Google settles $5bn lawsuit for ‘private mode’ tracking
Large technology firms have faced increased scrutiny of their practices in the US and beyond.
Large technology firms have faced increased scrutiny of their practices in the US and beyond.
Updated Jan. 8, 2024 6:46 pm ET Unity Software plans to lay off about 25% of its workforce as the company works to recover from a major dust-up with customers last fall. The company will let go about 1,800 employees, according to a securities filing on Monday. The cuts come after Unity laid off more…
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Xfinity hack affects nearly 36 million customers Xfinity hack affects nearly 36 million customers 00:32 A security breach at Comcast-owned Xfinity has exposed the personal data of nearly all the internet provider’s customers, including account usernames, passwords and answers to their security questions. Comcast said in a filing with Maine’s attorney general’s office that the hack affected…
The US securities regulator on Wednesday approved the first US-listed exchange traded funds to track bitcoin, its Chair Gary Gensler said, in a watershed for the world’s largest cryptocurrency and the broader crypto industry. The agency approved applications, including from BlackRock, Ark Investments, 21Shares, Fidelity, Invesco, and VanEck, among others, according to a notice on its…
“It’s a big relief that Elon Musk is standing up for free speech and removing censorship,” Anil Murty, a cofounder of SIFF, told BuzzFeed News. (He declined to provide evidence that the group’s tweets were shadowbanned before Musk bought Twitter.) Musk, who has fired over 70% of the company’s employees (including content moderators) since he…
A US labour agency says the employees sent an open letter to SpaceX executives, detailing workplace concerns.