Britain is set to adopt a new set of online privacy protections for children that are more strict than those currently in place in the U.S. and many other countries, the New York Times reported. The new rules, once adopted, will require online services such as Instagram and YouTube to turn on the most restrictive privacy settings by default for minors, and shut off by default functions such as...
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Verily, an Alphabet unit applying data analytics to healthcare, continues to post heavy losses but may be moving closer to gaining independence from Google’s parent company, according to previously undisclosed financial information. Revenue at Verily more than doubled in the first nine months of last year to $470 million from $228 million in the same period of 2021, making it by far the...
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