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News Corp announced today that it has agreed to an historic multi-year partnership with Google to provide trusted journalism from its news sites around the world in return for significant payments by Google. The long-term deal involves payment for premium content for Google News Showcase. Among the News Corp publications joining Google News Showcase will be The Wall Street Journal,
Facebook has retaliated against the people of Australia by removing all content from Australian news publishers off of its platform. This is Facebook's latest temper tantrum about an Australian law that would require Facebook (and Google) to pay news organizations for their content. The law Facebook is angry about is called the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). It is
Emojipedia reported that 217 new emojis are coming on iOS. They include a heart on fire, an exhaling face, and gender options for people with beards. The new emojis in this release include couples with a mix of skin tones. A total of 200 of the 217 new emojis are there to permit this more inclusive set of couples to
The battle between Epic Games and Apple continues, this time in North Dakota. According to CNBC, the North Dakota legislature voted on a bill that – if passed – would require companies that make more than $10 million per year through app stores to be required to offer alternative payment processors for purchases through the app store, allowing developers to
France is pushing for changes to the EU's legislation that would force big tech companies to pay for the news, Financial Times reported. It appears France wants changes that would allow member states to wield more power to punish bad behavior and police more types of content. French officials want to see changes to the EU's Digital Service Act, which
If you have the National Geographic channel The New Air Force One - Flying Fortress film premiers today. I was given an early look at the National Geographic documentary and any of you that have watched any of the previous Air Force One series will want to see this premier and back story of the new Boeing 747-8i that is
Jack Dorsey and Jay Z have created an endowment to fund bitcoin development initially in Africa and India, TechCrunch reported. Jack Dorsey is the CEO of Twitter and Square, and Jay-Z is a rapper. TechCrunch also reported that the two have pledged 500 bitcoin – which is around $23.3 million – toward ₿trust. On February 11, 2021, @jack tweeted: "JAY-Z/@S_C_