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By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) – A proposed multi-billion pound British class action against Google, which alleges the Internet giant secretly tracked millions of iPhone users, is not viable and should not be allowed to proceed, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday. Antony White, a lawyer for Google, told the first day of a two-day hearing that the maiden, U.S.-style data protection lawsuit could only seek redress under English laws if any data breach had led to claimants suffering… Source link

The U.S. is slowly ramping up its commitments to help India, which has been consistently reporting more than 300,000 new daily coronavirus cases. But as the world’s second most populous country — with more than 1.4 billion people — some experts say the response is too slow. “There is a humanitarian reason to do this, as well as self-interest, to prevent new variants from arriving,” Dr. Leana Wen, former Baltimore health commissioner and a visiting professor at the Milken Institute School… Source link

With the growing demand for data privacy, Google announced it will stop selling ads based on … [+] individual users’ web browsing habits. However, privacy-focused browser Brave advances the ambition with a new search engine. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Privacy browser Brave created a competitor to Google’s GOOG flagship search engine with its latest acquisition. But the timing could have been better. Announced yesterday, Brave… Source link

Bloomberg Wall Street Is Inflation-Proofing Its Debt-Market Portfolios (Bloomberg) — From money managers at BlackRock and T. Rowe Price, to analysts at Goldman Sachs, to the credit shops run by Blackstone and KKR, a new economic reality is prompting Wall Street’s most powerful forces to adjust their investment strategies.The rise in inflation set to accompany the post-pandemic economic boom is threatening to reverse the four-decade decline in U.S. interest rates, sparking a rush to protect… Source link

Former news anchor Megyn Kelly is doubling down on President Donald Trump and his backers, continuing her unlikely reconciliation with a man who once had her on his enemies list. Kelly is taking on all comers on Twitter, including some celebrities, regarding the election fallout. She’s mostly defending Trump’s supporters, who she claims have been demonized by the left. Although the Kelly tone toward President Trump softened over the years, with Kelly a big supporter of Trump’s recent… Source link

By Tom Hals and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign said on Saturday it had filed a lawsuit in Arizona, its latest legal challenge over the results of the presidential election. The campaign suffered losses in Michigan and Georgia courts this week, but Trump pledged on Saturday to go forward with a legal strategy that he hopes will overturn state results that gave Democrat Joe Biden the win in Tuesday’s vote. Legal experts said the cases the Trump campaign is bringing… Source link