Consumer & Gadgets
Despite attempts to anonymize user data, the fitness app Strava allows anyone to find personal information—including home addresses—about some users. The finding, which is detailed in a new study, raises significant privacy ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Computer Sciences
By law, credit and loan decisions cannot discriminate on the basis of race or lead to outcomes that differ substantially by race. But to ensure that they don't discriminate, banks and other lenders aren't allowed to ask about ...
Jan 30, 2019
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Internet
Users of Facebook and Instagram in Europe can now pay to opt out of the onerous data sharing obligations imposed by parent company Meta, which sells the data to advertising clients.
Dec 1, 2023
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Business
In what could be a landmark moment in the world of tech, attorneys general in 41 states and Washington, D.C., are suing Meta for knowingly endangering children and getting them addicted to Facebook and Instagram, despite ...
Oct 31, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Gas connections for all new housing and sub-divisions will be banned in Victoria from January 1 next year. The long-term result of the state government's significant change to planning approvals will be all-electric housing. ...
Aug 1, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
European Union consumer protection groups urged regulators on Tuesday to investigate the type of artificial intelligence underpinning systems like ChatGPT, citing risks that leave people vulnerable and the delay before the ...
Jun 20, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
A recent study has shed light on the issue of loot boxes in video games, raising concerns about their resemblance to gambling and the lack of transparency surrounding them. Loot boxes are virtual items that players can purchase ...
Jun 15, 2023
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Business
The Biden administration is taking aim at Apple and Google for operating mobile app stores that it says stifle competition.
Feb 1, 2023
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Business
New York announced a $100 million settlement with Coinbase on Wednesday over what state officials called significant failures in the cryptocurrency trading platform's systems for spotting potential criminal activity.
Jan 4, 2023
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Business
If Republicans win control of Congress in the November midterms, people who closely follow financial technology expect pressure on regulators to push crypto-friendly rules across the finish line.
Oct 5, 2022
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