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LOS ANGELES – In May, Major League Baseball agreed to settle an 8-year-old lawsuit brought by current and former minor leaguers alleging the violation of various wage laws. Four days ago, it was revealed that the settlement totaled $185 million and included a stipulation that, going forward, teams will not be expressly forbidden — as they had been previously — from paying their minor leaguers outside the regular season. On Monday, leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee exploring the… Source link

Google will start allowing the developers of non-gaming apps to offer European users alternate payment systems. In a blog post, Google outlines its plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (or DMA), a piece of legislation aimed at regulating big tech. The DMA passed through the European Parliament earlier this month, but it isn’t expected to go into force until spring 2023. But Google is rolling out the changes ahead of time to make sure that its plans “serve the needs” of… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Across China, homebuyers are refusing to pay mortgages as property developers drag on construction projects, escalating the country’s real estate crisis and risks of bad debt for banks. Most Read from Bloomberg Buyers of 35 projects across 22 cities have decided to stop paying mortgages as of July 12 due to project delays and a drop in real estate prices, Citigroup Inc. analysts led by Griffin Chan wrote in a research report distributed on Wednesday. The payment refusals… Source link

Britta Pedersen/Getty Images; Twitter; Rachel Mendelson/Insider Elon Musk’s decision to kill the $44 billion Twitter deal means banks could lose a “nine-figure” payday. Musk’s and Twitter’s financial advisors could pocket up to $192 million if the deal closes. The billionaire faces an uphill battle to call off the deal as he has to prove there’s been a material adverse effect on the transaction. Elon Musk’s ‘will-he-won’t-he’ dance to buy Twitter took a turn on Friday after the billionaire said… Source link

The proposed settlement is designed to address app developers’ years-long allegations that Google (GOOGL (GOOGL)) imposes onerous and anticompetitive restrictions on app makers as a condition of hosting their apps on its Google Play Store. “A vast majority of U.S. developers who earned revenue through Google Play will be eligible to receive money from this fund, if they choose,” Google said in a blog post announcing the agreement, which is open to app-makers who earned $2 million or less… Source link

The logo of Google is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a legal fight with app developers over the money they earned creating apps for Android smartphones and for enticing users to make in-app purchases, according to a… Source link

Google is going to start paying for its use of Wikipedia information to help power its knowledge panels in Google Search. The search giant, along with the digital library the Internet Archive, are the first customers for the still relatively new commercial product launched by the Wikimedia Foundation — the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia. Its new service, Wikimedia Enterprise, offers access to Wikimedia content to companies that reuse and source Wikipedia and other Wikimedia… Source link

When Google told some small businesses in January that they would no longer be able to use a customized email service and other workplace apps for free, it felt like a broken promise for Richard J. Dalton Jr., a longtime user who operates a scholastic test-prep company in Vancouver, British Columbia. “They’re basically strong-arming us to switch to something paid after they got us hooked on this free service,” said Mr. Dalton, who first set up a Google work email for his business, Your… Source link

Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence Michael Kovac/Getty; Europa Press Entertainment/Europa Press via Getty Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy have all the ingredients for a real-life romantic comedy. The Bad Boys for Life star, 57, joked about his daughter Jasmin Lawrence potentially conceiving a “comedy super-baby” with Eddie’s son Eric Murphy on Friday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! after their kids went Instagram official last year. “We haven’t talked about it,” Lawrence said of him and Murphy,… Source link

Jesse Powell is the founder and CEO of crypto exchange Kraken.Kraken Kraken’s CEO is offering four months’ pay for employees who don’t agree with his values to leave. The program is dubbed “Jet Ski,” and employees have until June 20 to take part, the New York Times reported. “We want it to feel like you are hopping on a jet ski and heading happily to your next adventure!” read a memo about the project. Kraken, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, will pay employees four months’… Source link