Social media giant Facebook has been fined $5 billion by Federal Trade Commission of US to settle concerns related to privacy. It has also insisted that Facebook should setup a privacy committee that is independent of the control of its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The firm was under continuous scrutiny of FTC after the Cambridge Analytica … [Read more…]
French Upper Senate today finally passed the GAFA taxation which will claim 3% on the total revenue earned by the tech companies, while selling items to the French consumers. There was threaten from the US President on the same, but ultimately the Senate decided upon sticking to the act that has been decided by the … [Read more…]
Digital service tax planned by France on tech companies has been approved on Thursday. The U.S. will be investing into the matter to see if the French tax targets American companies unfairly. President Trump has ordered a probe into the digital tax imposed on U.S. tech companies. The probe is investigated by Robert Lighthizer, the … [Read more…]
Much like SpaceX’s interplanetary vessel, Starship, a prototype spaceship is currently being built in the Cocoa facility, Florida. The former holds a capacity for 100 passengers, promising to carry both humans and cargo into space, to the moon and Mars. The spaceship when finished will be 180 feet tall and 30 feet wide. Elon Musk, … [Read more…]
Firefox, in its recent security update, enlisted thousands of trackers in its default block list. Once users opt in for tracker blocking, the cookies of the websites enlisted will get disabled and there will be no tracking of the user’s data. This list included Google Analytics as well, which received severe criticism from many users. … [Read more…]
European Union is concerned about increasing presence of China in the region and is taking steps to curb its growing influence. Though Chinese president Xi Jinping is visiting Italy and France next week there is a slow but persistent firestorm within EU is brewing about dangers of Chinese investments particularly with regard to telecom technology … [Read more…]
Google is lastly dealing with one of the more annoying traits of web interface for Gmail by repairing the right-click menu, including a lot more choices in the pop-up list that must make it way more helpful. As upgrades go, it is a pretty easy one: once the update hits your account, you will be … [Read more…]