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PARIS (AP) — France’s competition regulator fined Google 500 million euros ($592 million) on Tuesday for failing to negotiate in good faith with French publishers in a dispute over payments for their news. The agency threatened fines of another … [Continue reading] about Google fined $592 million in dispute with French publishers
BEIJING (AP) — Tech experts in China who find a weakness in computer security would be required to tell the government and couldn’t sell that knowledge under rules further tightening the Communist Party’s control over information. The rules would … [Continue reading] about China tightens control over cybersecurity in data crackdown
For 21 years, the software company Kaseya labored in relative obscurity — at least until cybercriminals exploited it in early July for a massive ransomware attack that snarled businesses around the world and escalated U.S.-Russia diplomatic tensions. … [Continue reading] about Firm hacked to spread ransomware had previous security flaws
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations approved the pandemic recovery plans of the bloc’s four biggest economies and eight other member countries Tuesday, a move seen as a bellwether for an economic revival from the unprecedented recession caused by … [Continue reading] about EU nations approve a dozen pandemic recovery plans
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Electrify America, an electric vehicle charging network funded with money paid by Volkswagen as punishment for its emissions cheating scandal, says it plans to more than double its number of charging stations throughout the … [Continue reading] about Electrify America to double EV charging stations by 2025
