KFC has admitted that its famous Finger Lickin ‘Good slogan is not quite right for the era of face masks and official handwashing advice, as it launches a new advertising campaign with a change of focus. The fast food chain has recognized that it needs to move, at least temporarily, …
Read More »What Google and Amazon are doing to comply with California’s new privacy law
Three of the most prominent businesses in the U.S. are taking steps to change their services to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act. Google Parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, + 2.60% GOOG, + 2.67% , Facebook Inc. FB, + 0.45% , and Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, + 4.08% are the top …
Read More »Bots won T-Mobile’s promotion contests
People walk by a T-Mobile store in San Francisco, California Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Earlier this summer, players took part in a T-Mobile Tuesday giveaway contest to Reddit to discuss an early discovery: The company donated tens, sometimes hundreds, of thousands of dollars in gifts, prizes and cash to …
Read More »TikTok tracked your MAC address: what then?
Well, it could get worse. TikTok may suffer from some gigantic data breaches exposing your account credentials and private video broadcasts to the world. But the alternative is not much better, privacy wise: a recent Wall Street Journal report found that the popular social network tracked its MAC addresses of …
Read More »WeChat owner Tencent Q2 revenue raises expectations of gaming strength
Tencent Holdings Ltd. WeChat app will be displayed in the App Store on a smartphone in an arranged photo taken in Arlington, Virginia, on Friday, August 7, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tencent on Wednesday reported results for the three months to end-June that beat analyst expectations …
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