Susquehanna’s Hong Kong Expansion: Triple the Space, and the Hiring to Fill It
Susquehanna International Group has spent the past few weeks touring office towers in Hong Kong’s Central district, and the space on its shortlist would roughly triple its presence in the…
Google Drops EU Spam Penalties to Ease DMA Pressure
Google told European publishers this week that it will stop demoting their results for spam starting Aug. 30, a policy change aimed at heading off antitrust fines under the European…
Airbnb’s New Fee Structure Angers Hosts
The emails started arriving last week, and within days the forums were full of complaints. Airbnb Inc. has introduced a new fee structure for hosts, according to people familiar with…
A Belgian Car Salesman Becomes a Prince, With Limits
Clément Vandenkerckhove spent his twenties selling cars in a Belgian showroom, dealing with customers who had no idea that the man handing them keys was the son of a prince.…
Appeals Court Lets 3,000-Plus Social-Media Addiction Suits Proceed
The ruling came down Monday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: thousands of lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms, Google and Snap of designing products that addict young…
FTC Sues Hims & Hers Over Sharing Patient Data With Meta and Snap
The Federal Trade Commission sued Hims & Hers Health on Thursday, accusing the telehealth company of sharing sensitive patient medical information with Meta and Snap for use in advertising, in…
SwitchBot Buys Nanoleaf, Consolidating the Smart Home Market
The smart home industry is consolidating, and this week’s deal brings together two of its most distinctive brands. SwitchBot, known for affordable curtain motors, sensors and smart switches, has acquired…
YouTube to Automatically Flag Realistic AI-Generated Videos
Somewhere on YouTube this week there is a video of a person who never spoke the words they appear to say. The platform has hosted such videos for years, relying…
