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Tech giants such as Google and Facebook will be required to pay newspapers and other media outlets for using their stories, under new laws being drawn up by the UK Government, Daily Mail reported. Under the plans, which are modelled on a system that has been introduced in Australia, the platforms will be encouraged to negotiate payment deals with news organisations. If the negotiations fail, an independent arbitrator would set a… Source link

In the new war for gaming assets that has descended on the tech industry in part due to splashy deals by Microsoft and Take-Two Interactive this year, the ball is now squarely in the court of Meta (aka Facebook) to make a move to support its metaverse ambitions.  “Facebook I think has a strong on-ramp with the Oculus with the metaverse. The challenge — and this is due diligence from my kids — they need for games and more content. I wouldn’t be surprised if Facebook went on to do some… Source link

We don’t make stock recommendations at Yahoo Finance but we can offer up this bit of advice — if you are in the market for a can of Sherwin-Williams (SHW) paint to spruce up the house this spring it’s best to buy it now.  The paint maker said Friday it will be taking an eye-popping 12% price increase on Feb. 1 inside its Americas segment as inflationary pressures in raw materials and labor continue to wreak havoc on the company’s business.  “As we enter 2022, demand remains strong across… Source link

San Francisco’s Off the Grid was forced to cut 256 employees after tech giant Google ended a catering contract, the food company confirmed Monday.   Off the Grid provided food truck catering and logistics services for Google’s Bay Area campuses, according to the San Francisco Business Times that first reported the story.  “Unfortunately, Google ended our contract in mid-February, which was certainly disappointing as we’ve been incredibly proud of the work we’ve done… Source link

Oddball Russian bodybuilder dubbed the real life Popeye has undergone an operation to remove rotting flesh caused by injecting his biceps with liquid synthol to give him huge muscular looking arms. Kirill Tereshin, 24, earned the cartoon-based moniker due to his beach ball-like biceps hanging off his otherwise skinny frame. The unusual look is the botched result of injecting his arms with synthol oil, which he shared in videos on Instagram where he has 350,000 followers. Tereshin, who comes… Source link

Workers whose states denied them unemployment aid during the COVID-19 pandemic may be able to retroactively access benefits back to Feb. 2, 2020, according to a new Labor Department rule issued Thursday. The Department of Labor (DOL) broadened access to the federal pandemic unemployment assistance (PUA) established under the CARES Act, and comes in response to a Jan. 22 executive order seeking clarification on who qualifies for it. The DOL rule expands eligibility to certain workers who… Source link

Can you imagine life without Google? That is the curious reality Australians have been contemplating since the US technology group threatened to shut its ubiquitous search engine in their country last month over a draft law that would force Big Tech to pay news providers for content. “If the code becomes law, Google would have no real choice but to stop providing search in Australia,” Mel Silva, managing director of Google Australia & New Zealand, told MPs on a… Source link

Topline Google has threatened to disable its search function in Australia while Facebook threatened to ban news content from its platform if the government does not back down from its plans to make the tech giants pay media outlets for their content, one of the most dramatic escalations amid  ongoing attempts around the world to regulate big tech. Google has threatened to pull its search engine from Australia over a new law that would see it pay … [+] publishers for their… Source link

Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would block its search engine in Australia if the government proceeds with a new code that would force it and Facebook Inc to pay media companies for the right to use their content. Google’s threat escalates a battle with publishers such as News Corp that is being closely watched around the world. The search giant had warned that its 19 million Australian users… Source link

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would block its search engine in Australia if the government proceeds with a new code that would force it and Facebook Inc to pay media companies for the right to use their content. Google’s threat escalates a battle with publishers such as News Corp that is being closely watched around the world. The search giant had warned that its 19 million Australian users would face degraded search and YouTube experiences if the new code… Source link