• World
  • July 2, 2024
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Meta accused of failing to comply with EU competition rules

Investors are staying on the sidelines amid a broad selloff in tech stocks this year. Shares of Facebook parent Meta have fallen more than 30% this year amid a troubling…

Meta's 'pay or consent' model fails under EU competition rules, the Commission believes

Preliminary findings by the European Commission into a controversial binary choice that Meta has been imposing on regional users of its social networks Facebook and Instagram since last fall do…

  • Technology
  • June 24, 2024
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A real photo won two prizes in an AI competition. Here's the inside story.

Miles Astray is a multidisciplinary artist who writes and photographs about the world while traveling. When he was invited to submit a work in the artificial intelligence category of the…

  • Finance
  • June 14, 2024
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Why competition in the housing market is cooling down

Goodboy Picture Company | E+ | Getty Images More and more homeowners are putting their homes up for sale, but homes are taking longer to sell as potential buyers face…

Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi enter the Netflix hot dog competition: NPR

Joey Chestnut (L) and Takeru Kobayashi (R) compete in the Nathan's hot dog eating contest on July 4, 2009 in New York. Craig Ruttle/AP hide caption change caption Craig Ruttle/AP…

  • Business
  • June 5, 2024
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Senators rally support for Africa trade deal amid competition with China

Bipartisan enthusiasm for trade with Africa radiated from the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday against a broader backdrop of competition with China and an ongoing reassessment of U.S. trade positions.…

  • Business
  • May 22, 2024
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Apple CEO acknowledges shortcomings in efforts to create competition in iPhone app payments

OAKLAND, California — Former Apple CEO Phil Schiller acknowledged Wednesday that a court-ordered makeover of the U.S. payments system in the iPhone app store hasn't done much to increase competition…

The MacArthur Foundation Announces a Global Competition for $100 Million: NPR

In 2017, Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee became the first winners of 100&Change for their work with children in the Middle East. Above, Elmo learns to fly a…

  • Business
  • May 20, 2024
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Virgin is looking to revive competition in the West Coast Rail space with a new service proposition

Richard Branson's Virgin Group is planning a return to Britain's railways, proposing up to four new services on the west coast main line it previously operated. Virgin has submitted proposals…

Mixed breed dog wins Westminster Dog Show agility competition for the first time

Buddy Holly wins best in show Buddy Holly wins best in show at the Westminster dog show 00:36 A Maryland dog named Nimble took home major titles at the 148th…