Month: January 2021
Apple’s Tim Cook warns of adtech fuelling a “social catastrophe” as he defends app tracker opt-in
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has urged Europe to step up privacy enforcement in a keynote speech to the CPDP conference today — echoing many of the points he made in Brussels in person two years ago when he hit out at the ‘data industrial complex’ underpinning the adtech industry’s mass…
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Microsoft made a giant climate pledge one year ago — here’s where it’s at now
One year after pledging to remove all of its historic and future planet-heating emissions within a few decades, Microsoft says it has already slashed its carbon footprint by 6 percent. It’s an incremental change that’s in line with what’s needed globally to address the climate crisis, but there is a…
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AOC and others call for investigation into Robinhood’s GameStop freeze
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called on Congress to investigate the Robinhood app after it banned small investors from buying stock in companies like GameStop. Over the last week, Reddit users have shorted the bemoaned video game retailer’s stock in what some are calling the “squeeze of a lifetime.” In a…
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AOC, Ted Cruz slam Robinhood for freezing some trades amid GameStop volatility
With Reddit’s interest in sending some stocks soaring showing no sign of slowing down, the trading app Robinhood started restricting some transactions Thursday morning. Reddit wasn’t happy — and neither are some lawmakers. The incident apparently struck an unusual bipartisan chord, with Texas Republican Ted Cruz throwing his weight behind…
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Bag a bargain Google Pixel 4a deal from just £19 a month with these big discounts Google Pixel 4a deals
Looking for an impressive camera phone on a budget? The Google Pixel 4a looks like the obvious choice, and right now you can get the handset at a heavily discounted price with the retailer Mobiles.co.uk. On both the regular 4a and the larger, more powerful Google Pixel 4a 5G, Mobiles.co.uk…
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Facebook is reportedly preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple
Facebook has reportedly been preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple for months, centering around an allegation that the company is forcing developers to follow App Store rules that its own apps don't have to abide by. According to The Informati… Source
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