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X is reportedly back online for some people in Brazil
18 Sep

X is reportedly back online for some people in Brazil

John RoutledgeLatest News
X is reportedly back online for many people in Brazil, more than two weeks after the service was blocked in the country. The change, though, isn’t because Brazil’s government has reversed its stance on the Elon Musk-owned platform. Instead, it seems that X has begun using Cloudflare’s DNS service, which is for now helping the social network avoid the Brazilian…
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Google wins appeal against $1.7 billion EU fine for ‘abusive’ advertising practices
18 Sep

Google wins appeal against $1.7 billion EU fine for ‘abusive’ advertising practices

John RoutledgeLatest News
The amount of fines Google has to pay in Europe may have become just a bit smaller. It has successfully convinced the European Union's General Court to annul the €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) penalty levied against it back in 2019 for what the European Commission described as "abusive practices in online advertising." According to the Financial Times, the General Court…
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Report: Google offered to sell AdX to end EU antitrust suit
18 Sep

Report: Google offered to sell AdX to end EU antitrust suit

John RoutledgeLatest News
In an effort to quell monopoly concerns in the EU, Google reportedly offered to sell its AdX advertising marketplace. Sources told Reuters that European publishers rejected Google's offer, arguing that the company would have to divest more in order to dismantle the conflicts of interest in its online advertising operations. Lawyers familiar with the antitrust cases said this was the…
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Neuralink says the FDA designated its Blindsight implant as a ‘breakthrough device’
18 Sep

Neuralink says the FDA designated its Blindsight implant as a ‘breakthrough device’

John RoutledgeLatest News
Neuralink says the Food and Drug Administration has designated its experimental Blindsight implant as a "breakthrough device." The company is developing the technology in an attempt to restore blind people's sight.Manufacturers who apply to the FDA's voluntary breakthrough devices program and receive the designation from the agency are granted "an opportunity to interact with FDA experts through several different program…
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MrBeast and Amazon are being sued by contestants of their planned competition show
18 Sep

MrBeast and Amazon are being sued by contestants of their planned competition show

John RoutledgeLatest News
A lawsuit on behalf of five unnamed contestants who participated in YouTuber MrBeast’s Beast Games was filed on September 16 in Los Angeles against MrBeast as well as Amazon, which plans to distribute the show. It’s also seeking class-action status.Beast Games is the brainchild of Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast. This game show had participants go through challenges for…
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