The well-known American journalist Jeffrey Toobin, who was fired by the New Yorker magazine after masturbating at a video meeting, is back on television. “I thought no one could see me. Although I know that’s no excuse.” “What the hell were you doing?”, asks CNN presenter Alisyn Camerota to her colleague Jeffrey Toobin. The journalist, one of the best-known American …
TikTok has updated its privacy policy in the United States to inform users that the app may collect new types of biometric information in the future, including “facial and voice prints”. TikTok could not explain to what types of data these terms refer to, or why the app would need access to this information in the first place. The company’s …
The European Commission and the UK Competition and Markets Authority are both opening a formal competition investigation into Facebook. This came out on Friday. The social media company may have violated European rules by using advertisers ‘ advertising data to compete with them in markets where Facebook itself operates, such as classified ads. Facebook Facebook will also assess whether Facebook …
The European Commission is due to launch a formal investigation into Facebook within days for alleged manipulation of the online advertising market, UK business newspaper The Financial Times reports Wednesday. The research looks at how the company collects data from users and then makes money with it. In addition, it examines whether Facebook’s Marketplace gained an unfair advantage over competitors …
The Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) for the US economy increased further in April. This was reported by the Conference Board on Thursday. The index for leading indicators rose by 1.6 percent to a level of 113.3. In March, the index rose by 1.3 percent. The LEI index is a cyclical indicator reflecting the development of the economy over the next …
The Instagram app for children has been called up by a group of politicians from the United States. According to them, the platform does not take enough measures to protect children. “Facebook [owner of Instagram] clearly has a reputation for not protecting children on its platforms sufficiently,” writes U.S. senator and attorney Edward Markey on Twitter. “The company will not …
“The undeniable effects of racism have led to unacceptable health inequalities” says Anthony Fauci, the immunologist who leads the fight against COVID in the United States. “Especially black Americans, Latinos and the original inhabitants are hit hard by the pandemic.” “COVID-19 has shed a bright light on the shortcomings of our society,” Fauci said during a graduation ceremony at the …
The hackers behind the cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline in the United States have apologized. According to the group, they were after money, but it was never intended to disrupt society. Due to the attack on the largest oil pipeline company in the country, various ICT systems are down and since Sunday all pipes have been shut down. The company …
Colonial Pipeline, the largest operator of oil pipelines in the United States, on Friday, the victim of an attack on its IT systems. As a result, all work stops temporarily. The company will not disclose any further details of the attack. As a precaution, the systems that open and close the pipelines have been taken offline, writes Colonial Pipeline in …
The largest chip maker in the world, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), wants to build several new chip factories in the U.S. State of Arizona. The plans of the Taiwanese company come on top of the wafer factory announced last year in Arizona, which should cost almost 10 billion USD. TSMC’s wafer plant in Phoenix is due to go into …
