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Microsoft Activision Blizzard

Business & Lifestyle

Microsoft, Activision Blizzard deal on hold

SAN FRANCISCO -- A $69 billion deal by Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard is on hold...for now. According to MarketWatch, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) in San Francisco over regulatory reasons. The approved request, which came from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), was a "maintain the status quo" decision. An evidentiary hearing will be heard next week to determine whether there will be a preliminary injunction approval. With FTC approval, the deal would have […]

todayJune 13, 2023 43

Snapchat Biometric Information Privacy Act Illinois

Business News

Snapchat to pay millions after settlement

Settlement relates to violation of state's Biometric Information Privacy Act

WHEATON, Ill. (The Center Square) – Another social media company has settled out of court after allegations it violated Illinois’ strict biometric laws. The parent company that owns Snapchat agreed to pay $35 million but denied any wrongdoing.  At the heart of the issue is Snapchat’s photo filter feature. Each time a user takes a selfie or uses a filter, that person’s facial features are scanned.  Ed Yohnka, director of communications with the ACLU of Illinois, has previously said the state’s […]

todayAugust 23, 2022 17

Breaking News

Twitter is down in major system outage

Service restored within an hour

SAN FRANCISCO -- For most viewers, the social media platform Twitter is down and experiencing a major widespread outage. Issues started with the service at around 7:05 a.m. Central time. Many users are reporting "over capacity" error messages and "This page is down" errors. The outage issues affecting Twitter are on the web, mobile, and on the TweetDeck app. Thousands of reports of issues with Twitter are active complaints on Downdetector. However, Twitter’s own status page claims “all systems operational.” Despite […]

todayJuly 14, 2022 6

Apple iPhone Steve Jobs

Business & Lifestyle

Apple’s first iPhone turns 15 years old

CUPERTINO, Calif. (UPI) -- Sunday marks 15 years since the late Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's first iPhone, spurring a revolution in cellphone technology. On Jan. 9, 2007, Jobs introduced the cutting edge smartphone as "an iPod, a phone and internet communicator" during a keynote presentation in Las Vegas. "iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone," he said. The original phone launched at a base price of $499 for 4 GB […]

todayJanuary 9, 2022 11

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