BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google’s advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuters shows. Alphabet-owned Google, the world’s largest online search engine, has been hit with fines totalling 8.25 billion euros ($10 billion) in the last three years for blocking rivals in online shopping, Android smartphones and online advertising. It now faces two European Union investigations into its… Source link

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google’s advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuters shows. Alphabet-owned Google, the world’s largest online search engine, has been hit with fines totalling 8.25 billion euros ($10 billion) in the last three years for blocking rivals in online shopping, Android smartphones and online advertising. It now faces two European Union… Source link

In one of his final acts before leaving office on Wednesday, President Donald Trump pardoned Casey Urlacher, brother of Chicago Bears great Brian Urlacher. Urlacher, the mayor of the small suburban town of Mettawa, Illinois, was charged last year along with several others as part of a sports gambling case that could have led to federal prison time. Urlacher allegedly helped the ringleader, Vincent “Uncle Mick” DelGiudice, run an illegal multimillion dollar sports gambling ring while… Source link

WASHINGTON  – U.S. President Donald Trump issued a flurry of presidential pardons and commutations for 143 people on Wednesday, his last day in office, including his former campaign adviser Steve Bannon. The people he granted clemency to ranged from rappers to financiers and lobbyists. The list includes: STEVE BANNON Bannon, 67, was a key adviser in Trump’s 2016 presidential run. He was charged last year with swindling Trump supporters over an effort to raise private funds to build the… Source link

On one hand, it makes sense that playoff rematches would look similar to the regular-season result. There’s usually a reason one team beats another. That doesn’t magically disappear in the playoffs. Since 2002, when the NFL started its current divisional format, teams that won a regular-season meeting are 63-44 in the playoff rematch according to the Washington Post. In the championship round, there have been nine rematches from the regular season over the past seven seasons and the team… Source link

President Donald Trump has pardoned a former Google engineer who plead guilty to stealing trade secrets before joining Uber’s effort to build robotic vehicles for its ride-hailing service By The Associated Press January 20, 2021, 1:35 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article NEW YORK — President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer who was sentenced to prison last year for stealing trade secrets from the tech giant related to robotic vehicles. Anthony… Source link

MOREHEAD, Ky. – AppHarvest’s first-ever harvest of tomatoes will begin arriving in select national grocery stores this week. “This first harvest is monumental for our business, and we want to set a benchmark for the industry,” said AppHarvest Founder and CEO Jonathan Webb. “I think that we all need and want better food for us, for our families, for our friends,” said Martha Stewart, AppHarvest board member. Media covering the first harvest included CNBC, the… Source link

Google and Fitbit Inc. announced last week that their merger had closed, but Alphabet Inc.’s antitrust woes may make the megadeal far from complete. The controversial acquisition’s conclusion sparked immediate pushback from Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., ranking member and possible future chair of the Senate’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, as well as several privacy-rights organizations, who object to the personal information that Fitbit could feed… Source link

Quarterback Philip Rivers is retiring after 17 seasons in the NFL, he announced Wednesday. “It’s just time,” he told Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. “It’s just right.” Rivers, who turned 39 in December, spent all but one of his professional seasons playing for the Chargers — first the San Diego Chargers, and then the Los Angeles Chargers — and played his final season for the Indianapolis Colts. “This is the first year I felt like the ending was real,” he said…. Source link

SAN JOSE — An affordable housing project in San Jose has moved closer to reality with a new loan and the developer’s purchase of the properties where the homes will be built. The Kelsey Ayer Station has landed more financing from Google and the project’s developer has just completed a purchase of the properties needed for the 115-unit development, according to public documents filed in Santa Clara County on Jan. 15. “Google has allowed us to accelerate our development plans and keep… Source link