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Google removes lending apps in India to protect consumers – Yahoo Finance

TipRanks These 2 Penny Stocks Could Surge Over 300%, Say Analysts Risk and reward often travel hand-in-hand, making the stock market both lucrative and dangerous. Among the best exemplars of this axiom are the penny stocks, those equities priced at $5 or less. With that low price comes the potential for extreme gains, as even an incrementally small price increase will translate to a high percentage gain.JPMorgan’s Head of Small and Midcap Equity Strategy, Eduardo Lecubarri, sees both the… Source link

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Google to Launch a VPN for Consumers as a Perk to Its Cloud Storage Service

(Credit: Google) In a bit of irony, Google is launching a VPN service to protect users’ privacy.  The VPN will be a free perk to the $9.99-a-month 2TB plan on Google One, the company’s cloud storage service. Soon, the Google One app for Android will display a new function that can activate a VPN over the user’s smartphone.  The company is offering the VPN as a safeguard to prevent hackers from snooping on users’ unencrypted web traffic if their phone is ever connected to a public… Source link

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Google sued by ACCC for allegedly misleading consumers into signing away their privacy

Technology giant Google is being taken to court for allegedly misleading consumers to give away a lot more personal information than they had expected. Key points: Google says its notifications were “easy-to-understand” and optional ACCC claims users were misled into letting the tech giant monitor their “non-Google” web browsing The case will be argued before the Federal Court Aside from tracking people’s online activity on its search engine and platforms, Google also monitors users’ internet… Source link

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