The ruling Communist Party is urging the public to support its vision of a more powerful and wholesome nation by promoting celebrity culture and online games that are hugely popular in China.The message is: The message? Play less, learn more,...
Spanish authorities claim that John McAfee was ordered to be autopsied by a judge. He was a gun-loving anti-virus pioneer, crypto promoter, and occasional politician who died while in prison awaiting extradition to the United States.According to a Catalonia...
Snopes.com's co-founder and CEO has admitted plagiarising from numerous articles published by major news outlets over many years. He called the plagiarism "serious lapses of judgment."From 2015 to 2019 -- and possibly even earlier -- David Mikkelson included material...
The Data Protection Authority of the Netherlands said Thursday that TikTok was fined 750,000 euros ($885,000) because it did not provide a privacy statement. This is because many children who use the video-sharing app will be unable understand the...
European Union and British authorities opened dual antitrust investigations Friday into whether Facebook distorts competition in the classified advertising marketplace using data to compete against rival services.German officials, meanwhile, launched a new evaluation of Google using awakened forces to...
Businesses in distress forced to temporarily close down near Olympic venues. Olympic visitors required to install intrusive apps and allow GPS tracking. Minders secured hotels so that participants would not come in contact with ordinary Japanese people or visit restaurants where...
Yellen states Amazon, Facebook'qualify by Just about Any definition' for projected global minimum tax feeSubstantial Tech may confront some of their most important effect of a projected 15% minimal corporate taxation rate that finance ministers to the G7 countries...
Netflix has hired Mike Verdu, a veteran videogame executive. This signals that the video streaming service is poised for expansion into new entertainment areas.Verdu was confirmed as Netflix's vice-president of game development on Thursday. This is as Netflix seeks...
Russian officials blamed Friday's temporary loss of position at the International Space Station for a software issue on a newly docked science laboratory.On Thursday, the space station lost control over its orientation for 47 minutes. Russian's Nauka science laboratory...
Nissan has announced that its massive factory in Smyrna (Tennessee) will be closed for two weeks beginning Monday because of computer chip shortages caused by the coronavirus epidemic in Malaysia.Since the global semiconductor shortage that has hampered auto production...