Ireland’s privacy watchdog has fined Facebook’s parent company, Meta, 17 million euros, or about $19 million, for violating Europe’s privacy law. The regulator, the Data Protection Commission, has been investigating how Meta Platforms Inc. complied with the requirements of the law, known as General Data Protection Regulation, in how it… Read More
Biden’s big gasoline lie
In March of last year, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, a massive spending package known for its $1,400 checks. It was his first legislative accomplishment. Now, around the anniversary, Biden finds himself unable to take a victory lap. Instead, he’s been defending the bill against accusations of… Read More
Estimate: 45M Americans to place bets during March Madness
About 45 million Americans say they plan to bet on this year’s March Madness college basketball championship tournament, and an increasing percentage will do it in a way that doesn’t include filling out brackets, according to the gambling industry’s national trade group. In a report released Sunday night, the American… Read More
‘Soft landing’: Federal Reserve to raise interest rates Wednesday
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will launch one of the most difficult tasks a central bank can attempt: Raise borrowing costs enough to slow growth and tame high inflation, but not so much as to topple the economy into recession. With a war raging in Europe and price increases at… Read More
Road to table: New app for claiming roadkill
The aroma of sizzling meat in melted butter wafts from a cast iron pan while Jaden Bales shows his favorite way to cook up the best steak cuts from a big game animal. The deep red backstrap pieces, similar to filet mignon of beef, are organic and could hardly be… Read More
Stocks waver amid Russo-Ukraine hopes
Stocks are wavering between gains and losses on Wall Street Friday, as uncertainty about the war in Ukraine and inflation continues to knock markets around. The S&P 500 was 0.4% lower in afternoon trading, European stocks were up more solidly and crude oil prices were climbing more than 2% after… Read More
Russia blocks Instagram amid censorious crackdown
Russian regulators said Friday that internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram because it’s being used to call for violence against Russian soldiers, in Moscow’s latest move to tighten up access to foreign social platforms. The communications and media regulator, Roskomnadzor, said in a statement that it’s restricting national… Read More
Twitter unveils version of site that can bypass Russian censorship
Twitter has launched a privacy-protected version of its site to bypass surveillance and censorship after Russia restricted access to its service in the country. Russia has blocked access to Facebook and has limited Twitter in an attempt to try to restrict the flow of information about its war in Ukraine…. Read More
Amelia Earhart’s helmet sells for $825,000 at auction
A leather helmet that Amelia Earhart wore on a flight across the Atlantic in 1928 and later lost in a crowd of fans in Cleveland has sold at auction for $825,000. The helmet went to an anonymous bidder in an online-only sale that closed Sunday, a spokesperson for Heritage Auctions… Read More
‘Conservative’ event snubs Trump—but it invites WHO?!
by Frank Holmes, reporter If you need to know what’s wrong with America’s “Republican” establishment, you can sum it up in one story: A prestigious “conservative” organization is holding a meeting of the most influential and powerful conservatives in America and—instead of President Donald Trump—they invited a Democrat who’s… Read More
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