FTC sues Amazon over ‘deceptive’ Prime sign-up and cancellation process
Economy

FTC sues Amazon over ‘deceptive’ Prime sign-up and cancellation process

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued Amazon, alleging the nation’s dominant online retailer intentionally duped millions of consumers into signing up for its mainstay Prime program and “sabotaged” their attempts to cancel.The agency claims Amazon violated the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act by using so-called dark patterns, or deceptive design… […]

Singer Ava Max Slapped by Fan Onstage, Echoes of Bebe Rexha Incident
Entertainment

Singer Ava Max Slapped by Fan Onstage, Echoes of Bebe Rexha Incident

Singer Ava Max Slapped by Fan Onstage … Shades of Bebe Rexha Attack 6/21/2023 7: 07 AM PT Newsflare On the heels of the Bebe Rexha incident … another performer, Ava Max, is feeling the brunt of an overzealous fan — and this time the guy jumped right onstage with her. The singer was doing… […]

No-car Games: Los Angeles Olympic venues only accessible by public transit
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No-car Games: Los Angeles Olympic venues only accessible by public transit

PARIS (AP) — Traffic. What will you do about notorious gridlocked Los Angeles traffic? That’s the one burning question repeatedly posed to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as she prepares to receive the Olympic flag ahead of the 2028 Summer Games. “A no-car Games,” Bass said Saturday. Huh? Bass and Casey Wasserman, chairman of the […]

Three German open water swimmers fall ill after Olympic races in the Seine River
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Three German open water swimmers fall ill after Olympic races in the Seine River

By PAUL NEWBERRY Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] PARIS (AP) — Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races at the Paris Olympics, though it was not immediately clear if the long-polluted Seine River was responsible for their sickness. The swimmers were not identified in a statement released Saturday […]

Olympic breaking faces questions over hip-hop authenticity
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Olympic breaking faces questions over hip-hop authenticity

PARIS (AP) — From the Australian b-girl with the meme-worthy “kangaroo” dance move to the silver-medal winning Lithuanian in a durag, breaking’s Olympic debut had a few moments that raised questions from viewers about whether the essence of the hip-hop art form was captured at the Paris Games. Rachael Gunn, or “b-girl Raygun,” a 36-year-old […]

Google accuses Microsoft of unfair practices in Azure cloud unit
Economy

Google accuses Microsoft of unfair practices in Azure cloud unit

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian speaks at the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco, April 9, 2019.Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoogle, which has spent years defending itself against claims of monopolistic behavior across the U.S. and Europe, is going public with its own complaint of anti-competitive practices by longtime rival Microsoft.In a… […]