#Google offers UK watchdog role in browser cookie phase-out

#Google offers UK watchdog role in browser cookie phase-out

“#Google offers UK watchdog role in browser cookie phase-out” LONDON — Google is offering U.K. regulators a role overseeing its phasing out of ad-tracking technology from its Chrome browser, in a package of commitments the tech giant is proposing to apply globally to head off a competition investigation. The U.K. competition watchdog has been investigating…

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#Video chat apps making tweaks to illuminate darker skin tones

#Video chat apps making tweaks to illuminate darker skin tones

“#Video chat apps making tweaks to illuminate darker skin tones” Video conferencing services have for years boasted that their technology is “intuitive” to use or “integrated” to function with other tools, but now vendors such as Google and Cisco can hardly go a blog post without trumpeting a different attribute: “inclusive.” The latest buzzword, and the…

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#Will we finally be able to rein in the abusive power of Big Tech?

#Google fined $268M for market abuse in French antitrust case

“#Google fined $268M for market abuse in French antitrust case” Google has been fined nearly $270 million by French authorities for abusing its market power in the digital advertising sector. As part of the first-of-its-kind settlement agreement announced by the French Competition Authority Monday, Google also agreed to change some of its advertising practices to…

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#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit

#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit

“#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit” In 2019, Google embarked on a mysterious-sounding venture.  Called Project Nightingale and carried out in secret, the tech giant teamed up with St. Louis-based Ascension, one of the largest private health-care companies in the country. Google was granted complete access to 50 million patients’ names,…

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# Search giant Google lifts 2018 ban on crypto exchange, wallet advertisements

# Search giant Google lifts 2018 ban on crypto exchange, wallet advertisements

“# Search giant Google lifts 2018 ban on crypto exchange, wallet advertisements ” In a surprise move today, online advertising behemoth Google has lifted a nearly three year old policy banning cryptocurrency exchanges from using its ad services.  “Beginning August 3, advertisers offering Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Wallets targeting the United States may advertise those products…

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