Advertising trade groups are condemning amendments to a California consumer protection bill, claiming it would "have a chilling effect on commercial speech, the availability of digital content, and online commerce."
The U.S. government wanted a technology provider as the lead bidder on a deal for TikTok, pushing Walmart toward Microsoft and away from a consortium with SoftBank and Alphabet.
Selling through the Amazon marketplace was "hard to give up, sort of like smoking," said Powell's CEO Emily Powell. But when Amazon prioritized essential supplies over books in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, that sealed the deal.
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Instacart, claiming the grocery delivery service deceived customers into thinking that an optional service fee would be used as a tip for workers.
Amazon will track everything from physical activity to sleep. It is also bringing some new features to the market, including technology to measure users' body fat percentages and emotional states.
New Zealand's Exchange said it experienced a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack from overseas through its network service provider on Tuesday and reportedly on Wednesday.
Facebook on Wednesday said it removed the Facebook page and Facebook event for a militia group in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the killing of two people during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man.
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