Mozilla has announced Firefox will soon do a Google, meaning it’s going to start showing sponsored ads based on your browsing history. As of next week, Firefox Beta users will start seeing “Suggested” tiles when they open a new tab. Currently, opening a new tab in Firefox presents a screen with tiles from sites you previously visited. Now some of those tiles are going to be ads based on your browsing history. For example, if you’ve been searching for a new camera, one of the tabs might lead you to the website of a camera store.
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Friday, 22 May 2015
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Plundered by Harpies.An Early History of High-Speed Trading
On January 28, 1790, Representative James Jackson of Georgia rose and spoke in the then very-young House of Representatives, meeting in New York City. Hispurpose:
to denounce high-speed traders.
“Three vessels, sir,” Rep. Jackson thundered, “have sailed within a fortnight from this port, freighted for speculation;
they are intended to purchase up
the State and othersecurities in the hands of the uninformed…
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