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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is preparing a possible antitrust lawsuit against e-commerce giant Amazon .com Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. It could not be determined exactly which aspects of Amazon's businesses the FTC would target and the timing of any case was uncertain, according to the report. Amazon and the FTC declined to comment. The commission began probing Amazon during the Trump administration. The company has been criticized for allegedly favoring its own products and disfavoring outside sellers on its platform. The FTC has been scrutinizing the bundling practices of the company's Prime subscription service, the WSJ reported. Amazon in December reached a settlement with the European Union in three antitrust probes after it addressed the EU's concerns over use of sellers' data, saving the company from a fine of up to 10% of its global turnover. Read Also … [Read more...] about Amazon may face a new antitrust lawsuit in the US: What is it

Google has approached the Supreme Court, saying its appeal before NCLAT against CCI order, on abuse of dominant position in the Android mobile device ecosystem, would become a "fait accompli" as the appellate tribunal has refused to put a stay and listed hearing of its plea almost 10 weeks after the tech giant is required to comply with the remedial directions. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has "failed to appreciate the consequences of denying interim relief" as Google will have to implement changes to the status quo of 14-15 years and its entire business model by January 19, 2023. This (the CCI order) "requires Google to modify its existing contracts, introduce new licence agreements, and alter its business model and commercial arrangements with thousands of device manufacturers and app developers," submitted Google in its petition before the apex court. Google's petition further said, the NCLAT "erroneously rejected" its request for … [Read more...] about google: Appeal against CCI order to become fait accompli due to delayed hearing in NCLAT, Google tells SC

Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently announced that the company would cut 12,000 jobs or 6% of its global workforce as it braces to face “difficult economic cycles.” As a result of this, a number of departments, including FuchsiaOS, and Area 120, among others, will see a thinner workforce. Now a report has claimed a group of employees staged protests in the US this week at the company’s headquarters in California and New York. As per a report by Bloomberg, a group of employees protested outside the company’s offices in Mountain View, California, on Wednesday in a bid to attract attention to labour conditions for sub-contracted workers and to support thousands of their recently laid-off co-workers. The second rally took place near Google's corporate offices in New York City on Thursday. In this demonstration, nearly 50 Google employees protested shortly after its parent company Alphabet announced fourth-quarter profits of $13.6 billion. Read Also Google … [Read more...] about google: Google may have an employee ‘problem’ in the US

Chrome is a popular web browser developed by Google . The tech giant keeps adding new features to this platform to improve user experience. In 2021, the company enabled users to remove their account history as recent as up to the last 15 minutes on Google app. This functionality also arrived for Android devices earlier in 2022. The option not only allows users to delete their search history but also helps them remove other account activity instantly. This feature also aims to save users from the hassle of digging through their account settings to delete browsing history. According to a report by ChromeStory, Google may now add this feature to the Chrome app on Android. This Google Chrome feature will make it easier for Android users to delete their browsing history. A new option to delete browsing history up to the last 15 minutes is likely to be added to Chrome’s Android app with an upcoming update. Read Also Google plans to add Microsoft 365 … [Read more...] about google: Google Chrome may soon add this browser history-related feature for Android users

A Spanish court has ruled that Amazon must compensate self-employed couriers who used their own vehicles for deliveries, a move welcomed by a labour union that has criticised worker conditions in the "gig economy". The Madrid labour court said that the tech giant would have to pay Social Security contributions for the 2,166 people it hired under the guise of external contractors within the now-defunct " Amazon Flex " scheme and recognise them as regular staff during the periods they made deliveries. It did not provide the total to be paid. Amazon scrapped the Flex programme in Spain last year, after a 2020 Supreme Court ruling forced companies to hire freelance couriers as staff, and the government introduced a pioneering law to the same effect in 2021. Read Also Tech jobs still hot in US amid mass layoffs, finds report Big Tech earnings face more heat as cloud cover fades "Amazon is a company that is not only a … [Read more...] about amazon: Spanish court rules Amazon ‘Flex’ couriers were falsely self-employed

Ever since ChatGPT burst on the scene, there’s one company that has been in the conversation. And surprisingly, it is not Microsoft, which has actually invested billions in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT but Google . Multiple reports have suggested that Google has gone into overdrive mode with its AI projects, since ChatGPT became the talk of the town. Lending credence to that claim is a new report by Bloomberg, which suggests that Google has made a substantial investment in a firm that is working on a ChaGPT rival. According to the report, Google has invested close to $400 million in Anthropic . Anthropic is an AI safety and research company, which is reportedly working on a chatbot, which is very much like ChatGPT. Google hasn’t officially commented on the deal but Anthropic did post on its official blog about the partnership with Google. In the blog post, Anthropic said that, “the partnership is designed so that the companies can co-develop AI computing … [Read more...] about google: Google invests $400 million in AI firm working on ChatGPT rival

Google is said to introduce another Apple -like feature. Apple introduced the interesting Continuity camera feature last year. The feature can turn the iPhone into a webcam for the Mac. Now it appears that tech giant Google is also working on a similar kind of feature. According to Android expert Mishaal Rahman, Google is planning to enable native support for using Android phones as webcams for PCs and Chromebooks. The company is working on rolling out the feature with Android 14 . "Using an Android phone as a webcam became really popular during the pandemic, but you've typically had to install a third-party app to do so. You may not have to do this in the future, though, as Google is adding support for turning Android devices into USB webcams!", tweeted Rahman. Rahmaan further revealed that he spotted the information in the Android Open Source Project repository. He noticed a service called 'DeviceAsWebcam'. This yet-to-launch feature is rumoured to … [Read more...] about Google may introduce Apple’s Continuity Camera rival with Android 14

E-commerce giant Amazon has reported slowest-ever growth in its almost 25-year-old history as a public company. The company posted worse-than-expected fourth-quarter profits (October-December quarter). However, its revenue beat expectations boosted by sales in its cloud-computing unit AWS , which is also seeing a slowdown in growth. Amazon's stock price has lost almost half its value during the year 2022. All the key numbers * Revenue: Increased 9% to $149.2 billion * Amazon Web Services: $21.4 billion * Advertising: $11.56 billion What led to the profit drop Amazon said that its bottom line was dented by a $2.3 billion write-down of the value of its stock investment in electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive. "2022 net loss includes a pre-tax valuation loss of $12.7 billion included in non-operating income (expense) from the common stock investment in Rivian Automotive, Inc., compared to a pre-tax valuation gain of $11.8 billion from the … [Read more...] about amazon: Amazon posts slowest-ever growth: What hurt the company, guidance and more

Has it ever happened to you that you forgot to open the incognito tab on Chrome while browsing and then wanted to delete the history as soon as you are done visiting a particular website? Well, the previous version of Chrome allowed users only to delete the history and cache from the Settings page and that too only the history starting from an hour. However, it looks like Google is planning to make it easier for Android users. Chrome Story has discovered a new flag tool within the Android version of Chrome that suggests the new delete browsing history feature. Google is reportedly working on a new Chrome feature that’ll allow users to easily delete the browsing history of the last 15 minutes. Chrome Story has discovered that Chrome has received a new flag setting that suggests the new ‘delete browsing history’ feature in development. According to the report, the feature will be a part of the overflow menu under the three vertical dots at the top right corner … [Read more...] about Google Chrome to get this important data privacy feature on Android

Meta created a centralised system to allow users to manage connected experiences like logging in across accounts on Facebook and Instagram . A security researcher has said a bug in this system, called Meta Accounts Center , may have allowed hackers to disable two-factor authentication (2FA) – a way that helps users to keep their social media accounts protected from unauthorised access. Gtm Mänôz, a security researcher from Nepal, said he reported a bug he found in the Meta Accounts Center in September last year. Bug in Meta Accounts Center Mänôz said that he found that Meta did not set up a limit to enter login code it sends via SMS as a part of the two-factor authentication process. As per the researcher, this bug would have allowed a hacker to bypass the authentication protections using brute force attacks. Read Also Meta to shut down social to-do list app 'Move' in March It is to be noted that when users set up two-factor … [Read more...] about Security researcher finds bug that may have allowed hackers to bypass Facebook’s 2FA