- Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement
A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users. Read more » - This voice-controlled elevator means you’ll never have to touch a floor button ever again
Everything seems to be going “touchless” these days. Now, add elevators and doors to the list. Read more » - Explore: First high definition 360-degree view of Mars
NASA released the first HD look around its new home in Jezero Crater. The panoramic was stitched together from 142 different images. Read more » - Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news
Australia’s laws forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news are ready to take effect, though the laws' architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals. Read more » - Facebook says it will pay $1B over 3 years to 'support the news industry'
Facebook, following in Google's footsteps, says it plans to invest $1 billion to "support the news industry” over the next three years. Read more » - Biden to order US supply chain review to address shortages of critical goods
President Joe Biden is preparing to sign an executive order Wednesday to review supply chains that have resulted in shortages of critical goods, some resulting in cuts to U.S. production, for example, computer chips for automobile makers. Read more » - Mars rover’s giant parachute carried secret message
The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Read more » - Facebook to restore Australian news pages after tweaks to news legislation
Facebook Inc will restore Australian news pages in the next few days after the country's leaders agreed to amend legislation that would force the social media giant to pay media companies for news content. Read more » - Microsoft, EU publishers seek Australia-style news payments
Microsoft is teaming up with European publishers to push for a system to make big tech platforms pay for news, raising the stakes in the brewing battle led by Australia to get Google and Facebook to pay for journalism. Read more » - US orders extra inspection of some Boeing 777s after United incident
Boeing Co said it recommended suspending the use of 777 jets with the same type of engine that shed debris over Denver this weekend after U.S. regulators announced extra inspections and Japan suspended their use while considering further action. Read more »