Enlarge / Google’s main headquarters. reader comments 106 with 66 posters participating, including story author Share this story Google will pay $76 million over three years to 121 French news organizations to comply with a new French law requiring Google to pay when it uses “snippets” from news articles, Reuters reports. The payments range from ..
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Getty Images reader comments 34 with 26 posters participating Share this story A former phone company worker has been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud for allegedly using his access to customer account data to take over the phone numbers of 19 customers, including at least one cryptocurrency holder. Stephen Daniel DeFiore of Brandon, Florida, ..
Enlarge / A DoorDash Inc. delivery person arranges an order in the back of a vehicle outside of a DoorDash Kitchens location in Redwood City, California. Bloomberg | Getty Images reader comments 82 with 57 posters participating Share this story A DoorDash driver named Jeffrey Fang was returning to his minivan in San Francisco after ..
Enlarge / None of these companies are keen to hand over a slice of their revenue to Maryland. reader comments 89 with 71 posters participating, including story author Share this story Maryland today became the first state in the nation to impose a tax on digital advertising revenue, overriding an earlier veto from the governor ..
Enlarge / Supporters of former President Donald Trump, including Jake Angeli, a QAnon supporter known for his painted face and horned hat, enter the US Capitol on January 6. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images reader comments 139 with 71 posters participating Share this story Facebook has gone out of its way to help law enforcement ..
Enlarge / Ford has cut production at its Chicago facility from three shifts to one as a global chip shortage takes a toll on the car industry. Scott Olson | Getty Images reader comments 128 with 86 posters participating Share this story The Biden administration has pledged to take immediate action to address a global ..
reader comments 90 with 68 posters participating Share this story James, a Cox cable-Internet customer in Irvine, California, got an unwelcome email on Tuesday from the Internet provider. Cox’s email told James, who pays $80 a month for broadband, that his 30Mbps upload speeds will soon be reduced to 10Mbps. A Cox spokesperson told Ars ..
Enlarge / The Virginia state Capitol building at twilight, in prepandemic times. reader comments 30 with 26 posters participating, including story author Share this story Virginia is poised to follow in California’s footsteps any minute now and become the second state in the country to adopt a comprehensive online data protection law for consumers. If ..
reader comments 45 with 32 posters participating, including story author Share this story Mastercard said on Wednesday that it is planning to support cryptocurrencies natively on its network. If this actually happens, it will be a big deal, helping to further legitimize virtual currencies and dramatically expand the market for their use. However, Mastercard says ..
reader comments 82 with 62 posters participating Share this story The Florida water treatment facility whose computer system experienced a potentially hazardous computer breach last week used an unsupported version of Windows with no firewall and shared the same TeamViewer password among its employees, government officials have reported. The computer intrusion happened last Friday in ..
