Consumer & Gadgets
Apple on Thursday stopped online sales of two popular models of its internet-connected watch in the U.S. after losing its latest attempt to untangle a patent dispute that's blocking it from using some of the technology on ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Internet
The Federal Trade Commission is proposing sweeping changes to a decades-old law that regulates how online companies can track and advertise to children, including turning off targeted ads to kids under 13 by default and limiting ...
Dec 20, 2023
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Internet
Have you or someone you know been a victim of fraud? If so, that's not unusual.
Dec 20, 2023
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Other
Pharmacy group Rite Aid was ordered Tuesday to stop using facial recognition for the next five years by a US regulator, which said the company falsely identified consumers as shoplifters using the technology.
Dec 20, 2023
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Engineering
When one of the world's largest container ships crashed into the bank of the Suez Canal in 2021, a major gateway for global trade became blocked with an estimated $9.6 billion in daily commerce being held up.
Dec 1, 2023
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Business
European regulators said Monday that Amazon's proposed acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot may harm competition.
Nov 28, 2023
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Business
Rarely a month goes by without big tech companies getting fined for price fixing, squashing competitors or misusing data, but it can take years before they pay a penny.
Nov 19, 2023
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Security
A federal judge in Seattle has thrown out a class-action lawsuit alleging that some of the top automakers had used vehicles' onboard infotainment systems to record and intercept drivers' texts and phone call logs.
Nov 14, 2023
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Business
Amazon used a secret algorithm to essentially help raise prices on other online sites and also "destroyed" internal communications as the Federal Trade Commission undertook an antitrust investigation against it, according ...
Nov 2, 2023
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Internet
Some of the most used platforms for travel and online shopping said Tuesday they're going to team up to battle fake reviews.
Oct 17, 2023
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