YouTube Competitor Rumble Hits Google With Antitrust Allegations

Rumble Inc., a streaming video site increasingly favored by users who think conservatives are censored online, sued Google in federal court in California Monday, claiming the tech giant unlawfully tilts search engine results toward its sister company YouTube. “By unfairly rigging its search algorithms,” Google has been “able to wrongfully divert massive traffic to YouTube, depriving Rumble of the additional traffic, users, uploads, brand awareness and revenue it would have otherwise… Source link

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WhatsApp group links were visible on Google: Report

NEW DELHI: At least 1,700 private WhatsApp group links were visible on Google through a simple web search, according to a recent research. Published by internet security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia, the research claimed that the groups’ links available on the web posed a threat to WhatsApp users’ privacy. Rajaharia had shared screenshots of the WhatsApp group links on his Twitter profile on Sunday afternoon. “Anyone who had access to these links could join these private groups, see… Source link

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Rep. Tom Malinowski joins Yahoo News’ ‘Skullduggery’ podcast

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Will changes come for the Chicago Bears? When asked about conversations regarding his future after Sunday’s playoff loss to the Saints, Bears coach Matt Nagy said, “That’ll be down the road.” It won’t be that far down the road, if the Bears are contemplating making major changes. As a 5-1 start melted into a six-game losing streak, questions emerged about the fate [more] Source link

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3 tech stocks that are on fire in 2021 (hint: apple isn’t one)

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks with Over 9% Dividend Yield Markets ended 2020 on a high note, and have started 2021 on a bullish trajectory. All three major indexes have recently surged to all-time highs as investors seemingly looked beyond the pandemic and hoped for signs of a rapid recovery. Veteran strategist Edward Yardeni sees the economic recovery bringing its own slowdown with it. As the COVID vaccination program allows for further economic opening, with more people getting back to… Source link

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Google pauses federal campaign contributions after U.S. Capitol siege

FILE PHOTO: An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will pause all campaign donations from its political action committee, a spokesman said, in the wake of the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol and efforts to block the certification of election results “We have frozen all NetPAC political contributions while we review and reassess its policies… Source link

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Amazon joins Apple, Google in giving far right-friendly Parler the boot

Amazon booted Parler, a social media platform popular with President Donald Trump’s supporters, off its web-hosting service over night after Apple and Google removed it from their app stores. Parler could be offline for a week due to Amazon’s action, Parler CEO John Matze said. That prediction may be optimistic since the platform will need to be rebuilt from scratch, The Associated Press reports. On Friday, Google yanked it from its app store for allowing postings that seek “to incite… Source link

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Mike Babcock signs on with NBC as analyst

Mike Babcock is emerging from exile. NBC, the NHL’s U.S. broadcasting partner, announced Monday that the former Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs head coach, and two-time Olympic gold medal-winning bench boss with Canada, has signed on as a studio analyst for the upcoming season. Babcock will, in a way, take the seat from Mike Milbury, who NBC chose not to retain for this upcoming season for reasons that presumably include the sexist comment he uttered on air during the first-round… Source link

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Bitcoin and Tesla Have Gotten the Fed’s Attention

(Bloomberg Opinion) — The Federal Reserve isn’t happy about the pervasive talk of asset bubbles. Consider Tesla Inc., for instance. From my Bloomberg Opinion colleague John Authers: “The risks far outweigh the potential rewards. The more we see of such crazy behavior, the more we should prepare to take evasive action against a true investment bubble.” Or cryptocurrencies, from Scott Minerd, chief investment officer with Guggenheim Investments: “Bitcoin’s parabolic rise is… Source link

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Elon Musk tweet sends this stock up 1,500% in 24 hours — may be a sign of market bubble

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks with Over 9% Dividend Yield Markets ended 2020 on a high note, and have started 2021 on a bullish trajectory. All three major indexes have recently surged to all-time highs as investors seemingly looked beyond the pandemic and hoped for signs of a rapid recovery. Veteran strategist Edward Yardeni sees the economic recovery bringing its own slowdown with it. As the COVID vaccination program allows for further economic opening, with more people getting back to… Source link

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