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Google, Facebook reportedly agreed to work together to fight antitrust probes

Google, Facebook reportedly agreed to work together to fight antitrust probes

Enlarge / Signage in front of a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, California, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. More than three dozen state attorneys general last week filed an antitrust suit against Google, accusing the tech behemoth of a slew of anticompetitive behaviors. Among those behaviors, a new report finds, is an explicit agreement from Google to work with Facebook not only to divide the online advertising marketplace, but… Source link

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Microsoft and Google join Facebook’s legal fight against infamous spyware vendor

Microsoft and Google join Facebook’s legal fight against infamous spyware vendor

A group of high profile tech companies including Microsoft, Google, Cisco, and VMWare have filed an amicus brief in support of Facebook’s legal action against NSO Group, Microsoft has announced. Facebook-owned WhatsApp sued the spyware vendor last year, alleging that its software was used to hack 1,400 devices via a vulnerability in the messaging service. Other companies listed on the filing include the Internet Association, and Microsoft subsidiaries GitHub and LinkedIn. In response to… Source link

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Figueiredo, Moreno put on a fight for the ages

Figueiredo, Moreno put on a fight for the ages

LAS VEGAS — Deiveson Figueiredo began and ended his day in a local hospital. In between, he combined with challenger Brandon Moreno to put on one of the most memorable fights of 2020. Figueiredo, who left the hospital at 2 in the morning after he awakened and didn’t feel well, made a return after battling to a majority draw with Moreno to retain his flyweight championship in the main event of UFC 256 at Apex. Derek Cleary scored it 48-46 for Figueiredo, but judges Sal D’Amato and… Source link

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Gates Foundation commits another $250 million to fight COVID-19 pandemic

Gates Foundation commits another 0 million to fight COVID-19 pandemic

TipRanks 2 Stocks That Are Flirting With a Bottom; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ Investing is all about profits, and part of generating profits is knowing when to start the game. The old adage says to buy low and sell high, and while it’s tempting just to discount cliches like that, they’ve passed into common currency because they embody a fundamental truth. Buying low is always a good start in building a portfolio.The trick, however, is recognizing the right stocks to buy low. Prices fall for a… Source link

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Cowboys, Ravens fight for their playoff lives on Yahoo Sports app

Cowboys, Ravens fight for their playoff lives on Yahoo Sports app

The Conversation Brazil’s president rejects COVID-19 vaccine, undermining a century of progress toward universal inoculation The world is eagerly awaiting the release of several COVID-19 vaccines, but Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is not. “I’m not going to take it. It’s my right,” he said in a Nov. 26 social media broadcast. Bolsonaro, who came down with COVID-19 in July, has also criticized face masks. He and his more faithful supporters oppose any suggestion of mandatory… Source link

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Boxing legends Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr. fight to a draw

Boxing legends Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr. fight to a draw

Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. got into the ring again at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday at a combined age of 105 … and it wasn’t bad. It wasn’t scored officially, but the celebrity judges from the WBC saw it as a draw. Yahoo Sports scored it six rounds to two, 78-74, for Tyson. The idea of men older than 50 fighting isn’t a good one, but despite those misgivings, the entire show was fun. The production was top-notch and the music interludes were good and didn’t overwhelm… Source link

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Greg Hardy emotional as haunting past nearly canceled UFC Vegas 12 fight

Greg Hardy emotional as haunting past nearly canceled UFC Vegas 12 fight

An emotional Greg Hardy opens up about his struggle to move beyond his past after his win at UFC Vegas 12. This is probably the most Hardy has opened up about his controversial past. “I’ve been in hell.” (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) TRENDING > Israel Adesanya to challenge Jan Blachowicz for UFC light heavyweight title Related Video > Kevin Holland threatens Israel Adesanya beef could get ugly | UFC Vegas 12 (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Source link

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Huawei’s New ‘Fight’ With Google To Beat Android Is Suddenly More Threatening

Huawei’s New ‘Fight’ With Google To Beat Android Is Suddenly More Threatening

VCG via Getty Images If the surprising new Huawei speculation is to be believed, it could be a nightmare scenario for Google. It’s clear now that the world’s second largest smartphone maker, with some 600 million users on its ecosystem, has declared battle with Android. This, it says, it a “fight” it will win. Until now Google has been fairly ambivalent—the U.S. has cut Huawei’s access to premium chipsets, signalling a steep decline in Huawei… Source link

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Google Antitrust Fight Thrusts Low-Key C.E.O. Into the Line of Fire

Google Antitrust Fight Thrusts Low-Key C.E.O. Into the Line of Fire

OAKLAND, Calif. — When Sundar Pichai succeeded Larry Page as the head of Google’s parent company in December, he was handed a bag of problems: Shareholders had sued the company, Alphabet, over big financial packages handed to executives accused of misconduct. An admired office culture was fraying. Most of all, antitrust regulators were circling. On Tuesday, the Justice Department accused Google of being “a monopoly gatekeeper of the internet,” one that uses anticompetitive tactics to… Source link

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The big winner in Slack’s Microsoft fight could be Google

The big winner in Slack’s Microsoft fight could be Google

Slack surprised Microsoft with a competition complaint in Europe yesterday. After arguing for months that Microsoft Teams isn’t a true competitor to Slack and is more akin to Zoom, Slack finally admitted what was clear all along: Microsoft Teams is a competitor, and Slack is finding it hard to compete with Microsoft. It’s not a surprising admission, but if Slack is finding it hard to compete with Microsoft, then it’s going to face even greater headaches once Google finally gets its… Source link

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