Plastics recycling is failing, and the plastics industry is betting big on a technology called chemical recycling to save it. This tech can supposedly take any type of used plastic and convert it into plastic that's as good as new. But environmental groups express skepticism about its technical and economic feasibility, as well as its carbon footprint, saying we should start with simpler solutions first.
"We are disappointed that we have had to terminate the Epic Games account on the App Store. We have worked with the team at Epic Games for many years on their launches and releases," Apple said.
Facebook had previously warned that iOS 14 could impact its advertising business, but the company's blog post on Wednesday outlined just how specific that impact could be. The Facebook Audience Network allows mobile software developers to provide in-app advertisements targeted to users based on Facebook's data.
GoodRx, which helps consumers find discounts on prescription drugs, earned $55 million on sales $257 million in the first half of 2020, and has been consistently profitable since 2016, while still growing.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday told employees that the company's failure to remove the page and event for a militia group before two people were killed at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was "largely an operational mistake."
The 35,000-square-foot store, which is roughly the size of a Whole Foods, will be stocked with supermarket staples like Nabisco cookies, Coca-Cola drinks and Kellogg's cereal, as well as products from Whole Foods' cheaper private-label brand, 365.
Advertising trade groups are condemning amendments to a California consumer protection bill, claiming it would "have a chilling effect on commercial speech, the availability of digital content, and online commerce."
The U.S. government wanted a technology provider as the lead bidder on a deal for TikTok, pushing Walmart toward Microsoft and away from a consortium with SoftBank and Alphabet.
Selling through the Amazon marketplace was "hard to give up, sort of like smoking," said Powell's CEO Emily Powell. But when Amazon prioritized essential supplies over books in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, that sealed the deal.
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Instacart, claiming the grocery delivery service deceived customers into thinking that an optional service fee would be used as a tip for workers.
TikTok's suitors include Oracle and joint bid by Microsoft and Walmart.
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