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FTC Chair: Internet providers collect ‘staggering’ amounts of data
Internet service providers collect a “staggering” amount of detailed data on consumers, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said in discussing an agency staff repo...
Changing Facebook’s name unlikely to deter lawmaker or regulatory scrutiny
Renaming Facebook Inc is unlikely to enable the tech giant to distance itself from regulatory and public scrutiny around the potential harms caused by its social media apps, market...
Biden admin seeks corporate America’s help tracking cyber criminals
US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco has a message for corporate America: The US Justice Department needs its help in order to take down cyber criminals.
AI can see through you: CEOs’ language under machine microscope
Chief Executives and others in senior management are increasingly coming under the microscope as some investors use artificial intelligence to learn and analyse their language patt...
Comcast, Walmart team up to sell smart TVs with the media firm’s software
Comcast Corp has launched smart TVs that run on its operating system and will be sold in the US at Walmart Inc stores and in the coming weeks at the retailer’s website, the m...
Snap launches studio to create augmented reality ads
Snap Inc is launching a studio to help brands create augmented reality advertising and experiences, part of a move to popularize the use of technology that can overlay computer-gen...
Abu Dhabi’s tech hub sees surge of interest from start-ups
Abu Dhabi’s new technology hub says it has seen a surge in interest from start-up firms in the UAE and abroad despite the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic last year, ami...
Newspaper: China regulators should act further to free up apps’ access to rivals’ links
Chinese internet platforms have not gone far enough in unblocking external links, as instructed by authorities, and relevant government bodies should take further action to interve...
New York directs two cryptocurrency lending platforms to cease activity
Two cryptocurrency lending platforms were asked to cease activities in New York by the state’s attorney general on Monday and three other platforms were directed to provide i...
US SEC praises equity market structure, absolves short sellers in GameStop report
The US markets functioned well during January’s GameStop volatility, while short selling was not the main cause of the unprecedented rise in the ‘meme stock,’ acc...
Sources: Email security software vendor Zix explores sale
Zix Corp, a US provider of email security solutions, is exploring strategic alternatives that include a sale of the company, according to people familiar with the matter.
Bitcoin hovers near 6-month high on ETF hopes, inflation worries
Bitcoin hovered near a six-month high Monday morning on hopes that US regulators would soon allow cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds to trade, while global inflation worries also...
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in EU to build ‘metaverse’
Facebook plans to hire some 10,000 new employees across the EU over the next five years, the social media giant has said, to help build the so-called metaverse – a nascent on...
Apple worker says she was fired after leading movement against harassment
An Apple employee who led fellow workers in publicly sharing instances of what they called harassment and discrimination at the company said on Thursday that she had been fired.