It is interesting how “productive” the folks in DC can be when they want to. But I ask what have you been doing for the last four years. Getting my whining out of the way, there is a lot of stuff happening in this last week of the outgoing administration. The Federal Trade Commission handed […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]First an aside. Is TikTok different than other social media? Maybe, I guess, but the whole idea behind social media is to be addictive. After all, users like me who get on Facebook for five minutes a day – that is not someone that they can put a lot of ads in front of. And, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]State Dept. Says UN Cybercrime Treaty Must protect Human Rights On the eve of final negotiations at the UN for a long awaited cybercrime treaty, the US says they are focused on ensuring the treaty protects human rights. The US, along with 40 other countries — not including, Surprise, Russia or China — signed off […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The feds say that Epic Games, maker of the super popular game, Fortnite, has agreed to pay a fine of more than a half billion dollars to settle the charges. While Fortnite is free, players can buy in-game items like dance moves and costumes. There are more than 400 million users worldwide. The fine breaks […]
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