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…]
Fatima’s Grill, which opened in 2016, serves a mix of Mediterranean and Mexican-American cuisine — think a “Shawarma Crunch Wrap” with meat, cheese and a layer of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The food pays homage to Elreda’s Lebanese-American heritage and the predominantly Latino community in which he grew up in nearby Bell, California. The bright colors … [Read more…]
A California regulator has settled its Blockbuster lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard. According to a press release from the California Civil Rights Department (CRD), the gaming company, now owned by Microsoft, will pay approximately $54 million as part of the settlement. The CRD (formerly known as the Department of Fair Employment and … [Read more…]
More than two years after the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) filed a high-profile lawsuit against Activision Blizzard accusing the company of widespread gender discrimination and pay inequality, the two parties have reached a settlement for approximately $54 million. The Wall Street Journal first reported the agreement on Friday, and the CRD published a statement … [Read more…]
This Pokémon card was free at the time and is now worth $5 million Published on December 15, 2023 at 8:05 p.m Share: This year Pokémon celebrated its 27th anniversary. Almost three decades of success, guided by a carefully considered transmedia strategy. The basis is formed by games from which derived products such as objects, … [Read more…]