A measure to make Maryland the first state in the nation to tax companies like Facebook and Google for money they make from digital ads on the internet is making steps forward in the state’s legislature. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-tax-internet-ads-traction-maryland.html Views: 0
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Broadband companies are making it easier and cheaper to work at home in the COVID-19 era. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-comcast-att-easing-broadband-at-home.html Views: 0
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Several big communications and entertainment companies are contributing giveaways for Italians stuck indoors because of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, the Italian government said Thursday. Read More Views: 0
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A security firm handling employee fingerprint identification for companies worldwide has exposed more than 2 million bits of data, including 76,000 fingerprints, according to a cyberthreat research group. Read More Views: 0
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Working from home is already so common it has its own acronym, and it’s about to get even more common still. Companies like Apple, Amazon and Microsoft are now advising employees to “WFH” to avoid exposure to the novel coronavirus. Read More Views: 0
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Facebook and other tech companies need to be regulated like the tobacco industry, warned Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower who exposed the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Read More Views: 0
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Multiple rideshare and food delivery companies are following in the footsteps of Uber, which announced it would compensate its drivers who catch the new coronavirus. Read More Views: 0
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One of China’s biggest mobile gaming companies is selling popular gay dating app Grindr for $608 million after pressure from US authorities concerned over the potential misuse of user data. Read More Views: 0
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Many companies, most notably Twitter, are recommending working at home for their staff in the wake of the coronavirus. King County, home to Seattle in Washington state, where at least 10 people have died, has made the same recommendation. Read More Views: 0
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The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety convened 1700 delegates from around 140 countries, including more than 70 ministers and vice-ministers and heads of international agencies, civil society organizations, foundations and private companies. Hosted at the request of the UN General Assembly by the Government of Sweden in collaboration with WHO, the theme was
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