s biggest computer chipmaker SMIC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies last week, a move that will further widen the gap between China’s chip technology and the rest of the …
DetailsEU Vaccine Agency Victim of Cyberattack
The head of the European Union’s medical agency confirmed Friday it had been the subject of a cyberattack for the past two weeks but said it will not impact its ongoing evaluation of COVID-19 vaccines. …
DetailsEU Vaccine Agency Victim of Cyber-attack
The head of the European Union’s medical agency confirmed Friday it had been the subject of a cyberattack for the past two weeks but said it will not impact its ongoing evaluation of COVID-19 vaccines. …
DetailsAt-Home Kits Aim to Close COVID-19 Testing Gap
Getting a COVID test can mean long lines and delayed results. Matt Dibble looks into recent breakthroughs that may have more of us performing a test at home. Camera: Matt Dibble Producer: …
DetailsAt-Home Test Kits: New Tools to Close the COVID-19 Testing Gap
Getting a COVID test can mean long lines and delayed results. Matt Dibble looks into recent breakthroughs that may have more of us performing a test at home. Camera: Matt Dibble Producer: …
DetailsSpaceX Starship Makes Highest Test Flight, Crashes on Landing
SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown. It …
DetailsFacebook Faces US Lawsuits That Could Force Sale of Instagram, WhatsApp
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state sued Facebook Inc. Wednesday, saying it broke antitrust law and should potentially be broken up. With the filing of the twin lawsuits, Facebook becomes the …
DetailsYouTube Will Remove New Videos That Falsely Claim Fraud Changed US Election Outcome
YouTube said on Wednesday it would start removing content that falsely allege widespread fraud changed the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, in a change to its more hands-off stance on videos making similar claims. …
DetailsCybersecurity Firm FireEye Says Was Hacked by Nation State
Prominent U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye said Tuesday that foreign government hackers with “world-class capabilities” broke into its network and stole offensive tools it uses to probe the defenses of its thousands of customers, who include …
DetailsSmartphone Glass Strength: The Quest To Make Glass Shatterproof
U.S. glassmaker Corning has become the dominant provider of glass covers for smartphones worldwide. Deana Mitchell has the story. …
DetailsAustralia Introducing Bill to Make Facebook and Google Pay Media Groups for Content
Legislation to make Facebook and Google pay media organizations for news content will be introduced in the Australian parliament on Wednesday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Tuesday. Frydenberg said the measure would be reviewed by …
DetailsDespite Promise, Few in US Adopting COVID-19 Exposure Apps
Six months ago, Apple and Google introduced a new smartphone tool designed to notify people who might have been exposed to the coronavirus, without disclosing any personal information. But for the most part, Americans haven’t …
DetailsUS Not Extending TikTok Divestiture Deadline; Talks to Continue
The Trump administration has chosen not to extend again an order requiring ByteDance, a Chinese company, to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets, but talks will continue over the video-sharing app’s fate, two sources briefed on the …
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