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Russia Fines Google, Airbnb, Pinterest, and Twitch for Not Storing Data Where the Kremlin Can Get It
A number of Silicon Valley darlings are in hot water with Russian authorities for violating the country’s data protection laws, which
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Amazon Pulls the Plug on Kindle in China
Amazon has become the latest big tech company to scale back its ambitions in the Chinese market, announcing Thursday that it would stop shipping its Kindle e-reader there and shutter its ebook store in the country in 2023. The company closed its ecommerce business there in 2019.
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The U.S. Courts Make It Clear: Scraping Websites Is Still Legal
The U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals ruled Monday that scraping personal data from a public website is totally, entirely legal.
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Microsoft’s Mixed-Reality Dreams Are Fading
One of the most outspoken proponents of the metaverse is struggling to find its place in this hypothetical virtual world. Microsoft has reportedly scrapped plans to make a HoloLens 3 — what would have been a successor to its current mixed reality headset — and infighting within the mixed reality division has fuelled uncertainty about…