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Nearly a month after the U.S. Supreme Court designed to keep struggling tenants in their homes as COVID-19 surges anew, assistance is slowly going out to millions of people behind on their rent. More than $2.3 billion in federal emergency rental assistance went out in August to some 420,000 households, the most of any month to date since the money was made available, according to the Treasury Department. Despite the uptick in disbursements, however, millions are still living in fear of being… Source link

Earlier this month, Benoit Coeure, a well-known central bank policymaker, sounded an alarm for central banks to act now on minting their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).  In a speech, the former European Central Bank economist who leads innovation at the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) warned that rapidly mushrooming cryptocurrencies will challenge the business models of international banking — if monetary authorities don’t quickly act. As China moved on Friday to… Source link

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) and Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh TASS via Getty Images Billionaire Arkady Volozh, founder and CEO of Russian search engine Yandex, plans to challenge a ruling last week from an arbitration court in Moscow, which bans Yandex from showing results for the term “Smart Voting,” following a complaint from the Russian Federation. The term in question–Smart Voting–is part of an effort by the Russian opposition that has formed around the… Source link

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a speech during a rally to demand the release of jailed protesters, who were detained during opposition demonstrations for fair elections, in Moscow, Russia September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov MOSCOW, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Russian tech firm Yandex (YNDX.O) said on Tuesday it had removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s tactical voting website from its search engine to comply with a government ban ahead of a parliamentary election… Source link

MOSCOW, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Russian tech firm Yandex said on Tuesday it had removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s tactical voting website from its search engine to comply with a government ban ahead of a parliamentary election this month. Navalny and his allies want to use the website and a separate app to organise a tactical voting campaign at the Sept. 17-19 contest to land a blow against the ruling United Russia party. The campaign urges followers to sign up so they can be allocated… Source link

As Apple and Google continue to face increasing scrutiny over the rules they set for how third-party apps in their app stores charge for services, a significant development in that story is going down in South Korea. South Korea’s parliamentary committee passed on Wednesday (25 August) a landmark bill to prevent Google and Apple from charging software developers’ commissions on in-app purchases, the first of its kind in the world. The final vote by all members of… Source link

“We welcome this delay and only hope that Google uses this time to consult with the CMA as well as different parties that will be affected by the changes, including advertisers, agencies, publishers, and ad-tech and tracking solutions providers,” he said. Source link

Google is delaying its long-promised move to block third-party cookies from its Chrome browser by another year, citing the need to “move at a responsible pace” and “avoid jeopardizing the business models of many web publishers which support freely available content.” Google’s business model likely factored into the decision, too: It relies on third-party cookies for some of its lucrative ad business and is a major player in the digital advertising ecosystem that will be upended… Source link

For a few hours Thursday, banned runner Shelby Houlihan still had a shot at making the Olympic team. Despite her ban, Houlihan was initially set to run in both the 1,500 and 5,000 meters events at the Olympics trials Friday. That’s not going to happen anymore. U.S. Olympics stepped in and said it would uphold any ruling upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, according to USA Today. In a statement provided to USA TODAY Sports, USOPC chief executive officer Sarah Hirshland said the USOPC,… Source link

By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) – The Biden administration will issue a new executive order on Thursday that bans U.S. entities from buying or selling publicly traded securities for 59 Chinese companies with alleged ties to defense or surveillance technology sectors, senior administration officials said. The Treasury Department will enforce and update on a “rolling basis” the new ban list, which replaces one from the Department of Defense, the officials, noting the policy would… Source link