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The talk on Big Tech was meant to explore the forces that will shape the internet industry and its titans in the coming decade, with U.S. regulators and states looking at whether Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon wield too much power. The inquiries have looked into business practices at those companies, but lawmakers have also been concerned about their control on information, which became increasingly obvious within the past week. Bovard touched on the subject of that power over online speech, but since it was not live, she could not possibly know what would transpire this week. “You have companies who control literally the flow of information in free societies,” Bovard says. “You know, Google, when it makes a content moderation decision, that decision ripples for 90% of the search marketplace. That is a very significant network effect.” ....
Next week’s CES will feature virtualized presentations of new 8K TV sets, streaming technology and ever-improving home video production tools that will be of interest to broadcasters. Veteran consultant Shelly Palmer says smart TVs will take a leap forward, smartphone tech will pause until post-pandemic mobility returns and huge trade shows like CES itself will never be the same again. ....
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Vermont settles with mask seller accused of price-gouging December 22, 2020 GMT BERLIN, Vt. (AP) The Vermont attorney general’s office has settled with a South Burlington business and its owner over what the office called a “price-gouging scheme” involving masks sold to Central Vermont Medical Center last spring. As part of the settlement, Shelley Palmer, owner of Big Brother Security Programs, Inc. must provide 80,000 items of personal protective equipment to CVMC, and 10,000 to the state to be distributed around Vermont, the Times Argus reported. ADVERTISEMENT Attorney General T.J. Donovan’s office had sued Palmer and his business in April saying Palmer had imported surgical masks from China that cost 10 cents each and then sold those masks to the Berlin hospital for $2.50 each, a 2400% mark up. ....
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