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Tech giants that could be broken up under a series of new antitrust bills are speaking out against the measures as lawmakers are set to debate them on Wednesday. Amazon and Google released statements on Tuesday opposing the bills. Apple and Facebook, which were also targets of the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into digital markets, have yet to put out their own statements. But industry groups backed by the tech firms have also pushed back on the legislation, arguing it would… Source link

Maurice Levy, chair of French multinational advertising and public relations company Publicis Groupe Dominique Charriau | Getty Images Digital privacy moves from Apple and Google are forcing the advertising industry to reconsider the way it works, Publicis Groupe’s Maurice Levy told CNBC. The chairman of the world’s third-biggest advertising company said changes to Apple’s iOS smartphone software and Google’s Chrome web browser meant advertisers were having to “revisit the whole way we are… Source link

The furniture and home decor business boomed in 2020 as people stuck at home spruced up their spaces, or relocated to new spaces entirely. The continuing strength in housing means the growth can continue, says the CEO of Overstock.com.  “First, we have a workforce trend with people moving to different places in the country. That’s good for the furniture industry,” Jonathan Johnson told Yahoo Finance Live.  The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a Great American Migration: More than 7 million… Source link

Tesla (TSLA) short sellers are up $4 billion so far this year, driven by the stock’s fall back to earth after a steep rise of more than 695% last year, according to an analysis by S3 partners that CNN reported.  Investor Michael Burry, who anticipated the 2008 housing collapse and was made famous by the book and movie “The Big Short,” last week revealed that his firm Scion Asset Management had joined the army of Tesla short sellers to the tune of more than 800,000 shares worth about $534… Source link

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday it will sell a subsidiary that offers foreign exchange margin trading services to industry leader GMO Financial Holdings Inc. for 28.8 billion yen ($265 million), ending its involvement in the highly competitive space. Yahoo Japan is expected to complete the sale of all its shares in YJFX Inc. in September. YJFX will be renamed Gaika ex byGMO Inc., according to GMO, an industry leader by volume in retail foreign exchange margin… Source link

Google announced a giant slew of updates to its various software products at its I/O developer conference this week, and in addition to Android, Wear, Assistant and a ton of other news, it’s not forgetting about the smart home. At the show, the company shared a few updates around its Nest and Android products that focus on a commitment to the recently renamed Matter ecosystem. As a recap, Matter was formerly known as Project CHIP, or Connected Home over IP. It’s a collaboration between… Source link

As anyone in the advertising industry well knows, Google is in the spotlight. After announcing their identity management changes, it seems as though Google has thrown the entire advertising industry into a tailspin; one that has left most scrambling to understand what this means for their business. This could mean the end of 1:1 identity as we know it, or a new perspective on the identity conversation. Google’s proposed plan includes the introduction of FLoC (federated learning of cohorts);… Source link

Digital advertisers are pushing an alternative to web cookies that competes with a Google proposal, the latest industry effort to adjust to new curbs on how personal data is used online. A group of ad executives and lawyers detailed an anonymous identifier on Wednesday that lets people control what ads they see on the web. The technology, called SWAN, is supported by ad-tech companies including PubMatic Inc., OpenX and Zeta Global… Source link

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the health care industry was so slow to change. But the global crisis forced the industry and companies to act swiftly.  But can an industry that still relies on fax machines while simultaneously pursuing integration of artificial intelligence maintain such a pace post pandemic?  Dr. Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN Group and Health Plan, says it must in order to address health inequities. “I think health care is ultimately a fundamental foundation of our… Source link

The New York Times How Cuomo’s Team Tried to Tarnish One of His Accusers Days after Lindsey Boylan became the first woman to accuse Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, people tied to the governor started circulating an open letter that they hoped former staff members would sign. The letter was a full-on attack on Boylan’s credibility, suggesting that her accusations, made in a series of Twitter posts in December, were premeditated and politically motivated. It disclosed personnel… Source link