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Google drops appeal against 500 mn euro fine by French regulator
France hit Google with a fine of 500 million in July last year euros after finding breaches in how it negotiated with publishers to remunerate them for reuse of their content. Google offered a first series of commitments in December 2021, which were scrutinised and last month, the tech giant submitted new commitments to the concerns raised by the French Competition Authority.
Google Maps under probe for anti-competitive practices in Europe
"We have information to suggest that Google may be restricting the combination of its own map services with third-party map services, for example when it comes to embedding Google Maps location data, the search function or Google Street View into maps not provided by Google," Andreas Mundt, President of the FCO in a statement.
Samsung unveils 2022 soundbar lineup in India
"With our 2022 soundbar lineup, we are addressing consumers' need for a life-like sound output paired with a chic design language. The lineup's advanced sound engineering harmoniously brings the sound together and places you at the heart of the action," Mohandeep Singh, Senior Vice President, Consumer Electronics Business, Samsung India, said in a statement.
Cloudflare suffers 2nd outage in a week, rolls out fix
Cloudflare said it identified the issue and rolled out a fix and several platforms started having normal operations afterwards. "Users may experience errors or timeouts reaching Cloudflare's network or services," the firm had said in an earlier update."Problem with our backbone. We know what. Rollbacks etc. happening," said John Graham-Cumming, CTO of Cloudflare, on a Hacker News thread.
Dell unveils new AMD-powered G15 laptops in India
"The Dell G15 AMD edition is conceived and designed in line with the unique needs of a gamer that wants to advance their skills," Anand Subramanya, Director, Product Marketing, Consumer and Small Business, Dell Technologies, India, said in a statement. "From cutting-edge CPUs to powerful discrete graphics cards and sophisticated thermals, we aim to create an immersive and lifelike gaming experience, every time!" Subramanya added.
iOS 16 to let users Bypass CAPTCHAs in supported apps, websites
When enabled, Apple says iCloud will automatically and privately verify your device and Apple ID account in the background, eliminating the need for apps and websites to present you with a CAPTCHA verification prompt, reports MacRumors. Apple recently shared a video with technical details about how the feature works, but simply put.
Facebook whistleblower to train lawyers how to fight Big Tech
According to a report in Politico, Haugen wants to start 'Beyond the Screen' a nonprofit that will also focus on incentivising investors to look into how socially responsible a tech company is before giving it money and giving regulators and researchers an inside look into how platforms work. "For Haugen, an early goal is to give lawyers willing to take on social media a crash course in what they should be looking for when filing their lawsuits," the report said.
Musk's transgender daughter to drop surname, doesn't want to 'be related' to him
According to TMZ, one of Musk's children wants nothing to do with him and has filed legal documents to drop his famous last name. The documents were filed in LA County by Xavier Musk, at least that was the name she was given at birth, but now having turned 18 in April, she said she wants her name to be Vivian Jenna Wilson.
Tesla lays off head of LGBTQ+, diversity lead
While they were let go as part of a broader wave of layoffs, it comes amid several comments CEO Musk made, concerning what he describes as the "woke mind virus," reports the auto-tech website Electrek. As per the report, many employees involved in diversity and inclusivity programmes were part of the layoffs. According to sources familiar with the matter, Bobby Berretta-Paris, a five-year Tesla veteran, was let go last week.
OPPO leads 'Made in India' smartphone shipments with 22% growth in Q1
"OPPO has consistently not just focused on increasing its manufacturing capabilities in India but also automated a lot of processes that led to production efficiencies. This has helped OPPO to manage its supply chain better and at the same time helped to attract a lot of other component players," said senior research analyst, Prachir Singh.
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