2+ hour ago   (420+ words) Aug 31 (Reuters) – Amazon.com illegally raised prices for advertisers by surreptitiously raising the minimum price required to place ads that promote their products, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court Monday. Advertisers suffered billions…...

10+ hour, 50+ min ago   (557+ words) By Dietrich Knauth and Diana Novak Jones Aug 31 (Reuters) – Meta has agreed to improve how it verifies the age of users of its platforms such as Facebook and Instagram as part of an $18 billion legal settlement with U.S. states that…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (94+ words) WKZO Brazil sues Discord for $97 million over alleged failures to protect children SAO PAULO, Aug 26 (Reuters) – The Brazilian ​government has sued chat platform Discord, seeking 500 million ​reais ($97 ⁠million) through ⁠a civil collective moral damages lawsuit as ​it accuses the ⁠firm…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (618+ words) By Che Pan and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Monday unveiled a new version of its in-house Xring handset processor, betting that greater control over key components will strengthen its supply chain and reduce reliance…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (722+ words) BENGALURU, Aug 21 (Reuters) – India has directed Google to shut down hundreds of accounts on its Firebase web development platform after finding a pattern of criminals misusing the service to impersonate major banks and defraud people, according to government notices and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (225+ words) (Corrects typo in first paragraph) By Elizabeth Pineau and Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS, Aug 14 (Reuters) – France’s top court on Friday blocked a ​bill banning social media access for ‌under-15s, saying it infringed upon freedom of expression, a setback for President Emmanuel…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (645+ words) Aug 12 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday over claims it engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children, a case that could expose the company…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (177+ words) KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – It looks like the city of Kalamazoo will slap a moratorium on high tech data centers, just like Portage and several local townships have done, but it may take a month or two. Commissioners not…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (94+ words) Aug 3 (Reuters) – Telegram said on Monday its ​messaging app ‌has been restored on Apple’s App Store, after Reuters ‌checks ​showed it ⁠was not ⁠available. “Telegram has been restored on the App Store and ​should soon be available ⁠again for ⁠all…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (410+ words) LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) – Apple said on Wednesday that proposed UK rules governing its App Store would amount to price regulation, arguing that plans to loosen its control over in-app payments could undermine ​innovation and investment. In a submission to Britain’s…...