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How to stop Google self-preferencing? Europe may not be the model Google

How to stop Google self-preferencing? Europe may not be the model

After a wide-ranging 16-month investigation, a congressional subcommittee examining dominance in the technology industry last week recommended more than two dozen updates to the U.S. antitrust system, including implementing nondiscrimination rules that would limit “preferential or discriminatory treatment” by dominant platforms. But such rules can be hard to enforce, experts…
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October 23, 2020
Instant Opinion: ‘elderly paying a terrible price’ for Covid-19 protection Bubble

Instant Opinion: ‘elderly paying a terrible price’ for Covid-19 protection

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Fraser Nelson in The Daily Telegraphon restrictions on the over-70sThe elderly are paying a terrible price for being protected from Covid“The basic point is that it’s not just about the…
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October 23, 2020
The Justice Department’s Very Convenient Corporate Crackdown Oxycodone

The Justice Department’s Very Convenient Corporate Crackdown

Just two weeks before the election, the Justice Department rolled out a series of high-profile white-collar cases and settlements that include an antitrust complaint against Google, a settlement with Purdue Pharma over its marketing of the drug OxyContin, and a global resolution with Goldman Sachs of a long-running bribery investigation.…
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October 23, 2020
Climate change gets a spotlight at the US presidential debate Climate Change

Climate change gets a spotlight at the US presidential debate

Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden clashed over the United States’ response to climate change in their final presidential debate on Thursday, which included a stark disagreement over the future of the oil industry.The candidates were asked at their matchup in Nashville, Tennessee, what they would do…
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October 23, 2020
Got a problem with trust in AI? Just add blockchain, Forrester urges. Then bust out the holographic meetings. Welcome to the future Blockchain

Got a problem with trust in AI? Just add blockchain, Forrester urges. Then bust out the holographic meetings. Welcome to the future

Forrester has offered its contribution to the pantheon of failed predictions gathering smart-dust in the broom cupboard of IT history with its assertion that blockchain is coming to polish up AI's tarnished image. That immutable ledger of no fixed abode is set to find a purpose in providing the data…
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October 23, 2020
India PM Modi holds first election rally since COVID-19 outbreak Narendra Modi

India PM Modi holds first election rally since COVID-19 outbreak

MUMBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held his first election rally on Friday since the coronavirus took hold in the country in March, drawing thousands of cheering supporters standing shoulder to shoulder and ignoring social distancing rules. Other politicians including Congress party’s Rahul Gandhi also attended big rallies in the…
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October 23, 2020
Biden pitches ‘BidenCare’ as he spars with Trump on health care at debate Obamacare

Biden pitches ‘BidenCare’ as he spars with Trump on health care at debate

President Trump and 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Biden sparred over their respective health care plans during Thursday night's debate. Biden pitched an updated version of former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA), popularly known as ObamaCare, and he called it BidenCare. "What I'm going to do is pass ObamaCare with…
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October 23, 2020