On today’s episode of the 5 Things podcast: House Republicans will open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen has the latest from the Georgia election case. Five detained Americans are expected to be freed by Iran in a prisoner swap deal. USA TODAY Senior Reporter Jessica Guynn breaks …
Read More »It’s Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades
WASHINGTON (AP) — Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. Over the next 10 weeks, federal lawyers and state attorneys general will try to …
Read More »AT&T Wants Big Tech Like Google & Netflix To Pay For a Rural Internet Rollout
Big Tech has benefited from more people coming online, and should help shoulder the cost of rolling out broadband internet. That’s the belief of AT&T, which suggested companies like Google contribute to the government’s Universal Service Fund since they directly benefit and profit from that broadband expansion. The USF is …
Read More »AI that alters voice, images in political ads will require prominent disclosure on Google, YouTube
Google will soon require that political ads using artificial intelligence be accompanied by a prominent disclosure if imagery or sounds have been synthetically altered. Starting in November, just under a year before the U.S. presidential election, Google said in an update to its political content policy affecting YouTube and other …
Read More »Netflix-certified smart LCD projector streams Google TV
Chinese projector maker Formovie has announced a new Full HD projector under its Xming sub-brand called the Page One, which is reported to be the first LCD smart projector with Google TV and approved Netflix cooked in. Part of Xiaomi’s Mi family, Formovie has been working on the Xming Page …
Read More »Google, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the “barbarians at the gate” of the games industry, says ex-Sony boss
Former chairman of PlayStation Studios Shawn Layden has Thoughts and somewhat dire warnings about the videogame industry’s future, though what exactly he means by “the videogame industry” is a little open to guesswork.
Read More »Former PlayStation Boss Shawn Layden Sees Google, Netflix, Apple, and Amazon as Threats to Gaming
by William D’Angelo , posted 6 hours ago / 1,655 Views The former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden in an interview with GamesIndustry listed three big concerns he believes the video game industry will face in the coming years. “First, consolidation can be an enemy of creativity,” said Layden. “I also …
Read More »Nick Cannon’s Brother Uses Google to Remember the Host’s 12 Kids
Gabriel Cannon‘s claim to fame is not naming all 12 of brother Nick Cannon‘s kids. And while he recently took home the top prize on season two of Claim to Fame after keeping their family ties under wraps, he admitted that when it comes to keeping track of his many nieces …
Read More »Musk Eradicating X/Twitter Block Function: Will Apple & Google Ban App?
KABC-TV chief meterologist Dallas Raines has been at ABC’s flagship Los Angeles station since 1984, so that you’d suppose he’s seen every thing he might ever see in terms of Southern California climate. However Hurricane Hilary is a primary, even for him, and he’s prepared for it. “It’s actually a …
Read More »Russia fines Google for failing to delete ‘false content’ about Ukraine war – POLITICO
Russia has fined Google 3 million rubles — around €30,000 — for not deleting what it says is fake news about the war in Ukraine. A Moscow court found Google guilty on Thursday for failing to remove from YouTube what it considers “prohibited information” — allegedly detailing how to enter …
Read More »Arkady Volozh: Co-founder of Yandex, Russia’s Google equivalent, slams ‘barbaric’ invasion of Ukraine
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Arkady Volozh photographed in 2019 in Moscow, Russia The founder and former CEO of Russia’s largest internet company, Arkady Volozh, has slammed Vladimir Putin’s “barbaric” war in Ukraine, becoming one of the most prominent Russian businessmen to express criticism of what Russia still calls euphemistically its… Read …
Read More »Google Road View Driver Crashes Into Creek Throughout Excessive-Velocity Chase
Former “Actual Housewives of Atlanta” star Nene Leakes on Wendy Williams, Andy Cohen beef, feeling blacklisted and never supported by solid — plus, ideas on present solid and if she’d return. NeNe Leakes is spilling much more tea about her tumultuous relationship with Andy Cohen and Bravo after she was …
Read More »Nexus 6 review
Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also …
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