[ad_1] Clegg contended that Facebook was really a large firm made of “many smaller pieces,” each competing against multiple rivals, and wasn’t dominant in some markets. It had ‘just’ 20 percent of the US online ad space, for instance. The ex-politician also maintained that antitrust law was meant to protect customers by ensuring low prices […]
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Netflix’s ‘She-Ra’ reboot returns for a third season on August 2nd
[ad_1] Season 3 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is coming to @Netflix August 2nd! AND Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis will be joining the voice cast as Huntara! #SheRa @GDIGM pic.twitter.com/SeFEgPAsuR — She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (@DreamWorksSheRa) May 10, 2019 Netflix started working on She-Ra and the Princesses of Power in 2016 […]
Facebook sues firm for allegedly misusing app data to target ads
[ad_1] The firm leaned on stalling tactics and unsupported denials when confronted with its behavior, according to Facebook. After an investigation that started in June 2018 (when a larger company bought Rankwave), Facebook in January 2019 asked for proof that Rankwave honored policies and wasn’t misusing information. It missed an end-of-January deadline to respond, and […]
Amazon says it mistakenly pulled ads with religious content
[ad_1] It’s not clear how workers would have received the impression that there was a policy change. Amazon’s ad policies bar ads that “advocates or demeans” a religion, but that doesn’t preclude selling religious material in the first place. Whatever the explanation, the takedowns have apparently done significant damage to sales for at least some […]
Google Duplex still confuses restaurants
[ad_1] One year later, restaurants are still confused by Google DuplexNatt Garun,The Verge Google had us in awe when it debuted the AI-powered Duplex tech at I/O 2018. The system can be used to make reservations on your behalf, and it can even make a call if one is required. A year later though, it […]
Virgin Galactic is moving its spaceship and crew to Spaceport America
[ad_1] The corporation conducted VSS Unity’s first test flight with a passenger onboard back in February, two months after its first ever flight to space. It will now complete the vehicle’s final tests from New Mexico after the company relocates it and its carrier aircraft, VMS Eve, over the summer. One of the flights could […]
Netflix launches ‘top ten most-watched’ lists in the UK
[ad_1] A few weeks ago, Netflix mentioned it would experiment with releasing “weekly top 10 lists” across various categories, and the first test has gone out on social media. For now it’s only releasing data tied to UK viewers, but for Netflix, which has famously kept information about viewers closely-held, it’s an interesting first step. […]
Mozilla explains why all Firefox add-ons broke at once
[ad_1] The company already explained that the mass disablement of add-ons was due to the expiration of a signing certificate as it pushed updates and scrambled to fix the issue over a weekend. Now, we have a lot more detail about how the certificate was able to expire, and why it affected people at different […]
Amazon promises to crack down on toxic school supplies
[ad_1] The investigators identified 51 products with excessive lead and cadmium content after two rounds of testing. Some pencil cases (like the one in the photo below) contain 8,500 ppm of lead, for instance, which is 80 times higher than the legal limit. One particular pencil case even had 35 times the legal limit of […]
The Morning After: Ninja bombs and Jeff Bezos' lunar lander
[ad_1] Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Happy Friday! This morning, we've got Nike's augmented reality-powered sneaker-fitting app, our new guide to all the parenting tech you might need (and everything you don't), and a new $80 AirPods rival. [ad_2] Source link