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Zuckerberg ‘Cooperating’ With FTC In Facebook Antitrust Hearing

Zuckerberg ‘Cooperating’ With FTC In Facebook Antitrust Hearing
Zuckerberg ‘Cooperating’ With FTC In Facebook Antitrust Hearing
August 20, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of the agency’s antitrust investigation into the popular social media giant, CNBC...

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TD Bank Agrees To Pay $122M In CFPB Overdraft Case
TD Bank Agrees To Pay $122M In CFPB Overdraft Case
August 20, 2020  |  CFPB

TD Bank has agreed to pay some $122 million to settle a case with the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau involving allegedly illegal overdraft practices, according...

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Bitcoin Daily: South Korean Island Taps ICONLOOP For Blockchain-Based Contact Tracing; Canadian Restaurant Changes Fiat Reserves To Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: South Korean Island Taps ICONLOOP For Blockchain-Based Contact Tracing; Canadian Restaurant Changes Fiat...
August 20, 2020  |  Bitcoin

South Korean tourist destination Jeju Island will harness ICONLOOP’s Decentralized Identity (DID) blockchain infrastructure for contract tracing purposes to safeguard the wellness of the area’s...

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Report: Amazon Slows Alexa Staff Hiring To Improve Margin
Report: Amazon Slows Alexa Staff Hiring To Improve Margin
August 20, 2020  |  Amazon

Amazon has put some hiring on hold in its Alexa operation amid the pandemic, Bloomberg reported, citing two unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Millions Of TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Profiles Left Exposed
Millions Of TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Profiles Left Exposed
August 20, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

A database of some 235 million YouTube, Instagram and TikTok profiles that was held by a now-shuttered company called Deep Social was left exposed without...

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India’s Consumers Struggle To Overcome Virus Shutdown
India’s Consumers Struggle To Overcome Virus Shutdown
August 20, 2020  |  International

In heavily coronavirus-ravaged India, the people hit the hardest are those who have only just gotten into the middle class and those below them, The...

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News Publishers Climb On Apple App Store Commission Bandwagon
News Publishers Climb On Apple App Store Commission Bandwagon
August 20, 2020  |  Apple

Major news companies are joining other firms that are trying to get better terms on Apple’s App Store, which is used often to draw new...

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Alibaba’s Annual Active Consumers On China Marketplaces Hit 742M
Alibaba’s Annual Active Consumers On China Marketplaces Hit 742M
August 20, 2020  |  Earnings

Alibaba Group Holding Co. reported results on Thursday (Aug. 20) that suggested that the company benefited from the digital shift that has been quickened by...

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Weak Jobless Claims Report Shows US Recovery Remains Uneven
Weak Jobless Claims Report Shows US Recovery Remains Uneven
August 20, 2020  |  Economy

Staggered reopenings. Tourism booms that might prove temporary. Each U.S. business vertical hard-hit by the pandemic has been impacted in different ways. Get the Full...

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