Taylor Swift deepfakes spark calls in Congress for new legislation

Daily Management Thought - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 22:33
Explicit images of the popstar were spread millions of times on social media before being removed.

As Americans Buy Less Beer, Breweries, Bars and Supermarkets Scale Back

Latest Administration News - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 22:17
Many breweries, bars and supermarkets that once offered a dizzying array of new beers are now paring back to a chosen few.

JetBlue Says It May Back Out of Deal to Acquire Spirit Airlines

Latest Administration News - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 21:54
JetBlue now says that it could back out of the acquisition just a week after the company said it intended to appeal a judge’s decision to block the deal.

Apple Takes Messaging Crackdown to Customers’ Macs

Latest Administration News - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 21:50
Beeper Mini customers were using their Mac computers to connect to iPhone messaging on their Android phones. Now, they say Apple has blocked the messaging service on their Macs.

Apple Takes Messaging Crackdown to Customers’ Macs

Latest Business News - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 21:50
Beeper Mini customers were using their Mac computers to connect to iPhone messaging on their Android phones. Now, they say Apple has blocked the messaging service on their Macs.

UK halts trade negotiations with Canada over hormones in beef ban

News Feed - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 20:20
Talks aimed at extending an EU-era deal broke down over Britain's ban on hormone-treated meat.

Mining giants told to pay $9.7bn over Brazil dam disaster

News Feed - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 19:56
The 2015 collapse of the Fundão dam in Brazil caused a giant mudslide that killed 19 people.

Post Office Inquiry: Ex-investigator in NI 'told Horizon IT system was 100% reliable'

News Feed - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 19:47
Suzanne Winter worked as an investigator for the Post Office in NI from 2001 to 2014.

More Tenants Can Now Add Rent Payments to Their Credit Score

Latest Administration News - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 19:30
Policymakers view the reporting of an on-time pattern as a way to reduce disparities in homeownership.

Ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone's assets frozen

News Feed - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 19:23
A spokesperson for Baroness Mone said it was "deplorable" private matters were being conducted in public.

Post Office accused of cover-up over secret Horizon documents

News Feed - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 18:54
BBC obtains unredacted minutes showing government knew of plan to sack experts who found Horizon IT bugs.

Meta tool to block nude images in teens' private messages

Daily Management Thought - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 18:47
The move is designed to help stop teenagers receiving inappropriate pictures, even in encrypted chats

Lina Khan’s FTC Takes On AI Deals like Microsoft-OpenAI

Latest Administration News - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 18:18
The agency is concerned that transactions including Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI could hinder competition and innovation.

Vodafone-Three merger faces competition probe

News Feed - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 17:28
The Competition and Markets Authority will judge whether the deal would harm the UK telecoms market.

Vodafone-Three merger faces competition probe

Daily Management Thought - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 17:28
The Competition and Markets Authority will judge whether the deal would harm the UK telecoms market.

JK Rowling and Ed Sheeran estimated to be among UK's highest tax payers

News Feed - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 17:23
The 100 contributors, ranked by the Sunday Times, were judged to have paid £5.35bn in tax last year.

Fortnite to come back to iPhones in EU

News Feed - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 16:26
iPhone users in the EU will soon be able to download apps from places other than the App Store.

Fortnite to come back to iPhones in EU

Daily Management Thought - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 16:26
iPhone users in the EU will soon be able to download apps from places other than the App Store.

Mediapocalypse Now, a16z’s Chris Dixon Defends Crypto, and HatGPT

Latest Business News - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 15:31
Strangely a lot of pro wrestling in this episode.

Is Cryptocurrency Like Stocks and Bonds? Courts Move Closer to an Answer.

Latest Administration News - Fri, 01/26/2024 - 15:31
Federal judges are weighing whether digital currencies should be subject to the same rules as stocks and bonds. The outcome could shape crypto’s future in the U.S.

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