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Amazon to Pay $30M Over Ring and Alexa Data Privacy Violations

[ad_1] Amazon will pay two separate penalties for privacy violations: $25 million for allegedly not deleting children’s data and $5.8 million for failing to restrict access to Ring security videos, the Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday. Amazon’s settlement with the FTC followed a complaint alleging Amazon prevented parents from deleting their children’s voice and geolocation data acquired …

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Instagram explains its recommendations and ‘shadowbanning’ | Engadget

[ad_1] Instagram is, once again, trying how its recommendations work in an attempt to dispel “misconceptions” about how the app’s algorithm works and whether or not the company engages in “shadowbanning” of certain creators. In a new blog post from Instagram’s top exec Adam Mosseri, he offers one of the most detailed explanations to date …

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FTC fines Amazon $25M for violating children’s privacy with Alexa

[ad_1] Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Some mildly bad news for the Bezos money machine: Amazon is being slapped with a $25 million fine over its practices for handling children’s data through its Alexa voice-activated assistant and …

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Americans Owe Nearly $1 Trillion in Credit Card Debt

[ad_1] Americans are carrying roughly $988 billion in credit card debt, the Federal Reserve reported this month, the highest amount ever. Card debt has increased close to $250 billion since April 2021, according to the agency, when it reached $740 billion. The average interest rate on existing cards was 20.92% in the first quarter of 2023, …

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Smartphone Shipments Are Forecast to Decline in 2023 Thanks to Inflation

[ad_1] A weaker economic outlook and ongoing inflation mean that global shipments of smartphones are expected to decline by 3.2% in 2023, according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. That prediction is even worse than the last — it’s been revised downward from the 1.1% decline that was forecast …

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The Man Who Named the Metaverse Is Optimistic Despite Meta’s Troubles

[ad_1] It’s OK to be confused about the metaverse. Pessimists can point to Meta’s difficulties over the last year convincing us we’ll all inhabit this immersive 3D realm. Optimists can point to a mixed reality headset Apple is expected to reveal in just a few days, blessing a technology that’s taken years to develop. Put …

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The Biggest Apple Watch Features I Want to Arrive in WatchOS 10

[ad_1] The Apple Watch has evolved into a comprehensive fitness tracker and a handy smartphone companion in the years since its launch. But at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, which starts on Monday, I hope to see new features that make it more useful while helping it catch up to rivals. The Apple Watch already has …

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Reddit app developer says the site’s new API rules will cost him $20 million a year | Engadget

[ad_1] Reddit’s recently-announced plan to charge for API access could price out the developer of one of the most popular third-party Reddit apps. The developer of Reddit client Apollo is the alarm on the new API pricing, saying the changes would require him to spend millions of dollars to keep his app going in its …

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