Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has levied a record $5 billion fine on Facebook has as part of a settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social network will also be required to establish an independent privacy committee that CEO Mark Zuckerberg will have no control over. The deal comes amid growing calls in Washington for […]
The Justice Department could announce approval of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger as soon as this week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal would require the companies to sell radio spectrum licenses and prepaid customers to Dish, and grant Dish use of the companies’ networks while it builds its own.
Corsair is buying another PC band, this it is boutique customer PC builder Origin PC. Origin PC was founder by former Alienware executives Kevin Wasielewski, Richard Cary, and Hector Penton formed in Miami. “With the gaming PC market continuing to expand as an increasing number of players make the jump from console to PC, we […]
Elaine Paul has departed Hulu after nearly six years as chief financial officer to join Amazon Studios as CFO/VP of finance. She started at the e-commerce company’s studio division on July 15, reporting to Dan Jedda, VP of digital, advertising and corporate development finance for Amazon, a company rep said. Paul’s move to Amazon, comes […]
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has called for an investigation into FaceApp, which alters users’ photos to make them look older or younger. In a letter posted on Twitter, Mr Schumer called it “deeply troubling” that personal data of US citizens could go to a “hostile foreign power”. Privacy concerns have been raised about the […]
Oliver Zipse will assume the role of Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG effective on 16 August 2019. The company’s Supervisory Board made this decision today during its meeting in Spartanburg, South Carolina . Zipse will succeed Harald Krüger, who informed the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the beginning of July […]
France has approved a digital services tax despite threats of retaliation by the US, which argues that it unfairly targets American tech giants. The 3% tax will be levied on sales generated in France by multinational firms like Google and Facebook. The French government has argued that such firms headquartered outside the country pay little […]
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and dance star Maddie Ziegler are some of the celebrities who have their own shortform video shows on Snapchat. The social media giant has launched Creator Shows, which are filmed in a vertical format. Schwarzenegger’s show is called Rules of Success and features him giving motivational advice. More series will […]
At Wednesday’s FCC meeting, the Commission voted to approve two actions that will open up four radio frequency bands to new 5G service. Three of the bands are ultra-high mmWave frequencies near 40 GHz, while the fourth is mid-band, near 2.5 GHz. For the three mmWave bands, today’s action finalized the rules for Auction 103, […]
Virginia has outlaw the sharing of computer-generated pornography known as deepfakes. The US state has done so by amending an existing law which criminalised so-called revenge porn. It now makes clear that the category includes “falsely-created” material Virginia’s General Assembly passed a bill in March to update its earlier 2014 law to cover such technology, […]
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