Google Pays $1.375 Billion to Texas Over Unauthorized Tracking and Biometric Data Collection

May 10, 2025Ravie LakshmananBiometric Data / Privacy Google has agreed to pay the U.S. state of Texas nearly $1.4 billion to settle two lawsuits that accused the company of tracking users’ personal location and maintaining their facial recognition data without consent. The $1.375 billion payment dwarfs the fines the tech giant has paid to settle […]

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Buy Chipotle Mexican Grill on the Sell-Off? Or Is This Growth Machine a Better Choice?

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG -3.30%) disappointed investors when it reported first-quarter 2025 earnings. The stock is down about 25% from its 52-week high. Wingstop (WING -3.15%) posted weakening results, too, but it managed to do better than Chipotle. Is it a better buy with its stock around 35% below its 52-week high? Here’s what you […]

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Martin Wolf’s “The old global economic order is dead”

It’s become common to rubbish Serious Economists, and given their track record, it’s not hard to see why. Among other reasons, the ones that have a better grasp on how the provisioning of society actually works are usually relegated to the heterodox wilderness. That is because they lost the plot. The purpose of mainstream economics […]

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There Will Never Be Another Warren Buffett

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Here’s a look at some of the biggest Google Pixel partnership deals

Robert Triggs / Android Authority Like it or not, marketing influences all of us. We tend to gravitate towards products we hear often about, those used by our friends and family, and especially those endorsed by sports teams and celebrities we admire. This isn’t accidental; companies strategically associate their products with people and organizations that […]

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Talk Your Book: The CLO Playbook

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Hong Kong’s web3 moment: Blink and you’ll miss it

The following is a guest post and opinion from Sandy Peng, Co-Founder of Scroll. Over 1,000 FinTech companies and nearly 5,000 startups now call Hong Kong home, a 15% jump in just one year. Hong Kong has rapidly transformed into one of Asia’s most dynamic innovation hubs, having just been named the second-most crypto-friendly city […]

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