The world’s biggest technology companies could face billions of dollars in fines for breaches of new European Union legislation, details of which are expected to be agreed upon by lawmakers as soon as Friday. The landmark Digital Services Act is the EU’s answer to what it sees as a failure Read more…
Twitter is banning advertisements that promote climate change denial in an effort to curb the reach of groups seeking to downplay the extent of the environmental crisis. Under the new policy, advertisements that contradict the “scientific consensus” on climate change will be prohibited along with other types of banned-ads such Read more…
When college instructor Angela Dancey wants to decipher whether her first-year English students comprehend what she’s trying to get across in class, their facial expressions and body language don’t reveal much. “Even in an in-person class, students can be difficult to read. Typically, undergraduates don’t communicate much through their faces, Read more…
During a 92-minute presentation Wednesday on the state of the free software movement, Richard Stallman spoke at length on a wide variety of topics, including the need for freedom-respecting package systems. But Stallman also shared his deepest thoughts on privacy and currency: I won’t order from online stores, because I Read more…
Elon Musk is exploring whether to commence a tender offer for Twitter, according to a new securities filing. The updated filing published on Thursday says Musk has received commitments for $46.5 billion to help finance the potential deal. Musk has not yet determined he will make a tender offer for Read more…
Amazon’s main European retail business reported 1.16 billion euros ($1.26 billion) of losses in 2021, which allowed the company to pay no income tax and receive 1 billion euros in tax credits, corporate filings seen by Bloomberg show. The Luxembourg-based business recorded sales of 51.3 billion euros last year, up Read more…
Many users have started to report that they are seeing suggestions — such as grammar and spelling fixes — to improve their writing when using Google Docs. The company made the announcement about this earlier this month. A purple squiggly line will appear under suggestions to help make your writing Read more…