🧐 Facebook Faces Irish Ruling on Suspension of EU-U.S. Data Flows
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Facebook Faces Irish Ruling on Suspension of EU-U.S. Data Flows. Facebook Inc. and other tech giants are awaiting an Irish ruling that could help determine whether, and how quickly, they have to suspend the flow of data about European Union residents to computer servers in the U.S. (Sam Schechner via Wall Street Journal)
Google files legal brief to protect work program for immigrant spouses. Google has filed an amicus brief to protect a program that allows the spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in the United States. The brief has been signed by numerous tech giants including Apple, Amazon, Twitter, and Microsoft. (Zoe Schiffer via The Verge)
Colonial pipeline paid hackers nearly $5 million in ransom. Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers on Friday, contradicting reports earlier this week that the company had no intention of paying an extortion fee to help restore the country’s largest fuel pipeline, according to two people familiar with the transaction. (William Turton via Bloomberg)
America’s Vaccine Nationalism Isn’t Working. To be in america now is to witness two jarring realities at once: the quickening pace of the country’s return to normalcy and the worsening march of COVID-19 beyond its borders. (Christian Paz via The Atlantic)
Amazon And Walmart Slug It Out For Retail Supremacy As Pandemic Boosts Sales For Both Giants. In 2020, the pandemic provided a powerful sales boost for both of retail’s two biggest companies. Walmart’s WMT +1% annual revenue last year rose 6.7% to $559.15 billion. (John Dobosz via Forbes)
How Arizona became a hotbed for electric vehicles, microchips and self-driving tech.Arizona has rapidly become an epicenter for electric vehicle and self-driving tech, and it’s now the site of three big new semiconductor factories as the U.S. struggles to increase production during the global chip shortage. (Katie Schoolov via CNBC)
China is expected to attempt an ambitious Mars landing on Friday, dropping both a lander and a rover to the red planet. Tianwen-1, as the mission is called, means "questions to heaven." It aims to be the first Mars mission to send a spacecraft into the planet's orbit, drop a landing platform onto the Martian surface, and deploy a rover all in one expedition.(Business Insider)
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