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Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit Monday against Facebook parent company Meta Platforms, seeking hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties over Facebook’s previous use of facial recognition technology for allegedly violating state law on privacy protections. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) says Facebook…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott. picture alliance via Getty Images MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is giving away her $46 billion fortune faster than anyone in history. Less than two months into 2022, Scott isn’t showing any signs of slowing…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Walmart announced Friday that vaccinated employees will no longer be required to wear masks at work, multiple news outlets reported, after Amazon and multiple states loosened their own masking rules in response to falling Covid-19 infection rates. A Walmart auto repair center cashier in Miami. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images…
Sen. Ed Markey calls on government agencies to cease using Clearview technology, as well as any other facial recognition tool, saying it threatens Black and ethnic minority communities. Samuel Corum/Getty Images A trio of Senators are calling on federal agencies to stop using facial recognition technology built by Clearview AI, a Peter Thiel-backed surveillance business…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Frontier Airlines’ parent company, Frontier Group Holdings, agreed to buy Spirit Airlines in a multibillion-dollar deal, the companies announced Monday morning, forming the fifth-largest airline in the United States following the merger of the two low-cost airlines. Frontier Airlines A320 at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport getty Key Facts…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Reacher Amazon Jack Reacher is one of the most beloved characters in modern mystery fiction, a burly ex-Military Police investigator initially accused of murder himself, who goes on to solve all number of crimes across a large collection of Lee Child novels. Now, Amazon Prime has just debuted…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Bitcoin rose to its highest levels in two weeks Saturday, trading above $41,000 after swooning as low as $33,505 on January 24. A Bitcoin coin lies on a screen showing the Bitcoin – US dollar exchange rate. (Photo by Fernando … [+] Gutierrez-Juarez/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture…
AFP via Getty Images Meta and Mark Zuckerberg face a six-letter problem. Spell it out with me: T-i-k-T-o-k. Yeah, TikTok, the short-form video app that has hoovered up a billion-plus users and become a Hot Thing in Tech, means trouble for Zuckerberg and his social networks. He admitted as much several times in a call…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott—who helped her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos, build Amazon in its early days—has pledged $133.5 million to a nonprofit that helps keep at-risk children in schools, as her philanthropy continues to overshadow Bezos’ giving since their 2019 divorce. Mackenzie Scott (then Bezos) at the Vanity Fair…
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