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First lady faces backlash after unveiling tennis pavilion at the White House

Melania was accused of being tone deaf amid a pandemic Weeks before her family turns the White House over to President-elect Joe Biden, Melania Trump has announced that a new tennis pavilion on the south grounds is ready for action. The project included sprucing up an existing tennis court and children’s garden, in addition to building a pavilion to replace a smaller structure. The first lady’s office said on Monday that the pavilion’s design was inspired by the architectural style of the… Source link

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As Antitrust Cases Spread, Google Faces Trouble

Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email To say that Google is facing a world of trouble would not be an overstatement these days, as the tech giant is facing antitrust probes around the country and the globe. The latest salvo came on Tuesday (Oct. 20), when the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and 11 state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit in Washington, D.C. against the world’s most-used internet search engine, alleging that it has unfairly used its dominant position… Source link

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OPEC+ Faces Growing Pressure to Change Course as Ministers Meet

(Bloomberg) — When OPEC and its allies met last month, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister dared oil speculators to test his determination to stabilize global markets. Now that a resurgent pandemic is threatening demand once again, the moment of reckoning is getting closer. The coalition of crude producers gathers on Monday to assess the state of the market. No supply decisions are expected until Dec. 1 but leading members Saudi Arabia and Russia are already stepping up diplomacy. President… Source link

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Google Fitbit deal faces EU antitrust probe, per sources

Fitbit Charge 2 Heart Rate & Fitness Wristband. Source: Amazon Google’s $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker maker Fitbit will face a full-scale EU antitrust investigation next week, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Alphabet unit Google this month offered not to use Fitbit’s health data to help it target ads in an attempt to address EU antitrust concerns. The opening of a full-scale investigation suggests that this is not sufficient. The deal, announced last November, would see… Source link

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Google Faces New Class Action Lawsuit for Privacy Violations

Google was hit with a class action lawsuit claiming privacy violations via Android apps. The plaintiffs allege that Google misleads users with false impressions of control over their data. The lawsuit alleges that Google’s privacy controls are fake and that Google is illegally intercepting and selling private information. The plaintiffs also claim that Google’s privacy controls do not stop Google from harvesting and selling sensitive online activity information. The lawsuit presents what it… Source link

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Google faces lawsuit over tracking in apps even when users opted out

FILE PHOTO: Google Chrome logo is seen near cyber code and words “spy” in this illustration picture taken June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google records what people are doing on hundreds of thousands of mobile apps even when they follow the company’s recommended settings for stopping such monitoring, a lawsuit seeking class action status alleged on Tuesday. The data privacy lawsuit is the second filed in as many months… Source link

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