News
2019
August
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- Why aren't older people using Lyft and Uber?. Seniors need transportation alternatives more than ever, but many are intimidated by ride-hailing apps.
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- I shared my phone number. I learned I shouldn't have. Our mobile phone numbers have become permanently attached to us because we rarely change them, porting them from job to job and place to place. In fact, your phone number may have now become an
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- Instagram is changing the way people buy things. In March, Instagram introduced a new checkout option that allows customers to purchase products directly off a handful of companies' pages within its app. Instagram has also added tools that allow customers to shop items
- A guide to picking the right phone plan. Let’s make one thing clear: You can’t beat the house. Telecommunications is one of the world’s most lucrative industries, and wireless carriers will turn a profit no matter what.
July
27
- Nuevo choque de Trump con Macron. Francia está impulsando la adopción de un impuesto histórico a empresas tecnológicas como Google y Facebook, a pesar de las amenazas del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump,
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- House passes anti-robocall bill. The House on Wednesday took a major step toward cracking down on illegal robocalls by passing legislation allowing for tougher penalties against the scammers who generate billions of unwanted calls
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- Your college major may affect your ability to get a loan. When students choose where to attend college and what subject to major in, they can expect those decisions to have an impact on certain aspects of their life, like their career or earnings. But if
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- FTC orders Facebook to add oversight of data practices. Facebook on Wednesday was ordered to create new layers of oversight for its collection and handling of users’ personal data by the Federal Trade Commission, as the agency detailed a privacy settlement with the
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- Las grandes economías recelan de la moneda de Facebook. Los ministros de finanzas del Grupo de las Siete democracias más ricas del mundo advirtieron el jueves que criptomonedas como Libra de Facebook no deberían entrar en circulación hasta
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- UE investiga cómo utiliza Amazon los datos de vendedores. La Unión Europea abrió un nuevo frente en su campaña para regular las grandes empresas tecnológicas al informar el miércoles que investiga si Amazon utiliza datos
- Congreso de EEUU cuestiona a compañías tecnológicas. Las grandes compañías tecnológicas enfrentaron duros cuestionamientos esta semana al enfocarse los legisladores federales en un posible comportamiento anticompetitivo y expresar su escepticismo bipartidista respecto al plan de Facebook de
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- T-Mobile says it can't be sued by users. T-Mobile is already facing a class-action lawsuit that's making its way through the court system to hold the company accountable for its behavior. There's just one problem: the mobile carrier says that if
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- FTC approves Facebook fine of about $5 billion. The Federal Trade Commission has approved a fine of roughly $5 billion against Facebook for mishandling users’ personal information, according to three people briefed on the vote, in what would be a landmark settlement that
- Five things to avoid on Amazon Prime Day. It’s that time of the year—Prime Day is July 15 and 16. The event has turned into summer’s version of Black Friday, a shopping frenzy that can turn into a
- U.S. proposes barring big tech from offering financial services. A proposal to prevent big technology companies from functioning as financial institutions or issuing digital currencies has been circulated for discussion by the Democratic majority that leads the House Financial Services Committee, according to a
- Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple under fire by Congress. Silicon Valley will have a big presence in Washington, D.C., this week as big tech companies get ready for the spotlight, with several high-profile Congressional hearings scheduled for this week. The tech giants
- Tu rostro está entrenando a las herramientas de reconocimiento facial. Empresas e investigadores están recopilando decenas de bases de datos con rostros de personas sin que estas lo sepan; además, muchas de las imágenes después se comparten
- FTC aprueba multa de 5.000 mdd contra Facebook. La Comisión Federal de Comercio aprobó multar a Facebook con unos 5.000 millones de dólares por violaciones a la privacidad, reportó el viernes The Wall Street Journal. El reporte cit
June
28
- How many credit bureaus are in the U.S.?. In addition to those large bureaus, dozens of other consumer-reporting companies, sometimes called specialty agencies, gather and sell personal data to landlords, employers and other decision-makers. "These specialty agencies focus in on a particular
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- How to fight the spies in your Chrome browser. The main lesson: If Google is a data vampire, Chrome is its fangs. For most people, not using a browser made by an advertising company is the simplest way to protect your data from thousands
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