Facebook today attacked Apple Pal in a series of full-page newspaper ads, insisting that iOS 14’s privacy changes to data collection and targeted advertising are bad for small businesses (via Bloomberg). Running ads in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, And Washington PostDisplay the title, “We stand with Apple Pal …
Read More »Retail sales fell in November
Sales have fallen 1.1% since October last month, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. According to a survey of analysts compiled by Refinitive, sales were expected to be below 0.3% in the month of November. “The numbers are much lower than expected,” Gus Foucher, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group, …
Read More »French detector charged with massive robbery after searching home | Archeology
A treasure hunter claiming to have minted 14,154 Roman coins in Belgian territory has been accused of being one of the largest archaeological robbers in European history. A man from France, identified as Patrice T, told Belgian authorities that in October last year, 40 miles east of Brussels, in the …
Read More »Hunter asks about a possible special adviser to investigate Biden after Trump’s resignation
A report says President Trump is talking to advisers about seeking a special adviser to appoint President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden to continue the investigation. The news, reported by the Associated Press, comes in the coming days in Trump’s office and raises questions about how the Biden administration will …
Read More »Hitting the capacity of the ICU, hospitals are turning to desperate action
Pulmonologist Dr. Lauren Tan, and her medical team of nurses and respiratory therapists, see a Covid-19 patient before entering the ICU at Loma Linda University Medical Center on December 15. (Gina Farazi / Los Angeles Times) Intensive care units in Southern California and the Central Valley are at risk near …
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