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Since Facebook relies on millions of small advertisers, so far the boycott effort has been more about image than profits.
ProtonMail CEO argues Apple fails to meet "minimum moral responsibility."
Google is letting developers test trust tokens, its replacement for ad cookies.
As Alex McDonald notes in this
support request, Google has recently banned the old Usenet groups
comp.lang.forth and comp.lang.lisp from the Google Groups system.
"Of specific concern is the archive. These are some of the oldest
groups on Usenet, and the depth & breadth of the historical material that
has just disappeared from the internet, on two seminal programming
languages, is huge and highly damaging. These are the history and
collective memories of two communities that are being expunged, and it's
not great, since there is no other comprehensive archive after Google's
purchase of Dejanews around 20 years ago."
Perhaps Google can be convinced to restore the content, but it also seems
that some of this material could benefit from a more stable archive.
He says Amazon is investigating.
Agree, Agree, Agree, I agree....wait
Google is already under investigation by Congress, DOJ, and 50 state AGs.
Spotting the fakes isn’t always possible, but here are some tips
Thousands of companies will face restrictions on storing information about European Union residents on U.S. servers, after the bloc’s top court ruled that such transfers exposed Europeans to American government surveillance without “actionable rights” to challenge it.
It's not an apples-to-apples comparison, but this news is proof larger OEMs need to do better with Android updates.
What if a hacker could use an ordinary, dumb, old-fashioned light bulb to spy on your conversations from afar? Here's the bad news.
Google has tried on and off for years to hide full URLs in Chrome's address bar, because apparently long web addresses are scary and evil. Despite the
The company's ties to China are under growing scrutiny
In July 2018, Google was fined €4.34 billion for limiting search on Android phones. Almost two years later, its rivals claim little has changed and the company is as dominant as ever
How does this keep happening? It is a mystery.
Google surreptitiously amasses billions of bits of information --every day -- about internet users even if they opt out of sharing their information, three consumers alleged in a proposed class action lawsuit.