The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has handed a large fine to the facial recognition company Clearview AI for using images of UK people scraped from the web and social media to create a gigantic search engine for faces. The ICO fined the facial recognition company £7.5 million ($9.4 million), calling its methods to grow its…
Clearview AI Fined £7.5 Million by British Data Protection Watchdog for Illegally Storing Images
MSNBC Officially Hires Former Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki
MSNBC announced Tuesday that it officially hired former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, coming after months of speculation that she would join the left-wing cable network after departing the Biden administration. Psaki will make appearances on MSNBC’s cable and streaming programs, the company said. She will also host her own show, the title of which…
Airbnb Announces Domestic Business Withdrawal From China
May 24, 2022
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Airbnb announced Tuesday that it will discontinue domestic operations in China and instead focus on serving Chinese users traveling abroad amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns in China. The San Francisco-based company said in a letter posted to its social media account that it will remove all Chinese listings and experiences from its platform on July…
DC Attorney General Sues Zuckerberg Over Cambridge Analytica Data Breach Scandal
May 24, 2022
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Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on Monday filed a lawsuit against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly failing to secure millions of users’ data during the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. The 37-page filing (pdf) accuses Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, of violating the district’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act by misleading users about how…
Musk Suggests Slashing Twitter Takeover Offer Based on Bot Numbers
May 23, 2022
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Elon Musk has suggested he wants to slash his initial $44 billion takeover bid for social media platform Twitter after accounting for the proportion of bots present on the microblogging site. “I’m worried that Twitter has a disincentive to reduce spam, as it reduces perceived daily users,” Musk said in a series of tweets on May…
Rubio Accuses Google of Election Bias, Censoring Campaign Emails
May 22, 2022
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) blamed Google for allegedly filtering his emails to supporters in the run-up to the midterms this fall, describing on May 21 his current situation as being in “purgatory.” The senator said that up to 90 percent of his campaign emails to supporters with a registered Gmail address never reach their inboxes…
Apple Projects Billions in Revenue Loss Over Supply Constraints from China Amid Lockdowns
May 22, 2022
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Beijing’s strict COVID-19 control policies have significantly limited Apple’s consumer product output, according to one of its suppliers. In April, the iPhone maker predicted that supply constraints would cost the company up to $8 billion in revenue for the current quarter. Taiwanese contract manufacturer Pegatron, one of Apple’s largest suppliers for specific iPhone models, on…
Google ‘Private Browsing’ Mode Not Really Private, Texas Lawsuit Says
WASHINGTON—The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private browsing” mode, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed on Thursday, filing an amended privacy lawsuit against the Alphabet Inc unit. Texas, Indiana, Washington state, and the District of Columbia filed separate suits against Google in January…
Here’s How Microsoft Addressed Complaints From Smaller European Cloud Companies
Microsoft Corp.’s pitch to Brussels directly addressed competition worries with a clear geopolitical purpose prompted by recent complaints from smaller European cloud companies, the Financial Times reports. Microsoft laid out a series of “principles” that it would follow out of respect for Europe’s concerns. Any customer who has paid to license Windows or Office under Microsoft’s…
Federal Judge Dismisses Fraud and Defamation Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Amid a Week of Controversy
May 20, 2022
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A federal judge in California dismissed a securities fraud and defamation lawsuit filed by a Tesla investor against Tesla Inc., the company’s CEO Elon Musk, and a Musk supporter on May 19. Judge James Donato threw out the lawsuit by the investor, Aaron Greenspan, a legal document website owner, after noting that the lawsuit had no…
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