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The US Department of Justice and 15 states on Thursday sued Apple as the government cracks down on Big Tech, alleging the iPhone maker monopolized the smartphone market, hurt smaller rivals and drove up prices.Apple joins competitors sued by regulators, including Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms and Amazon.com across the administrations of both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden."Consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies violate the antitrust laws," Attorney General Merrick…

Today the United States Department of Justice has sued Apple, claiming the company has maintained an illegal monopoly over the smartphone market, locking in its customers, driving up prices, and selectively imposing contractual restrictions on developers, withholding critical ways of accessing functionality to prevent competition. "Apple exercises its monopoly power to extract more money from consumers, developers, content creators, artists, publishers, small businesses, and merchants, among others", the DOJ says,…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MIKE BALSAMO (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors and stifles innovation. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Jersey, alleges that Apple has monopoly power in the smartphone market and uses its control over the iPhone to “engage in a broad, sustained, and illegal course of conduct.”…

As a carbon sink, seagrass has other advantages too. It’s unlikely to catch fire and release large quantities of carbon back into the atmosphere at once, for example. But it is vulnerable to other threats. Increased coastal erosion can muddy the waters, making it more difficult for Posidonia to photosynthesize. Cruise ships dropping anchor can cause untold damage. And, of course, bottom-trawlers can ravage thousand-year-old meadows in a matter of minutes. Drag-net trawling causes most damage to the plant itself, says José…

Prosecutors want Rebecca Grossman’s access to jailhouse phones cut off after they say she encouraged illegal conduct and her team attempted to tamper with jurors who convicted her of double murder.Deputy Dist. Atty. Ryan Gould and his colleague Jamie Castro filed a motion Monday that detailed several jailhouse calls Grossman had with her daughter and husband since her Feb. 23 conviction for killing two young brothers in a crosswalk while speeding on a residential Westlake Village street.According to court documents,…

Over the last few months, we have shared numerous stories where police authorities from major cities have started confiscating and destroying illegal exhausts. Now, taking inspiration from bigger cities’ police departments, smaller cities have also started similar drives and are now crushing illegal loud exhausts used by motorcycle owners. Recently, a video showing the destruction of such exhausts along with half helmets has been shared from the city of Shivamogga in Karnataka. All of the confiscated exhausts and…

The zonal commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Halima Mustafa Rufa’u, has hinted that illegal miners are sabotaging solid mineral resources in Osun State. She also noted the unwholesome development was affecting targeted revenues, thus thwarting the economic growth of the state. Mrs Rufa’u, who is an assistant commander, made the disclosure when she paid a courtesy visit to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, in his palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Towards this end, the EFCC…

Activision Blizzard's operation of the Call of Duty League is now the subject of a lawsuit brought by two pro players who allege the esports league is an illegal monopoly, one that prevents competition and forces players and teams to agree to "extortionate" financial terms.The two players are known names in professional Call of Duty circles. Optic Gaming president Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez and pro player Seth "Scump" Abner, the second winningest player in the game's history, are seeking $680 million in…

Police in the Netherlands are taking action against those who choose to run the gauntlet and ride illegally powerful ebikes, after seeing record numbers of cycling fatalities in 2022. Roadside testing stations have now been rolled out across the country.Where ebike riders in the US can hop on powerful ebikes capable of providing assistance up to 28 mph (45 km/h), only a few areas in Europe allow such speeds – and even then, the so-called speed pedelecs may need to be insured and registered, and the helmet-wearing cyclist…

In the light of the recent hit-and-run case that took place in Assam, the police authorities of Assam have started a crackdown on illegal practices endangering public safety. During this crackdown, Assam Police has managed to seize a total of nine luxury cars worth approximately Rs. 2 crore. The operation was initiated in response to the illegal installation of sirens and red/blue beacon lights on vehicles, which is a direct violation of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The seized vehicles were found to be equipped with…