#Amazon reportedly ripped off sellers, rigged search results

#Amazon reportedly ripped off sellers, rigged search results

“#Amazon reportedly ripped off sellers, rigged search results” Amazon ripped off its third-party sellers’ products and rigged search results to favor its own products — even as Jeff Bezos told Congress under oath that the company didn’t engage in such practices, according to a new investigation.  The knockoff and manipulation campaign occurred in Amazon’s India…

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#Google tells court ‘staggering’ B EU antitrust fine flawed

#Google tells court ‘staggering’ $5B EU antitrust fine flawed

“#Google tells court ‘staggering’ $5B EU antitrust fine flawed” A 4.34 billion euro ($5 billion) European Union antitrust fine was based on flawed calculations, Alphabet’s Google said on Thursday, urging Europe’s second-highest court to scrap or reduce what it said was not an appropriate penalty. Google was fined for using its Android mobile operating system to thwart rivals…

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#Google lashes out at Apple amid struggle with EU

#Google lashes out at Apple amid struggle with EU

“#Google lashes out at Apple amid struggle with EU” Alphabet unit Google on Monday blasted EU antitrust regulators for ignoring rival Apple as it launched a bid to get Europe’s second-highest court to annul a record 4.34-billion euro ($5.1 billion) fine related to its Android operating system. Far from holding back rivals and harming users, Android…

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#Apple would have to redesign iPhone under proposed EU rule

#Apple would have to redesign iPhone under proposed EU rule

“#Apple would have to redesign iPhone under proposed EU rule” Apple’s current slate of iPhones would be illegal to sell in the European Union under a new proposed rule requiring smartphones and electronics to come with standardized charging ports. The EU edict, proposed Thursday, would require all devices sold in the bloc to have USB-C…

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