Advocacy Groups Press FTC To Investigate Google Over Children’s Privacy by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, August 23, 2023 Advocacy groups on Wednesday renewed their call for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether YouTube was serving behaviorally targeted ads to children under the age of 13. “Ultimately, only a body with investigative authority, such as the … Continue reading Advocacy Groups Press FTC To Investigate Google Over Children’s Privacy
Judge Throws Out RNC Suit Against Google Over Spam Filters by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, August 25, 2023 A federal judge has thrown out the Republican National Committee’s lawsuit against Google for allegedly sending fundraising messages into Gmail users’ spam folders. In a decision issued Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Calabretta in the Eastern District … Continue reading Judge Throws Out RNC Suit Against Google Over Spam Filters
Sony has now shipped over 32.1 million PS5s following blockbuster holiday sales Steve Dent @stevetdent Sony’s gaming business had a blockbuster holiday quarter as it sold 7.1 million PS5s from October to December compared to 3.9 million in the same quarter last year. That’s a whopping 82 percent increase, so the company’s supply … Continue reading Sony has sold over 40 million PS5 consoles
By Associated Press July 07, 2023 Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads, which has drawn tens of millions of users since launching this week as a rival to Elon Musk’s social media platform. In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing … Continue reading Twitter threatens to sue Meta over its ‘copycat’ Threads app
By Wilfred Chan July 07, 2023 Earlier this week, Lacey Purciful, a 38-year-old homeowner in Kempner, Texas, uploaded to TikTok an upsetting interaction captured by her porch security camera. A male delivery worker hands her a pizza, and as he turns to leave, remarks: “I just want to say, it’s a nice house for a … Continue reading A DoorDash worker cursed at her over a $5 tip. Then she learned what they’re paid
Meta’s Threads app is here to challenge Twitter Karissa Bell @karissabe Threads, Meta’s text-based app to challenge Twitter, is now official. Mark Zuckerberg announced the new service one day ahead of the July 6th launch date that appeared in app stores earlier this week. Meta has begun rolling out the new service around … Continue reading Twitter threatens to sue Meta over the new Threads app
Confusion Continues Over Elon Musk’s Tweet Limits on Twitter Deanna Ritchie / Jul 4, 2023 In an effort to combat the extraordinary amount of data scraping that occurs on the website, Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk, has lately imposed restrictions on the number of posts that users are permitted to read in a single day. … Continue reading Confusion Continues Over Elon Musk’s Tweet Limits on Twitter
A Reddit transcription community will shut down over a ‘lack of trust’ in the platform Kris Holt @krisholt A group of Reddit volunteers who transcribe media from other subreddits are shutting down their community, in part due to changes the company is making to its API. The community, r/TranscribersOfReddit, will close its doors … Continue reading A Reddit transcription community will shut down over a ‘lack of trust’ in the platform
By Jared Lindzon June 22, 2023 Many assumed that a more precarious economic outlook would bring resignation levels back to pre-pandemic norms. Instead, inflation and recessions fears seem to be inspiring more workers to switch jobs. When the economy takes a turn for the worst, quit rates tend to drop dramatically, as they did … Continue reading The Great Resignation still isn’t over
Google Files Lawsuit Over Fake Review Scams by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 16, 2023 Google has filed a lawsuit to discourage scammers from posting fake businesses and fake reviews using Google Maps and Business Profiles. The defendants abused Google products to create fake online listings for businesses that do not exist and increase their online … Continue reading Google Files Lawsuit Over Fake Review Scams
