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The Morning After: Google apologizes over its Pixel influencer demands
19 Aug

The Morning After: Google apologizes over its Pixel influencer demands

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The relationship between tech companies and influencers can be murky. A recent post on Threads showed part of the sign-up form to receive Pixel devices for influencers and YouTubers, mandating that signees feature Google’s hardware “in place of any competitor mobile devices” or else “we will need to cease the relationship between the brand and the creator.”First, our Engadget editors…
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The US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars ‘talk’ to each other
17 Aug

The US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars ‘talk’ to each other

John RoutledgeLatest News
The US Department of Transportation has laid out a nationwide road safety plan [PDF] that will lead to cars communicating with each other. The agency is hoping that broadly deploying vehicle-to-everything (V2X) tech will boost its "commitment to pursue a comprehensive approach to reduce the number of roadway fatalities to zero." The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 40,990…
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X is closing its operations in Brazil immediately, but its service will remain live for users
17 Aug

X is closing its operations in Brazil immediately, but its service will remain live for users

John RoutledgeLatest News
X says it's ending business operations in Brazil effective immediately, but the service will remain available to users in the country. The company says Alexandre de Moraes, the president of the Superior Electoral Court and a justice of the Supreme Federal Court, threatened one of X's legal representatives with arrest if it did not "comply with his censorship orders."According to…
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How to watch all of Xbox’s Gamescom streams
17 Aug

How to watch all of Xbox’s Gamescom streams

John RoutledgeLatest News
It’s that time of year again. Gamescom is nearly upon us. For the uninitiated, Gamescom is a huge gaming trade show held annually in Germany. This year, Microsoft has announced a major Xbox presence throughout the event. All told, four streams will highlight upcoming Xbox games.The first is the opening night livestream. This stream isn’t Xbox-centric, but we’re expecting some…
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National Public Data confirms breach that exposed Americans’ social security numbers
17 Aug

National Public Data confirms breach that exposed Americans’ social security numbers

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A data dump that contains 2.7 billion records of personal information for people living in the US, including their Social Security Numbers, have recently been leaked online. The data dump's contents were linked to National Public Data, a company that scrapes information from non-public sources and sells it for background checks. Now, the company has confirmed that it did have…
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Fubo wins injunction to delay Disney-Fox-Warner’s live sports streamer Venu
16 Aug

Fubo wins injunction to delay Disney-Fox-Warner’s live sports streamer Venu

John RoutledgeLatest News
The sports streaming service Fubo has temporarily fended off a huge financial threat from Disney-Fox-Warner’s potential competitor Venu Sports and its collection of sports broadcasting licenses thanks to a recent court ruling. A federal judge in the Southern District of New York granted Fubo’s request for an injunction in its antitrust case against the joint sports streaming venture and its…
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