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WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department, which has accused Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google of breaking antitrust law in its search business, asked a judge to find that the company abused an attorney-client privilege designation to avoid turning over documents. In a court filing, the Justice Department asked for Google to be sanctioned for creating a “Communicate with Care” program that trains workers to include an attorney and a request for advice when writing about… Source link

It’s not guaranteed, and it still has a lot of work to actually get there, but Duke has reportedly requested to land in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA tournament on Wednesday, according to both The Athletic’s Seth Davis and ESPN’s Wright Thompson. That request, should it work out, would allow longtime Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski to coach some of his final games with the school in his hometown of Chicago. Every school in the mix to earn the top overall seed in the NCAA tournament each… Source link

A driver of Yandex.Taxi online ride-sharing service wearing a protective mask, used as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), sits inside a car in Moscow, Russia April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register VILNIUS, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Lithuania’s transport and economy ministers said on Monday they asked Google and Apple to remove, in Lithuania, the app for the Yandex.taxi ride-hailing service, owned by Uber Source link

New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson is asking the public for help to find his father, who has been missing for more than 10 days. Robinson posted an emotional story on Instagram on Monday, pleading with his father, 39-year-old Mitchell Robinson Jr., to come home. “Don’t know a place the devil will hide you … Come home, Pops,” Robinson wrote on Instagram. Earlier, Robinson posted about his missing father on Snapchat. He shared a Facebook post from Feb. 13 in which the Escambia (Florida)… Source link

When you are searching online for some of the remotest islands on the planet, it helps to get the name right. But a row has broken out over the labelling of the Chagos Islands on Google maps. The UK maintains that it still holds sovereignty over what it terms British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) – one of the smallest of red dots on the traditional cartographic globe. But Mauritius, which has been recognised as legitimate owner of the archipelago in a series of international court judgments… Source link

Google asked a federal court on Friday to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit led by the State of Texas, the first time it has sought to have one of the government competition cases against it thrown out in the United States. In a filing, Google said the state had failed to show that it engaged in anticompetitive behavior and hadn’t proved that an agreement between Facebook and Google, a core part of the case, violated the law. “We’re confident that this case is wrong on the facts and the law,… Source link

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O) asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the majority of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Texas and other states that accused the search giant of abusing its dominance of the online advertising market. Google said in its court filing that the states failed to show that it illegally worked with Facebook, now Meta (FB.O), to counter “header bidding,” a technology that publishers developed to make more money from advertising placed on… Source link

Tom Brady‘s most costly throw of the game on Sunday led to one of his classiest moves. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback led his team to a 28-24 comeback win against the New York Jets, but he had a little more ground to make up thanks to how he ended the first half.  Down 14-10, a potential Bucs scoring drive ended in an interception to Jets rookie Brandin Echols, who returned the ball 30 yards to set up a field goal right before halftime: Brady ultimately overcome that interception with 18… Source link

The Jacksonville Jaguars are 0-2, and it hasn’t exactly been an encouraging 0-2. The team has been outscored 60-34 and outgained 847-584. Trevor Lawrence, the generational quarterback prospect whom the Jaguars have bet their entire future on, has thrown 42-of-84 for 450 yards, four touchdowns and five interceptions. Head coach Urban Meyer is somehow under investigation by the NFLPA for telling the truth. The Jaguars have looked like a bad football team, as many expected. So far, the fans Source link

The New York Times A Fourth of July Symbol of Unity That May No Longer Unite SOUTHOLD, N.Y. — The American flag flies in paint on the side of Peter Treiber Jr.’s potato truck, a local landmark parked permanently on County Route 48, doing little more, he thought, than drawing attention to his family’s farm. Until he tried to sell his produce. At a local greenmarket where he sells things such as wild bergamot, honey and sunflowers, he had trouble striking a deal until, he said, he let his… Source link