Reality Bites
Facebook owner Meta wins U.S. antitrust case, won’t have to break off Instagram, WhatsApp | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/meta-antitrust-victory-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-9.6983652 #facebook #meta #antitrust #lawsuit #unitedstates View Original Article
Apple loses UK antitrust lawsuit over App Store fees https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/apple-loses-uk-antitrust-lawsuit-over-app-store-fees-184515613.html #apple #appstore #lawsuit #UK #antitrust View Original Article
EU fines Google $3.5 billion over adtech antitrust violations https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/eu-fines-google-35-billion-over-adtech-antitrust-violations-183701640.html #EU #google #antitrust #fine View Original Article
Social conservative groups expand training for prospective Alberta school trustees | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/social-conservative-groups-expand-training-for-prospective-alberta-school-trustees-1.7615098 #conservatives #school #boards #alberta View Original Article
Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court – Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/net-neutrality-advocates-wont-appeal-loss-say-they-dont-trust-supreme-court/ #NetNeutrality #SupremeCourt #unitedstates #internet View Original Article
RFK Jr. war on mRNA vaccines breeds distrust: Canada doctors https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/rfk-jrs-war-on-mrna-vaccines-breeds-distrust-threatens-canadas-access-to-development-experts/ #RFKJr #mRNA #vaccines #canada #unitedstates View Original Article
Google lost its antitrust case with Epic again https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/google-lost-its-antitrust-case-with-epic-again-190633325.html #google #epic #antitrust #lawsuit View Original Article
Judge rules Apple must face antitrust lawsuit brought by the US DOJ https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/judge-rules-apple-must-face-antitrust-lawsuit-brought-by-the-us-doj-202519089.html #apple #antitrust #lawsuit #DOJ View Original Article
U of Sask. researcher reports decline in public trust of health experts | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/researcher-reports-decline-public-trust-health-experts-1.7531540 #researchers #trust #science #experts #sk #sask View Original Article
A majority of Conservatives don’t trust the results of Canada’s election — of course https://cultmtl.com/2025/05/a-majority-of-conservatives-dont-trust-the-results-of-canada-election-of-course/ #conservatives #election #results #canada View Original Article
EU whacks Apple and Meta with $800 million in antitrust fines. Meta calls its penalty a ‘tariff’ | CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/tech/european-union-apple-meta-fines-intl/index.html #EU #apple #meta #antitrust #fines View Original Article
Conservative Americans consistently distrust science, survey finds https://phys.org/news/2025-04-americans-distrust-science-survey.html #conservatives #science #survey #distrust View Original Article
‘Not someone we can trust to the prime minister,’ says Singh of Poilievre | CBC.ca https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6697615 #JagmeetSingh #PierrePoilievre #conservatives #india #interference View Original Article
Google’s New Trusted Contacts Shares Your Location with Loved Ones In Real Time Google’s new “Trusted Contacts” app and service makes sure your loved ones always know where you are or can find out where you are if there’s an emergency. It’s opt-in from both sides, only shares in real-time when you want it to, …
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The single reason I trust Google with my data I’m a trusting person. Maybe it’s my age — having grown up as part of a generation that was still allowed to play outside unsupervised. Or maybe it’s a Southern thing. But Google? Google probably knows more about me than anyone. This was posted on Google+
How to use Trusted Devices in Android Lollipop There are times that we want our phone to be locked and times when we want to bypass our phone’s security measures With the introduction of the Smart Lock options in Android Lollipop, we have been given the choice of four easy to use security tools to …
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Google’s Trusted Places Disables Your Lock Screen Within Geofences Android: The Smart Lock feature in Android allows you to disable your lock screen selectively based on certain criteria like location. A recent update to this feature allows you to set geofence areas around a place, rather than only entering a street address. This was posted …
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Android Lollipop Trusted Places: Never Unlock Your Phone at Home Again Google’s new version of Android, Lollipop, is wonderful. And now, one of our very few niggles–that its smart unlocking features didn’t also react to location–is fixed. This was posted on Google+
After This Audio Illusion, You’ll Never Trust Your Ears Again It might be a little too early in the morning to have your mind blown, but this audio illusion is worth your time because it demonstrates your brain’s uncanny ability to use new information to help process something that is otherwise incomprehensible. This was posted …
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Look out, world — Microsoft just crossed another hurdle in its bid to swallow Skype whole. Earlier today, US antitrust approval was given on Microsoft’s largest (proposed) acquisition, clearing the path for all sorts of Windows / Xbox / WP7-relate…