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SYDNEY, Dec 2 (Reuters) – An Australian law giving the government power to make internet giants Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google negotiate content supply deals with media outlets has largely worked, a government report said. But the law, which took effect in March 2021 after talks with the big tech firms led to a brief shutdown of Facebook news feeds in the country, may need to be extended to other online platforms, the review said. Since the News… Source link

Over the last few decades, Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) have become something of a staple for startups. OKRs are the goal-setting framework that has propelled companies like Intel, Uber, Amazon, LinkedIn, and many more to success. Think of a tech startup, and chances are they use OKRs. And in the world of OKRs, there’s one name that reigns supreme: John Doerr. The author of Measure What Matters, Doerr was taught this framework by its original creator and CEO of Intel, Andy Grove. He’s… Source link

For better or worse, no personality has burned brighter at this year’s Wimbledon than Nick Kyrgios. That included his tactics in the fourth round on Monday. Facing unseeded American Brandon Nakashima, Kyrgios found himself grinding more than he previously had in the tournament, in which he has already notched arguably the biggest win of his career against No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. Kyrgios was dropped the first set, won the next two, then fell behind a break in the fourth. Down 5-3 and… Source link

A sophisticated spyware campaign is getting the help of internet service providers (ISPs) to trick users into downloading malicious apps, according to research published by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) (via TechCrunch). This corroborates earlier findings from security research group Lookout, which has linked the spyware, dubbed Hermit, to Italian spyware vendor RCS Labs. Lookout says RCS Labs is in the same line of work as NSO Group — the infamous surveillance-for-hire company… Source link

AMC (AMC) raised ticket prices for “The Batman” — an experiment that the company publicly declared it was testing in the U.S. as the theatrical experience gravitates toward a more premium one. But did elevated ticketing work, and could we see more higher prices as a result? According to box office analytics platform EntTelligence, AMC charged about $1 more than its average ticket price to see “The Batman” during the film’s opening weekend on March 4 ($14.50 vs. $13.66) with price increases… Source link

Google has agreed to settle a National Labor Relations Board case filed by six former and current employees who said the company had illegally fired or disciplined them because of their unionization efforts. As part of the settlement, which was agreed upon on Friday, the former and current Google employees also agreed to dismiss a related court case in California. The settlement terms are bound by a nondisclosure agreement, said Laurie M. Burgess, a lawyer representing the former and current… Source link

Beyond Meat’s founder Ethan Brown says his R&D team worked double-time to get the texture of KFC’s iconic chicken spot on.  “It has been a fun process. We have been trying to get to the North Star. Everyone loves the taste of Kentucky Fried Chicken. We wanted to deliver on that, but change the substrate — the meat component of it. For us, it was a focus on texture. So that is the North Star of Kentucky Fried Chicken’s delicious tasting products. I think we are getting closer and closer,”… Source link