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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Epic Games proposes Google app store reforms after antitrust win  Yahoo Finance Source link

The judge who presided over Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud trial and sentenced her last week to more than 11 years in prison has recommended that the former Theranos CEO serve out her time in a low-security Texas federal prison camp. The recommendation for Holmes’ incarceration at FPC Bryan, a facility located about 100 miles northwest of Houston that houses only female inmates, came in a court filing on Wednesday. In addition to offering minimum security, the prison offers frequent family… Source link

Enlarge / Let’s see, you landed on my “Google Ads” space, and with three houses… that will be $1,400. Ron Amadeo / Hasbro The US Justice Department is gearing up for a possible antitrust lawsuit against Google’s ad business, and a new report from The Wall Street Journal outlines a “concession” Google is proposing in response to the investigation. Google might split up some of its ad business and move it to… Source link

On Monday, the White House formally proposed a new minimum tax on billionaires. The proposal is sure to generate fierce opposition from Republicans and others and would include a minimum rate for all Americans with a wealth of more than $100 million. If enacted, the minimum rate would be 20% of this group’s total annual income. Unrealized gains — such as unsold stocks and bonds — would be included in the total. In a statement announcing the provision that comes as part of its budget… Source link

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A senior member of Russia’s ruling party has proposed nationalising foreign-owned factories that shut down operations in the country over what the Kremlin calls a special military operation in Ukraine. Several foreign companies including Toyota, Nike and home furnishings retailer IKEA have announced temporary shutdowns of stores and factories in Russia in order to put pressure on the Kremlin to stop its invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. In a statement published on Monday… Source link

The Google name is displayed outside the company’s office in London, Britain November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.com Register LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Britain’s competition regulator said on Friday it had secured improved commitments from Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google on changes to user-tracking cookies in its browser, including the U.S. tech giant extending the time any pledges would last to six years. The Competition and Markets… Source link

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. And in the U.S., app usage surged ahead of the time spent watching live TV. Currently, the average American 

While some progressive Democrats continue to push the president to cancel student loan debt, there’s a bipartisan effort underway to overhaul the student loan system in another way: by making bankruptcy discharges more accessible for student debtors. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced a new bill called the “FRESH START Through Bankruptcy Act of 2021” last week to better enable borrowers to seek a student… Source link

President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans in order to pay for programs designed to support families and children — including two years of free community college, paid family leave, efforts to make child care more affordable and universal preschool.  Biden will outline the American Families Plan in his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. The proposal — the second phase of his plan to overhaul the U.S. economy —… Source link

WordPress discussed a proposal to block Google’s new user tracking scheme called FLoC. While most expressed support others raised valid concerns. No decision has been made to block FLoC. Discussions will continue in the official WordPress Slack channel. Google FLoC Being able to track what people are interested in by using third party cookies is lucrative for Google. Ads targeted by user interest are said to convert at a higher rate are are thus more valuable to both advertisers and Google… Source link