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LinkedIn hit with state-of-the-art recruitment scams amid tech layoffs
Professional networking major LinkedIn has been hit by several state-of-the-art recruitment scams a…
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Amazon sued for fixing prices of e-books in US
A lawsuit has been filed against Amazon in the US alleging that the ecommerce giant fixed prices of…
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Uber admits covering up data breach involving 57 million users
Uber has admitted that it covered up a massive data breach in 2016 that exposed data pertaining to …
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Crypto market loses $670 million in Q2 globally
"The majority of these funds was lost by four specific projects, Beanstalk known as a decentralized…
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The FTC has reportedly interviewed Mark Zuckerberg in an antitrust investigation — one year after it fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations
The interview won't necessarily lead to an antitrust lawsuit, but the exec's testimony under oath c…
Katie Canales
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Qualcomm slides after LG and the FTC push back against its attempt to postpone an antitrust ruling
Tuesday evening's decision comes as the federal government has begun to divy up other major tech co…
Daniel Strauss
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Why Stores Want You To Think That Real Fur Is Fake
“In this global marketplace, there are fur farms in China that raise dogs for clothing that is lab…
Ashley Lutz
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US investors reported over $50 million in losses from crypto scams to the Federal Trade Commission in the first quarter
US investors reported a roughly 80% increase in crypto scam losses since the fourth quarter of 2020…
Will Daniel
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Facebook was just slapped with a record-setting $5 billion fine for mishandling user data, but those users won't see a penny - here's where that money goes
"By law, this money goes to the US Treasury," Federal Trade Commission associate director James Koh…
Ben Gilbert
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Facebook scrambling to protect user data privacy with offers like security tokens in 2021
Facing various probes over data privacy and security, Facebook will provide new options in 2021 to …
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Google infringed on five patents, a judge says, marking a legal win for Sonos
If upheld, the preliminary ruling could be a significant setback for Google, which could see some p…
Yoonji Han
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The FTC is investigating a very important question: Why are McDonald's McFlurry machines always broken?
The FTC contacted McDonald's franchisees this summer, asking for more information on why the machin…
Erin Snodgrass
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Crypto scams conned thousands of people out of over $1 billion since 2021, the most of any type of currency, according to new FTC report
About half of the more than 46,000 people who reported being the victim of a scam said it began wit…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The Federal Trade Commission Act sets the guidelines underpinning the FTC's consumer-protection enforcement
The FTC established the Federal Trade Commission, which protects consumers against unfair and decep…
Jake Safane
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The FTC is looking into past acquisitions by Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google-parent Alphabet as it ramps up antitrust inquiries
"This initiative will enable the Commission to take a closer look at acquisitions in this important…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Equifax agrees to pay up to $700 million to settle a probe into its massive data breach
"Companies that profit from personal information have an extra responsibility to protect and secure…
Daniel Strauss
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A group of Google's competitors wants the US to slap Google, too
Reports of the European Commission's action today to reign in Google's anticompetitive tactics are …
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FTX faces federal probes on handling of client funds as asset shortfall could top $6 billion, report says
The inquiries began months ago, initially focused on FTX US and its crypto-lending activities, sour…
Brian Evans
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The US-China trade war has erased $1.7 trillion from US companies' market value, Fed report says
US firms "bore virtually all of the cost" of the new tariffs, the Fed's report said, eating away at…
Ben Winck
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The SEC is suing Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao for violating securities regulation
The world's largest crypto exchange is being sued by the SEC for operating an illegal exchange in t…