Search behemoth Google scooped US$4.7 billion in revenue from news content in 2018 for which it did not pay a single cent, according to a study by the News Media Alliance, a group that counts about 2000 American publishers in its ranks.
India's ambitious bid to collect the biometric details of its 1.3 billion people within a giant database - known as Aadhaar - appears to have gone off the rails, with reports that the software used has been compromised through use of a patch that disables a number of security features in the program used to enrol new users.
The tried and true method of naming and shaming is coming under fire after a US mother tried to teach her daughter why she couldn't have a Facebook or Instagram account, by publicly shaming her in a picture.
The rumours are strong that CNN is in final negotiations to buy the social media 'blog,' Mashable. Just pay no attention to the rumoured price.