24 h. ago Mum died after husband 'poisoned shakes' as eerie Google search 'gave him away'

Prosecutors say that James Craig, a dentist from Colorado, was having an affair at the time of his wife's death and hoped to cash out on her life insurance policy as he struggled with financial woes

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3 w. ago Voices: Why it’s time you got off Google and used a different search engine instead

Britain’s competition regulator is concerned about the search giant’s market domination – as are watchdogs in the US and the EU. But might the problem yet fix itself, asks James Moore

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3 w. ago Google could be forced to change UK search as watchdog takes steps

CMA proposes tightening regulation, which could lead to site giving users option to choose alternative servicesBusiness live – latest updatesGoogle could be forced to make a series of changes to its search business, including giving internet users an option to choose alternative services, after the UK competition watchdog proposed to tighten regulation of the company.The Competition and Market Authority (CMA) is preparing to designate the world’s largest search engine with “strategic market status” – a term that gives the watchdog extra powers to regulate technology companies deemed to have considerable market heft. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Google may have to make changes to UK search engine, says watchdog

The tech giant is the first company being targeted by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) under a new set of digital market laws.

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3 w. ago UK regulator proposes loosening Google’s control of its search engine

Big Tech giant slams Competition and Markets Authority’s plan as ‘punitive’ and risk to economic growth

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4 w. ago Sali Hughes on beauty: want your makeup to last all day? A setting spray could be the answer

New setting mists that provide a cool and comfortable finish are perfect for summerI have never known a category soar as suddenly as setting spray. It existed for aeons, with the best of them (Urban Decay’s All Nighter, £29.50, which still has second-to-none longevity) rarely threatened by anything new. But countless sprays have launched in the past year, all of them promising to significantly increase the lifespan of makeup.There’s an argument that “fixing sprays” and “setting sprays” have different purposes (locking down makeup versus providing a more unified, less powdery finish, respectively), but I dismiss it because it’s based on the generous assumption that the marketeers who name products according to popular Google search terms give a hoot for semantic nuance. Here, I mean sprays that do all of the above, drastically reducing makeup fade and wear, even during dancing, hot flushing or perspiring. Continue reading...

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