Meta Hit With $275M Fine Over Scraped Facebook Data

From CNET: Meta has been caught failing to abide by Europe's privacy rules, resulting in the Irish Data Protection Commission slapping the social media giant with a hefty fine.

Facebook's parent company must pay a 265 million euro ($275 million) penalty and take a number of corrective measures...

Ford Recalls More Than 500,000 Cars Over Fire Risk

From CNET: Ford has issued a recall of 518,993 Bronco Sport and Escape vehicles from the 2020-2023 model years with three-cylinder, 1.5-liter engines over a potential cracked fuel injector that could cause a fire, the auto manufacturer said Thursday.

The recall affects 0.38% of 2020 model-year...

SilverStone SUGO 16 Review (Page 1 of 4)

I am sure you have experienced the excitement of being in a city other than where you live, along with the feeling of being somewhere new before. A good example of this is when I visited Montana for a work trip back in September. In all my waking hours, I really felt that I was a foreigner in a place different than what I am used to, which kept me sharp during the whole trip. Another example is my recent trip to Vancouver just last weekend. I...

Yeyian Akil Series 3500 Review (Page 1 of 3)

Lately, I have been thinking about going on vacation. With trips being planned, the stress of packing is becoming ever so real. Having a suitcase where you can pack in a dense manner has been something I have been seeking as I do plan on bringing back many gifts with me. Of course, I would also need to pack clothes to last the entire trip, so the difficulty arises in balancing my personal needs and what I want to bring back. When it comes to...

Tax Filing Websites Caught Sending Users’ Financial Data to Facebook

From ExtremeTech: Filing your taxes is already stressful enough without the worry that your data will end up in the wrong hands. Thanks to several tax websites’ newly-discovered data sharing practices, this concern is likely to be prevalent during the 2023 tax filing season. H&R Block, TaxAct, and...

Changes to Google's employee appraisal system stir layoff fears

From ComputerWorld: After several major technology companies announced layoffs due to macroeconomic headwinds in the last few months, Google is now under the spotlight as news reports this week predict that the company will cut at least 10,000 jobs.

The forecasts are based on a report from the...

Foxconn Offers Workers $1,400 to Stop Violent Protests and Go Home

From PC Mag: Foxconn decided the easiest way to end the violent protests at the world's largest iPhone factory is to offer disgruntled workers money to leave.

As Bloomberg reports(Opens in a new window), the protests earlier this week were spearheaded by new hires at the company. Foxconn had...

LinkedIn’s new feature lets you schedule posts for later

From TechCrunch: LinkedIn is rolling out a new feature that allows users to schedule posts to send at a later time.

The Microsoft-owned social network has seemingly been testing the new feature internally for several months already, according to at least one online report back in August from web...

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