yahoo Answers, The internet’s favourite wormhole of bizarre questions – and even more bizarre answers – will be permanently closed in May. Yahoo, which is owned by Verizon, announced that they would be officially closing Yahoo Answers on May 4th. Yahoo Answers was a stalwart of the early noughties internet: a forum where users could ask… Source link
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Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Congress needs to bolster the FTC, which “needs to be given adequate resources to go toe-to-toe with such a deep-pocketed industry.” “Enforcers need both the will and the tools to take on Big Tech,” the Connecticut lawmaker, who sits on the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, said in a statement. “If the FTC isn’t willing to bring cases against Big Tech, we need reforms that make sure that consumers, workers, and small businesses… Source link
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A former White House staffer who quit her role as part of Donald Trump’s coronavirus taskforce has lambasted the president’s “horrifying” response to the pandemic. Olivia Troye, former Homeland Security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, has revealed how she became disillusioned over Trump’s continuous downplaying of the virus despite repeated warnings of its severity by the US’s top medical experts. Following Trump’s impromptu public appearance at a church nearby the White… Source link
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