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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman (ACCC) Rod Sims said proposed laws that will make Australia the first country in the world to force Google and Facebook to pay for news were fair and critical for the survival of the media industry. FILE PHOTO: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims, pictured in Sydney, Australia, October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed Sims said he was surprised to hear criticisms from Google about the… Source link

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman (ACCC) Rod Sims said proposed laws that will make Australia the first country in the world to force Google and Facebook to pay for news were fair and critical for the survival of the media industry. FILE PHOTO: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims, pictured in Sydney, Australia, October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed Sims said he was surprised to hear criticisms from Google about the… Source link

Google officials did not respond to requests for comment. Gebru also did not respond to requests, but in an interview Thursday with Bloomberg said Google’s actions represented “the most fundamental silencing.” Gebru said Wednesday that she had been fired by Jeff Dean, the head of Google’s AI division, for an email she had sent to Brain Women and Allies, a mailing list for researchers on the company’s AI team known as Google Brain. Her dismissal threatens to reignite anger over… Source link

Google Chrome, reigning undisputed as the king of internet browsers for the last decade, has more-or-less cornered the market with billions of users around the world. Chrome’s rivals, including Apple’s AAPL Safari, Microsoft’s MSFT Edge, and Mozilla’s Firefox have so far failed to convince users to move away from Google but a growing desire for greater privacy has recently proven tempting for millions. A new Chrome challenger—the cryptocurrency-powered,… Source link

Two toddlers are in a critical condition after being pulled from a pool in Sydney’s southwest. An 18-month-old girl and a 23-month-old boy were found unresponsive in a backyard swimming pool at Lakewood Crescent, Casula, on Saturday about 2.45pm (local time), NSW Police said. Two toddlers were pulled unresponsive from a backyard pool in Sydney’s southwest. Source: 7News More Paramedics and police at the scene in Casula. Source: 7News More NSW Ambulance paramedics treated them at the scene before… Source link