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Google Fined $162 Mn by Indian Watchdog over Market Dominance

Google has been fined more than $160 million by India's anti-trust watchdog after a probe found the tech behemoth was abusing its commanding position in the local smartphone market. The California-based company's Android mobile operating system is by far the dominant player in India and is run on 95 percent…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 21, 2022

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Google for compiling Texans’ biometric data

The lawsuit, filed Thursday, claims Google illegally collects and indefinitely stores information about Texans’ facial geometry and voiceprints without their consent, even if they’re not the ones using Google devices.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 20, 2022

Amazon customers could be paid £900m compensation following lawsuit

The company is accused of carrying out anti-competitive practices by pointing customers towards its own products or to those which it handles the delivery for

Wales Online · Oct 20, 2022

Remote worker receives surprise meeting invitation from manager while secretly on plane: ‘Internet is down’

‘Put a background filter on,’ one viewer suggested

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

Amazon customers could be in line for £900million as experts claim firm hid cheap deals

Lawyers say tens of millions of Amazon shoppers could get a share of £900million from Amazon, which it claims hid bargains on its website and app - but the retailer wants to fight it

Daily Mirror · Oct 20, 2022

Antony Blinken’s Silicon Valley visit underscores US cybersecurity concerns

Secretary of state met tech executives to discuss national security even as US public is increasingly skeptical of industry

The Guardian - US · Oct 20, 2022

TikTok cracks down on minors and abusive content in livestreams

Social media companies appear ready to sacrifice user numbers from under-18s in favour of a better public image

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2022

Train derails in Carlisle as carriages smash off track - sparking days of travel chaos

Carriages on a freight train carrying cement derailed last night, closing a busy line in the North to all services amid warnings they may not reopen for several days to come

Daily Mirror · Oct 20, 2022

Expert take: Why was the Wire compelled to pull down its Meta stories?

After insisting for over a week that its reporting supposedly exposing how Meta allowed BJP leaders to censor content on its platforms was solid, the Wire on Tuesday pulled down the work pending a “thorough internal review of all material and documents and sources”.

Newslaundry · Oct 20, 2022

Darwin study finds badly injured e-scooter users are adding to the public health system's workload

Injured and often intoxicated e-scooter users are adding to the Northern Territory public health system's workload and costing hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, medical researchers say.

ABC News · Oct 19, 2022