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Texas has reached a settlement with radio giant iHeartMedia over thousands of deceptive ads it aired promoting the Google Pixel 4 smartphone. The San Antonio-based radio station owner agreed to pay $65,000 in civil penalties and attorney fees, the Texas Attorney General’s Office announced Monday. The settlement comes one month after iHeartMedia and Google reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, Texas and several other states to pay $9.4 million in penalties. Federal and state… Source link

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming the internet giant is violating state law by amassing facial and voice recognition data on Texans without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuit claims Google apps and devices indefinitely store data on facial geometry and voiceprints from anyone they capture, whether… Source link

The Texas attorney general filed a privacy lawsuit against Google on Thursday, accusing the internet company of collecting Texans’ facial and voice recognition information without their explicit consent. Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, said Google had violated a state consumer protection law that requires companies to inform citizens and get their consent before capturing their biometric identifiers, including fingerprints, voiceprints and a “record of hand or face… Source link

The Texas attorney general filed a privacy lawsuit against Google on Thursday, accusing the internet company of collecting Texans’ facial and voice recognition information without their explicit consent. Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, said Google had violated a state consumer protection law that requires companies to inform citizens and get their consent before capturing their biometric identifiers, including fingerprints, voiceprints and a “record of hand or face… Source link

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Texas has filed a lawsuit against Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google for allegedly collecting biometric data of millions of Texans without obtaining proper consent, the attorney general’s office said in a statement on Thursday. The complaint says that companies operating in Texas have been barred for more than a decade from collecting people’s faces, voices or other biometric data without advanced, informed consent. “In blatant defiance of that law, Google has, since at… Source link

With its starting quarterback sidelined, Oklahoma turned in another miserable performance on Saturday. And this time it came against its most-heated rival, Texas. The Sooners were trounced 49-0 by the Longhorns on Saturday in the Red River Rivalry. With the loss, Oklahoma dropped to 3-3 for the first time since 2009 and saw its four-game winning streak over Texas come to an end. Additionally, the 49-point margin is the biggest ever in a loss to Texas. The loss also marks the first time that… Source link

Texas Tech beat No. 22 Texas 37-34 in overtime after star Texas running back Bijan Robinson fumbled on the first play of overtime. Texas (2-2) forced overtime as time expired in regulation on a field goal by Bert Auburn. But any hope the Longhorns had of coming back to win the game was dashed when Robinson was hit at the line of scrimmage after a handoff and the ball popped free. The Red Raiders (3-1) got inside the Texas 10 on the first play of their possession and Trey Wolff kicked the… Source link

We’re through three weeks of the college football season and we’re beginning to learn a bit about these teams. This week features a lot more conference play. Within the next few weeks, things will crystalize about some things we still have questions about. One way to see which teams have been impressive or unimpressive is to take a look at how they’re performing against the spread. By definition, teams that cover spreads are surpassing expectations while teams that are failing to cover… Source link

The Texas Longhorns spared no expense in their pursuit of No. 1 overall recruit Arch Manning this summer. During Manning’s official recruitment visit to Austin in June, the university spent close to $280,000, according to The Athletic, which obtained receipts and expense invoices with open records requests. Texas rolled out the red carpet for Manning and eight other recruits that included airfare, 5-star hotels, food, desserts, entertainment and an open bar for parents. Manning, the nephew of… Source link

A woman passes the logo from the web search engine provider Google during the digital society festival ‘re:publica’, at the Arena Berlin in Berlin, Germany June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register OAKLAND, Calif., Sept 13 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google must face all but one antitrust allegation about its online advertising business brought in a lawsuit by attorneys general for Texas and 16 other states or territories, a… Source link