Facebook revealed in 2017 that it was testing a new way of selling ads online that could threaten Google’s control of the online advertising market, but just two years later Facebook announced that it would be joining an alliance of companies backing a similar effort by Google, seemingly abandoning its own plans that would have allowed the company to better compete with Google. … [Read more...] about Report: Google and Facebook Made a ‘Secret Deal’ to Dominate Online Advertising
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Lawsuit Demands Apple Blacklists Telegram Messaging App
The suit is an attempt to force Apple to act against Telegram as it has against Parler, a social media website that was removed from the Apple and Google Play app stores. Breitbart News recently reported that Parler also had its Amazon Web Services account suspended, effectively shutting down the site. … [Read more...] about Lawsuit Demands Apple Blacklists Telegram Messaging App
Biden’s test: Engineering economic boom in a partisan divide
The potential for a boom reflects in large part the roughly $4 trillion approved so far in federal aid, with Biden last week proposing $1.9 trillion more, an unprecedented level of stimulus. The additional money, which must be approved by Congress, is intended to accelerate the vaccine rollout, reopen schools and reduce the child poverty rate to a historic low. … [Read more...] about Biden’s test: Engineering economic boom in a partisan divide
Biden election legal team takes victory lap, praises help from unions, nonprofits
"In November, voters decided on our next President and Vice President by participating in a process that election officials structured and managed under the most exacting conditions," they wrote. "President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris won the election because of the historic levels of voter participation and these officials’ conscientious performance of their duties." … [Read more...] about Biden election legal team takes victory lap, praises help from unions, nonprofits
S.F. BART cop tries to help homeless, mentally ill and drug addicts. But navigating services is daunting
Right now, he’s fixated on helping a woman he met at the station the day after Christmas. She was gaunt and disoriented, with the leash of her dead dog wrapped around her. He helped her call relatives who live outside the Bay Area. They’d been anxious since the 28-year-old stopped communicating in September, her previously medicated schizophrenia and paranoia seeming to spiral, and felt helpless as they called many city agencies to check on her. … [Read more...] about S.F. BART cop tries to help homeless, mentally ill and drug addicts. But navigating services is daunting
