ROCKFORD, Ill. — Illinois residents are eligible to receive part of a $100 million class-action settlement after Google was accused of violating privacy laws in the state. The tech giant was accused of violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act regarding its use of a face regrouping tool in the Google Photos app. Google used the tool to sort faces it spots in photographs by similarity. However, according to the suit, the company did not receive consent from millions of users before… Source link

San Francisco CNN Business  —  Russia has spent months either driving out American tech firms or watching them leave of their own accord over its war in Ukraine. But the country now finds itself stuck in a stalemate with one big tech company: Google. Many of Google’s services, including search, maps, Gmail and, perhaps most importantly, YouTube, continue to be available in Russia at a time when… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, June 3, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Myles Udland, senior markets editor at Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @MylesUdland and on LinkedIn. The May jobs report will drop in a few hours — or will have dropped a few hours ago, depending on when you check your inbox — and investors will be watching closely. But this report is also… Source link

The European Council has officially adopted the EU sixth sanction package for Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, according to the June 3 announcement and the official EU journal entry. As followed by bne IntelliNews, the EU leaders have agreed in principle to cut 90% of Russian oil imports… Source link

(Reuters) -Russian internet giant Yandex said on Friday that Arkady Volozh had stepped down as CEO and left the board of directors after the European Union included him on its latest list of sanctions against Russian entities and individuals. Volozh, who co-founded the Yandex search engine in 1997, was put under EU sanctions on Friday after the bloc accused him of “materially or financially” supporting Russia, which sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb…. Source link

The European Council has officially adopted the EU sixth sanction package for Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, according to the June 3 announcement and the official EU journal entry. As followed by bne IntelliNews, the EU leaders have agreed in principle to cut 90% of Russian oil imports… Source link

The European Council has officially adopted the EU sixth sanction package for Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, according to the June 3 announcement and the official EU journal entry. As followed by bne IntelliNews, the EU leaders have agreed in principle to cut 90% of Russian oil imports… Source link

Lino Mirgeler/picture alliance via Getty Images Sheryl Sandberg announced Wednesday she is leaving Meta after 14 years. The Wall Street Journal reported Meta was reviewing her personal activities as recently as May. A Meta spokeswoman said the review was not related to Sandberg’s decision to leave. Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg was under investigation for using corporate resources to plan her wedding, sources told The Wall Street Journal. Sandberg announced Wednesday she would be stepping down as head… Source link

HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson offered a $100,000 settlement figure to each of the 22 women who filed civil lawsuits against him last spring, according to the most recent litigation brought against him this week. Attorney Tony Buzbee made the claim in the 23rd civil suit filed against Watson on Tuesday, in a footnote pertaining to a meeting between Watson’s defense attorneys and Nia Smith, the Houston cosmetologist who has brought the most recent litigation against the Cleveland Browns… Source link

An interview that was intended to be funny quickly turned disturbing. The Good Liars — a progressive comedy duo that typically plays pranks on conservatives and interviews people at far-right political rallies — went to the National Rifle Association’s annual convention last weekend in Houston. While there, one member of the Good Liars, Jason Selvig, was interviewing people in attendance when he approached a man wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt that said “Keep It Flying.” “Why do… Source link