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Thoma Bravo’s RealPage accused of using algorithms that drove rents higher - Financial Times

  1. Thoma Bravo’s RealPage accused of using algorithms that drove rents higher  Financial Times
  2. RealPage: US accuses software firm of driving rent hikes  BBC
  3. DOJ targeting AI rental pricing software is misguided, conservatives warn  Fox Business
  4. U.S. Accuses Software Maker RealPage of Enabling Collusion on Rents  The New York Times
  5. US sues software company RealPage for alleged rent hiking scheme  The Guardian

Boing Boing 

TikTok's bizarre priorities: Blurring cigarettes but allowing Nazi propaganda

Content on TikTok frequently has images blurred out, presumably so they won't get flagged and removed by the moderators. These images surely are the worst things imaginable, shocking to our humanity: violence (usually fake violence from TV or movies), guns (usually fake guns from TV or movies), and… cigarettes (sometimes real, sometimes fake from TV or movies.).  — Read the rest

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PYMNTS.com 

CFPB to Issue FAQs Helping BNPL Lenders Comply With Laws

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders will soon be able to access a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) to help them comply with federal laws and regulations. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) plans to issue these FAQs in September, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra wrote in an Aug. 16 blog post. These FAQs will answer questions the […]

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BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Nathan Rourke, BC Lions aim to get in gear vs. Redblacks

(Photo credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports) Rusty quarterback Nathan Rourke will look to help the BC Lions snap a four-game skid Saturday night when they visit an Ottawa Redblacks squad that hasn't lost since July 5. Rourke, the 2022 CFL Most Outstanding Canadian, played his first contest in the league in nearly two years last Sunday after bouncing around the NFL. He completed 8 of 25 passes for 126 yards with no touchd

Phys.org 

Comparing two proposed NASA missions to Jupiter's moon Io

Thanks to NASA's Juno mission to the Jupiter system, we're getting our best looks ever at the gas giant's volcanic moon Io. Even as Juno provides our best views of the moon, it also deepens our existing questions. Only a dedicated mission to Io can answer those questions, and there are two proposed missions.

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

A child was reported missing. A TV news helicopter crew spotted him on the roof playing hooky

A TV news helicopter crew spotted a boy who had been reported missing but who was actually up on the roof of his New York City building playing hooky. CBS News New York says the 9-year-old boy left his Brooklyn apartment at around 7 a.m. Thursday but did not show up to school. The boy’s parents called police, who put out a description of the missing child. The CBS station sent a helicopter to the scene and reporter Dan Rice spotted the boy on the rooftop of his family’s building. Station employees called the police... Читать дальше...

NBC4i.com 

Lawsuit won't be thrown out against former Columbus officer who shot man in bed

View a previous report from when Donovan Lewis' family filed their lawsuit in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Franklin Court of Common Pleas judge has denied a request by a former Columbus police officer to throw out a civil lawsuit brought on by the family of Donovan Lewis. Attorneys for ex-officer [...]

Kotaku.com 

A Sims Game Is Finally Coming To The Nintendo Switch, Sorta

For years fans have been saying things like, “Why aren’t there any Sims games on Switch?” and “Will we ever see a Sims game on Switch?” Well, now their desperate pleas have been answered with a port of a a Sims spin-off from 2007. Kotaku understands that a remaster of MySims of sorts is headed to Switch later this…

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