Estimated reading time: 4-5 minutes SAN FRANCISCO – Alphabet’s Google will pay $700 million and revamp its Play app store to allow more competition as part of an antitrust settlement with U.S. states and consumers, according to the company’s filings in federal court in San Francisco on Monday Documents. Under the settlement, which still requires … [Read more…]
Here’s another revelation of the talents that abound in Quebec: the role-playing game (RPG). Sea of stars which won the award for Best Independent Game at the Game Awards 2023 (TGA) earlier this month now has more than 4 million players since its launch. The Game Awards List of candidates for the best independent game … [Read more…]
Comcast is notifying Xfinity customers of a “data security incident” that allegedly resulted in the theft of customer information, including usernames, passwords, contact information, partial Social Security numbers and more. In a statement Monday, Xfinity said there was “unauthorized access” to its systems from Oct. 16 to Oct. 19, 2023. BleepingComputer linked to this breach … [Read more…]
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, agreed to pay $700 million and make changes to its online app store, adhering to the terms of an antitrust settlement released Monday. As part of the deal, the company will make changes to its app store to reduce barriers to competition for developers, including allowing apps to charge users directly. … [Read more…]
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Google will pay $700 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of U.S. states that accused the company of stifling competition to its Play Store on Android devices, according to court documents released Monday. … [Read more…]
The biggest change: If this settlement is approved, Google will have to allow developers to block consumers from the Google Play Store for several years. You can read the full 68-page comparison yourself at the end of this story, but here’s the TL;DR about what’s in it: Does that sound like a lot? When you … [Read more…]
“The success of LeddarTech will be Quebecois,” proclaims proudly Newspaper the automotive software technology chief who is floating on the NASDAQ today at a valuation of $465 million, looking to overtake Tesla thanks to his intellectual property developed here. “Tesla’s technology has not been tested under all conditions and in all environments,” Frantz Saintellemy, president … [Read more…]
The airline said it was pleased to have reached a “consumer-friendly agreement.” December 18, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET • 4 min reading The U.S. Department of Transportation said Monday that Southwest Airlines has been fined a record $140 million for its operational collapse during the 2022 leisure travel season. The civil penalty imposed on the … [Read more…]
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick discusses the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block his merger agreement with Microsoft on “The Claman Countdown.” Activision Blizzard, the video game company behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, among others, has settled an employment discrimination lawsuit with the state of California for $54 million. The settlement resolves … [Read more…]
Hundreds of properties in Quebec change hands every day, most of them without us knowing the exact details. That was before we became interested… Here are the latest transactions that caught our attention. After more than a year on the market, a farmhouse in Ripon in the Outaouais has just found a buyer for just … [Read more…]