Australia unveils law forcing tech giants to pay for news
Australia unveiled a draft law Friday to force Google and Facebook to pay news media for their content in a “world-leading” initiative sure to prompt a confrontation with the US digital giants. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the…
Unemployment Fraud; Political Signs Stolen; DUI Crash: Blotter
The following information comes from the Glencoe, Northfield, Wilmette and Winnetka police departments as a record of police activity and incidents reported to the police. Criminal charges represent merely accusations by the state and are often dropped…
Facebook’s Second-Quarter Sales Top Estimates as Ads Rebound
(Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc.’s second-quarter sales topped analysts’ highest estimates, rebounding from a pandemic-fueled disruption to digital advertising earlier in the year as its social media apps continued to draw more users. Revenue rose 11%…
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Stocks Grind Through a Deluge of News
Some days it feels like there is simply too much news. That clearly was the case on what was a very mixed Thursday for stocks as investors were bombarded with economic and political headlines alike. The stop-and-watch headline was the Commerce…
FirstFT: Today’s top news stories
How well did you keep up with the news this week? Take our quiz . The Hong Kong government has disqualified Joshua Wong, one of the city’s best-known pro-democracy campaigners, from standing in legislative elections next month, citing the territory’s new…
Ron Howard’s ‘Rebuilding Paradise’ is a stirring portrait of a town devastated by the Camp fire
A still from the documentary “Rebuilding Paradise.” (Noah Berger / Associated Press) The sound of wind is rarely as sinister as it is at the beginning of “Rebuilding Paradise,” Ron Howard’s harrowing and heartrending new documentary. The…
The Big Tech hearing: what we learnt
Congress – Reuters It was a long four hours of razor-sharp questions, bizarre diatribes about politicians’ fathers’ spam folders and Jeff Bezos accidentally muting himself. But unlike many Big Tech hearings in the United States…
Joe Satriani Morphs into Otherworldly Creatures in ‘Yesterday’s Yesterday’ Video
Joe Satriani morphs into otherworldly creatures in the animated video for “Yesterday’s Yesterday,” a track off his latest album, Shapeshifting. Directed remotely by his son, ZZ Satriani, the clip begins at the doors of “Joe Satriani’s Shapeshifting…
What Will Congress Do Next About Big Tech?
For more than five hours on Wednesday, the House Judiciary committee indulged itself in questioning Big Tech’s marquee executives over anticompetitive practices. But the biggest question still hangs in the balance: What will Congress do to address these…