How popular brokerage services like Robinhood, Webull, SoFi, and Uphold can make tax-minimizing strategies difficult or impossible to implement
until it comes to minimizing taxes that eat into returns. https://www.wsj.com/... Stuart Rohatiner / @cpa4gpr : Dan Herron, a CPA in San Luis Obispo, Calif., who just prepared a return for a client wh...
Study finds that the CCPA needs stronger enforcement but “authorized agents” like DoNotPay can make it much easier for consumers to opt out of data collection
A CR study reveals progress, along with problems, when Calif. consumers use “authorized agents” to stop their data from being sold Tweets: @cradvocacy , @mxmahoney5 , @cradvocacy , @pennywriter , @jbr...
Sources: Google told European publishers it will cut them off from its ad tools if they block it from harvesting their reader data
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google upended plans by European media companies to block it from harvesting data about their readers … Tweets: @profcarroll and @jason_kint Tweets...
California regulatory agency for transportation formally rules that it considers Uber and Lyft drivers as employees of those companies under AB5 state law
OAKLAND, Calif. —The California Public Utilities Commission, the state government body responsible for licensing and regulating … Source: San Francisco Chronicle .
Libra scales back ambitions of launching a global currency and will now focus on creating a traditional payment network with coins tied to local currencies
After months of criticism, the cryptocurrency is moving ahead with significant revisions. — OAKLAND, Calif. …
California passes landmark bill that requires gig economy workers to be treated as employees, going into effect Jan 1, affecting companies like Uber and Lyft
what's next? Mathew Katz / Digital Trends : Uber says drivers aren't an essential part of its business Danielle Abril / Fortune : Uber, Lyft, and Other Gig Economy Companies Push Back on New Californi...
Profile of Beeban Kidron, a member of the UK Parliament, who has successfully pushed stricter limits on how tech companies can target children online in the UK
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Beeban Kidron, Silicon Valley's latest antagonist, sat on the patio of a boutique hotel near Facebook's … Tweets: @nytimesbusiness and @satariano Tweets: @nytimesbusiness : Childr...
Apple reverses policy on parental control apps, letting them use MDM and VPN technologies if they don't sell, use, or disclose any data to third parties
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Over the past year, Apple purged iPhone apps that helped people limit the amount of time they and their children spent …
DHS proposes H-1B visa rule changes that would prioritize workers with US advanced degrees and make it harder for outsourcers to hire cheaper staff from abroad
Stacked shipments of H-1B visa petitions outside a government processing center in Laguna Niguel, Calif., April 3, 2017.
Facebook weighs a ban on posts linking to hacked material, expands ban on voting-related misinfo; sources: months ago execs weighed banning all political ads
MENLO PARK, Calif. (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) will ban false information about voting requirements and fake reports of violence …