Enlarge / Google’s main headquarters. (credit: Cyrus Farivar) Google will pay $76 million over three years to 121 French news organizations to comply with a new French law requiring Google to pay when it uses “snippets” from news articles, Reuters reports. The payments range from $1.3 million paid to Le Monde to $13,741 for a local […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A former phone company worker has been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud for allegedly using his access to customer account data to take over the phone numbers of 19 customers, including at least one cryptocurrency holder. Stephen Daniel DeFiore of Brandon, Florida, received about $2,325 between October 20, 2018, and […]
Enlarge / A DoorDash Inc. delivery person arranges an order in the back of a vehicle outside of a DoorDash Kitchens location in Redwood City, California. (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) A DoorDash driver named Jeffrey Fang was returning to his minivan in San Francisco after completing a delivery last week when he noticed a […]
Enlarge / None of these companies are keen to hand over a slice of their revenue to Maryland. (credit: Malik Evren | Getty Images) Maryland today became the first state in the nation to impose a tax on digital advertising revenue, overriding an earlier veto from the governor and incurring the wrath of piles of […]
Enlarge / Supporters of former President Donald Trump, including Jake Angeli, a QAnon supporter known for his painted face and horned hat, enter the US Capitol on January 6. (credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) Facebook has gone out of its way to help law enforcement officials identify those who participated in the January 6 […]
Enlarge / Ford has cut production at its Chicago facility from three shifts to one as a global chip shortage takes a toll on the car industry. (credit: Scott Olson | Getty Images) The Biden administration has pledged to take immediate action to address a global shortage of semiconductors that has forced the closure of […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | ollo) James, a Cox cable-Internet customer in Irvine, California, got an unwelcome email on Tuesday from the Internet provider. Cox’s email told James, who pays $80 a month for broadband, that his 30Mbps upload speeds will soon be reduced to 10Mbps. A Cox spokesperson told Ars that James and similar […]
Enlarge / The Virginia state Capitol building at twilight, in prepandemic times. (credit: traveler1116 | Getty Images) Virginia is poised to follow in California’s footsteps any minute now and become the second state in the country to adopt a comprehensive online data protection law for consumers. If adopted, the Consumer Data Protection Act would apply to […]
Enlarge (credit: Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Mastercard said on Wednesday that it’s planning to support cryptocurrencies natively on its network. If this actually happens, it will be a big deal, helping to further legitimize virtual currencies and dramatically expand the market for their use. However, Mastercard says that it’s only going to support […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Leon Justice) The Florida water treatment facility whose computer system experienced a potentially hazardous computer breach last week used an unsupported version of Windows with no firewall and shared the same TeamViewer password among its employees, government officials have reported. The computer intrusion happened last Friday in Oldsmar, a Florida […]