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EU Fines Google $3.45B for Giving Its Ad Tech Preferential Treatment

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-09 16:53:00

Google faces a $3.45 billion fine from the European Union for engaging in anticompetitive advertising technology practices, the European Commission said Friday. The fine stems from a complaint by the European Publishers Council alleging Google gave preference to its own online ad display services, hurting competitors and online publishers. The European Commission wants Google to stop these self-preferential practices and to cease its conflicts of interest. The Commission says it'll give Google,

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Freeway guardrails are now a favorite target of thieves

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 20:57:45

Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism . Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. Sign Up On a recent Thursday evening, traffic was slow on the 10 Freeway as cars crawled into th

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Roblox announces short-video, AI features amid child safety concerns

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-10-10 02:39:23

Roblox on Friday announced new short-video and AI features that come amid increasing lawmaker scrutiny into how the company protects children on its platform. With Roblox Moments, users 13 and older will be able to create and share video clips of their gameplay with others on a feed within the platform. The artificial intelligence additions, meanwhile, will allow users to generate advanced 3D objects for the games they create on the platform. Tune in at 4:15 p.m. ET: Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki j

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NASA’s acting chief “angry” about talk that China will beat US back to the Moon

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-10 02:14:59

NASA's interim administrator, Sean Duffy, said Thursday he has heard the recent talk about how some people are starting to believe that China will land humans on the Moon before NASA can return there with the Artemis Program. "We had testimony that said NASA will not beat China to the Moon," Duffy remarked during an all-hands meeting with NASA employees. "That was shade thrown on all of NASA. I heard it, and I gotta tell you what, maybe I am competitive, I was angry about it. I can tell you wha

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Tech CEOs Praise Donald Trump at White House Dinner

wired.com Brian Barrett 2025-10-09 23:16:59

The scene opens confusingly. The camera zooms too close to the president’s face; the table at which the tech executives are seated seems far too long. Mark Zuckerberg is there, and Bill Gates and Tim Cook and Satya Nadella and Sam Altman and on and on, a baker’s dozen or so of Silicon Valley’s most powerful people—cutthroat competitors all—united here to pledge allegiance to Donald Trump. The introduction from Trump is characteristically both overgilded and confusing: “It's an honor to be here

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Google fined €2.95bn by EU for abusing advertising dominance

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-10 06:56:21

Google fined €2.95bn by EU for abusing advertising dominance 6 minutes ago Share Save Liv McMahon Technology reporter Share Save Reuters Google has been fined €2.95bn (£2.5bn) by the EU for allegedly abusing its power in the ad tech sector - the technology which determines which adverts should be placed online and where. The European Commission said on Friday the tech giant had breached competition laws by favouring its own products for displaying online ads, to the detriment of rivals. It co

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The one way millennials beat Gen Z in AI adoption

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-10 09:53:03

koto_feja/E+/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Gen Z is using AI for far more tasks than older generations. Millennials, however, are more willing to spend money on AI. Different generations cited different barriers to adopting AI. The adoption and use of generative AI tools vary widely between generations, according to a recent study from media company Future. Based on a survey of more than 2,000 people across the US and UK, the stud

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South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid on GA Hyundai facility

news.ycombinator.com Https 2025-10-10 10:51:27

South Korea said Friday that it had expressed “concern and regret” to the U.S. Embassy over an immigration raid on a Hyundai facility in Georgia during which it said “many” South Korean nationals had been detained. “The economic activities of our companies investing in the U.S. and the rights and interests of our nationals must not be unfairly violated,” said Lee Jae-woong, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry of the key U.S. ally, according to the Yonhap news agency. Agents from Immigratio

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Using Your Phone on Toilet May Give You Hemorrhoids: Study

news.ycombinator.com Https 2025-10-10 12:17:16

Of all the crappy ways smartphones have affected our health, this one is a real kick in the pants. A first-of-its-kind study links excessive scrolling on the phone while sitting on the toilet with hemorrhoids. (Insert poo emojis.) But, seriously. Sitting on an open bowl offers no support for the pelvic floor. That puts pressure on veins in the rectum, making them swollen and inflamed. “The longer you sit on the toilet, the worse it is for you,” said Dr. Trisha Pasricha, director of the Beth

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news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 17:36:47

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Columbia tries using AI to cool off student tensions

theverge.com Hayden Field 2025-10-10 18:30:00

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Can AI help “smooth over” discussion on abortion, racism, immigration, or Israel-Palestine? Columbia University sure hopes so. The Verge has learned that the university recently began testing Sway, an AI debate program currently in beta. De

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OpenAI is going big in India — here's everything the ChatGPT developer is up to

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-11 10:18:11

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the annual Snowflake Summit in San Francisco, California on June 02, 2025. OpenAI is rapidly expanding its presence in India — one of the key markets for its flagship ChatGPT product. India is an appealing destination for U.S. tech giants, with companies ranging from Google to Meta betting on its huge — and young — population over recent years. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visited the country in February this year and met with the country's IT Minister Ashwini Vaishn

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Apple Music Lets You Transfer Playlists From Spotify Now. Here's Why You May Want To

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-11 08:35:00

Apple Music app customers woke up to a new feature last week, although not many know it exists yet. Apple Music subscribers can now grab songs or playlists from other music platforms, notably Spotify, and bring them to Apple. The ability to transfer music from other music services is buried in the Music App settings. Initially tested in Australia and New Zealand last year, this transfer option has now been rolled out to the US, UK, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and several other countries. It

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The number of mis-issued 1.1.1.1 certificates grows. Here’s the latest.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-11 14:29:34

Wednesday’s discovery of three mis-issued TLS certificates for Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 encrypted DNS lookup service generated intense interest and concern among Internet security practitioners. The revelation raised the possibility that an unknown entity had obtained the cryptographic equivalent of a skeleton key that could be used to surreptitiously decrypt millions of users’ DNS queries that were encrypted through DNS over TLS or DNS over HTTPS. From there, the scammers could have read queries or

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Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company

news.ycombinator.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-12 05:12:31

Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder and CEO of Atlassian, speaks at the National Electrical Vehicle Summit in Canberra, Australia, on Aug. 19, 2022. Cannon-Brookes is urging Australia to show more ambition on climate action, even as the new government legislates plans to strengthen the country's carbon emissions cuts. Atlassian said it has agreed to acquire The Browser Co., a startup that offers a web browser with artificial intelligence features, for $610 million in cash. The companies aim to clo

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U.S. Risks Losing the Moon to China if NASA’s Artemis Program Falters, Experts Tell Senate

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-12 10:30:13

The U.S. is at risk of ceding its lead in the new space race to China, experts told a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, September 3, raising serious doubts about NASA’s ability to return American astronauts to the Moon before China. The hearing, titled “There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise,” examined legislative priorities for NASA’s upcoming reauthorization to ensure that the U.S. maintains its leadership in space. The nation’s position is increasingly challenged by China, which has ad

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Atlassian is acquiring the Browser Company

news.ycombinator.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-12 22:25:57

Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder and CEO of Atlassian, speaks at the National Electrical Vehicle Summit in Canberra, Australia, on Aug. 19, 2022. Cannon-Brookes is urging Australia to show more ambition on climate action, even as the new government legislates plans to strengthen the country's carbon emissions cuts. Atlassian said it has agreed to acquire The Browser Co., a startup that offers a web browser with artificial intelligence features, for $610 million in cash. The companies aim to clo

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Six years after launch, Apple Arcade is striving for a bigger audience

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-10-12 22:30:00

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. In 2019, Apple Arcade launched with roughly 70 premium mobile games that had no ads, no in-app purchases, and no sex or violence. Some of the games in the initial launch period, like What the Golf?, were praised for their innovation and depth beyond what’s typically expected of mobile games. In the six years since, Apple Arc

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Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-13 02:49:08

Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder and CEO of Atlassian, speaks at the National Electrical Vehicle Summit in Canberra, Australia, on Aug. 19, 2022. Cannon-Brookes is urging Australia to show more ambition on climate action, even as the new government legislates plans to strengthen the country's carbon emissions cuts. Atlassian said it has agreed to acquire The Browser Co., a startup that offers a web browser with artificial intelligence features, for $610 million in cash. The companies aim to clo

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World's largest sports piracy site shut down by police

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-13 04:33:38

World's largest sports piracy site shut down by police 2 hours ago Share Save Liv McMahon Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images The world's biggest destination for illegal streams of live sports events has been shut down, according to a leading anti-piracy group. The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) said on Wednesday it had teamed up with police in Egypt to close down Streameast, which had been visited more than 1.6 billion times in the past year. It allowed millions to a

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Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Company for $610 million

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-13 06:05:01

Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder and CEO of Atlassian, speaks at the National Electrical Vehicle Summit in Canberra, Australia, on Aug. 19, 2022. Cannon-Brookes is urging Australia to show more ambition on climate action, even as the new government legislates plans to strengthen the country's carbon emissions cuts. Atlassian said it has agreed to acquire The Browser Company, a startup that offers a web browser with artificial intelligence features, for $610 million in cash. The companies aim to

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Creator of Charli XCX Apple dance settles Roblox lawsuit

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-13 14:41:33

Creator of Charli XCX Apple dance settles Roblox lawsuit Kelley Heyer created the Apple dance posting it every day for two weeks before it started getting popular. Court papers filed in the US this week said that Kelley and the Roblox Corporation had agreed to dismiss the case, and a joint statement quoted by Billboard said both sides had "amicably resolved" the issue. Her legal team claimed Roblox had made $123,000 (£93,000) from selling the moves as an emote - a celebratory animation used b

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Why Is Google Climbing Today? Here Are The Basics

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-14 18:35:48

Google investors were overjoyed on Wednesday in response to a long-awaited decision in a high-profile federal antitrust case against Google. On Tuesday, federal judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Google could get to keep its Chrome browser, despite a previous ruling also by Mehta declaring that the tech giant’s search business was a monopoly. In response, Google stock had its largest upside non-earnings-related overnight gap up since it was a

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Jeffrey Wright Dishes on ‘The Batman,’ Wes Anderson, and Bond

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-10-15 06:42:20

Jeffrey Wright has been in the acting game since the ’90s, but the 2010s are really when Wright started to come into the limelight. From appearing in HBO dramas like Westworld and Boardwalk Empire to becoming a recurring Wes Anderson actor and starring in Spike Lee’s latest movie Highest 2 Lowest, Wright has become a very busy man, able to smoothly transition between genres and mediums. And in a new interview with Collider, Wright looked back on his diverse career, dishing on The Batman, workin

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5 ways to fill the AI skills gap in your business

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2025-10-15 10:28:20

tolgart / iStock via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Closing the AI skills gap requires a clear business strategy. Cross-team talks show employees the value of reskilling. Use practice groups and change agents to spread AI benefits. Research suggests 88% of business leaders prioritize AI skills over other capabilities. However, finding and developing AI talent is a tough task. This year's Nash Squared/Harvey Nash Digital Leadership

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No place in children's hands: <16s in UK to be banned from buying energy drinks

news.ycombinator.com Denis Campbell 2025-10-15 10:29:42

Under-16s in England will be banned from buying energy drinks such as Red Bull and Monster because they fuel obesity, cause sleep problems and leave them unable to concentrate. Health experts, teaching unions and dentists welcomed the ban and said it would boost children and young people’s health. It fulfils a pledge Labour included in its manifesto for last year’s general election. “How can we expect children to do well at school if they have the equivalent of a double espresso in their syste

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Salesforce CEO confirms 4,000 layoffs ‘because I need less heads' with AI

cnbc.com Scott Budman 2025-10-15 21:59:01

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff participates in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025. Salesforce has cut 4,000 of its customer support roles, CEO Marc Benioff recently said while discussing how artificial intelligence has helped reduce the company headcount. Benioff revealed the layoffs during an interview published Friday on The Logan Bartlett Show podcast. "I've reduced it from 9,000 heads to about 5,000, because I need less heads," Benioff said while

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ICE obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that hack phones and encrypted apps

news.ycombinator.com Stephanie Kirchgaessner 2025-10-16 22:12:13

US immigration agents will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump administration to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications. The Department of Homeland Security first entered into a contract with Paragon, now owned by a US firm, in late 2024, under the Biden administration. But the $2m contract was

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Anthropic raises $13 billion funding round at $183 billion valuation

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-10-17 01:53:45

Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21st, 2025. Anthropic on Tuesday announced it has closed a $13 billion funding round at a $183 billion post-money valuation, roughly triple what the artificial intelligence startup was worth as of its last raise in March. The most recent funding round was led by Iconiq, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Other investors including Altimet

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