Washington state lawmakers pass new taxes amid a record budget deficit, targeting Amazon, Microsoft, and others to raise $9B+; Governor Ferguson can now sign
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FTC v. Meta: in opening arguments, FTC lawyers accuse Meta of a “buy-or-bury strategy” to cement a social networking monopoly by buying Instagram and WhatsApp
How is this even a question! [image] Kyung Sook / @kyungsookl : I didn't understand why facebook suddenly reversed course, allowed DJT to return to facebook and Zuckerberg attended the inauguration. ...
US FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson announces an inquiry into “Big Tech censorship”, which he calls “un-American” and “potentially illegal”, and seeks public comment
including ‘shadow banning’ Sean Burch / The Wrap : Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big Tech Inquiry for ‘Bullying’ and Censorship Sean Burch / TVNewsCheck : Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big T...
How Anonymous incited online vigilantism from Tunisia to Ferguson
The Masked Avengers — How Anonymous incited online vigilantism from Tunisia to Ferguson. … “I need to talk about my inner life.” — BUY OR LICENSE » … “Zach is in the gifted-and-talented-and-you're...
Web Audience for Games Soars for NBC and Yahoo
Steve Ferguson woke up early on Friday — 3 a.m. to be exact — to watch his stepdaughter Margaux Isaksen, a 16-year-old Olympian, complete a grueling 11-hour performance in the modern pentathlon. — M...
Microsoft Snags Don Ferguson, Former IBM Chief Architect - "Father of WebSphere"
Ferguson is now Microsoft Technical Fellow in Platforms and Strategy, in the Office of the CTO — Don Ferguson (pictured), who guided IBM's strategy and architecture for SOA and Web services …