Meta will remove all news links from Facebook and Instagram in California if state legislators pass a bill that would tax the tech platform’s advertising profits, a company spokesperson threatened on Wednesday. The California Journalism Preservation Act hopes to tax the advertising profits companies like Meta or Google make from distributing news content. If passed, 70% of the…
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Meta threatens to block news stories in California over new bill
Meta will remove all news links from Facebook and Instagram in California if state legislators pass a bill that would tax the tech platform’s advertising profits, a company spokesperson threatened on Wednesday. The California Journalism Preservation Act hopes to tax the advertising profits companies like Meta or Google make from distributing news content. If passed, 70% of the…
Why the seabed is primed to be the next battlefield
While the headlines have recently been looking to the stars for the next iteration of military prowess, the United States is focusing on a different playing field to hone the next generation of war that may be just as foreign as outer space: the seabed. Less than 10% of the ocean floor has been mapped…
Can the US stop Chinese cyberattacks?
Chinese hackers have hit American targets again. U.S. authorities recently announced the discovery of Chinese malware in critical telecommunications systems in Guam, The New York Times reported. That’s alarming because Guam is home to an American air base that “would be a centerpiece of any American military response to an invasion or blockade of Taiwan.” Skip…
Can the U.S. stop Chinese cyberattacks?
Chinese hackers have hit American targets again. U.S. authorities recently announced the discovery of Chinese malware in critical telecommunications systems in Guam, The New York Times reported. That’s alarming because Guam is home to an American air base that “would be a centerpiece of any American military response to an invasion or blockade of Taiwan.” Skip…
Should the government be allowed to use facial recognition?
As technology advances, the use of facial-recognition software is being implemented in numerous new ways, often by government entities, for security purposes. The Transportation Security Administration has been testing out the software at more than a dozen U.S. airports, leading to both praise of the system’s security features and calls from politicians for facial scanners to…
Should the government be allowed to use facial recognition?
As technology advances, the use of facial-recognition software is being implemented in numerous new ways, often by government entities, for security purposes. The Transportation Security Administration has been testing out the software at more than a dozen U.S. airports, leading to both praise of the system’s security features and calls from politicians for facial scanners to…
Polishing your LinkedIn profile
Here are three of the week’s top pieces of financial insight, gathered from around the web: Robinhood’s late-night trading buzz Robinhood has started offering 24-hour weekday trading of popular stocks and ETFs, said Michael P. Regan in Bloomberg Businessweek. The brokerage app announced recently that shares of “43 of the most active U.S. exchange-traded funds…
Polishing your LinkedIn profile
Here are three of the week’s top pieces of financial insight, gathered from around the web: Robinhood’s late-night trading buzz Robinhood has started offering 24-hour weekday trading of popular stocks and ETFs, said Michael P. Regan in Bloomberg Businessweek. The brokerage app announced recently that shares of “43 of the most active U.S. exchange-traded funds…
How Montana’s total TikTok ban is supposed to work
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) on Wednesday signed a full ban on TikTok operating inside the state, a first-of-its kind law that faces certain legal challenge with national implications. Gianforte and the law’s sponsors in the state Legislature argue that TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, could feed U.S. user data to the Chinese government or…