March 7, 2019 YouTube adds fact checks to search results on sensitive topics YouTube is launching new information panel that will appear when users search for controversial topics. The text boxes will appear at the top of…
March 7, 2019 Music streaming services are fighting a big royalties increase Spotify, Pandora, Google and Amazon are fighting back against royalty increases that could be as high as 44 percent. The four companies — each…
March 7, 2019 German regulators tell Tesla to drop ‘gas savings’ from pricing Tesla will stop factoring estimated fuel savings into the price of its cars in Germany, according to Reuters. The German Centre for Protection against…
March 7, 2019 Facebook only cares about privacy because it has to When your reputation is as shattered as Facebook's, all you can do is try to change course. And amid an ongoing crisis caused by…
March 7, 2019 Los Angeles is fighting for e-scooter data The City of Los Angeles is fighting for access to data from an unlikely source: scooters. City officials want to use location data from…
March 7, 2019 Valve lays off 13 employees, reportedly slashing VR hardware division Gaming company Valve confirmed today that it has laid off several full-time employees and contractors, possibly from its virtual reality hardware team. “Last month,…
March 7, 2019 Twitter will let users be much more specific when reporting tweets with personal information Twitter is adding new options to its reporting process for tweets that share personal information, adding much more specific fields that users can highlight…
March 7, 2019 Facebook will make anti-vaccine content less visible Facebook announced today a new plan of action for combatting misinformation surrounding vaccinations. The social networking giant will start by reducing the ranking of…
March 7, 2019 Airbnb is buying last-minute hotel app HotelTonight Airbnb is buying last-minute hotel booking service HotelTonight, in another move on the traditional hotel industry. The HotelTonight booking app and website, which offers…
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