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US Cellular Representative (0:00)
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Claude Anthropic (0:27)
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Lemonade Pet Insurance Representative (1:00)
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Rob Dunwood (1:34)
These are the Daily Tech Headlines for Friday, November 29, 2024. I'm Rob Dunwood. Canada's antitrust watchdog is suing Google for anti competitive conduct in online advertising. In a statement, the Competition Bureau said it filed an application with the Competition Tribunal seeking an order that requires Google to sell two of its ad tech tools. It also is seeking a penalty from Google to promote compliance with Canada's competition laws. Google said the complaint, quote, ignores the intense competition where ad buyers and sellers have plenty of choice and we look forward to making our case in court. The European Commission confirmed Thursday that it has ended its investigation into whether Luxembourg, the home of Amazon's EU headquarters, had granted it selective tax advantages. And in 2017, the Commission concluded that Luxembourg gave Amazon illegal tax benefits worth 250 million euros, but EU judges annulled that decision on appeal. The investigation remained open on paper for years, but the EU is now closing the loop and accepting that no tax rules were broken. Based on guidance provided by EU courts, Medit plans to build a $10 billion, 40,000 plus kilometer fiber optic subsea cable extending around the world. Meta is the second largest driver of Internet usage globally, accounting for 10% of all fixed and 22% of all mobile traffic, TechCrunch sources say. Meta confirmed that the project is still in the early stages with more details to come in 2025. Meta will be the sole owner and user of the subsea cable, a first for the company, representing a milestone for its infrastructure efforts, Peacock announced during the halftime of Thursday's Miami Dolphins Green Bay packers game. A first of its kind immersive Madden NFL cast of the Houston Texans Kansas City Chiefs game on Saturday, December 21st. The data powered live football experience will use genius sports next gen data and AI platform Genius IQ to combine real time data insights with fully branded animations delivering an immersive viewing experience. The Baton NFL cast will feature a dedicated commentary team complete with play by play calls, graphic overlays and color commentary. Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, has been ordered to cease operations in Nambia. The Communications Regulatory Authority of Nambia said on Thursday it has issued a cease and desist order to the satellite Internet provider for operating in the country without a license. Starlink has applied for a telecommunications service license in Nambia. However, the regulator has not issued the license as the application is still under review. The regulator also advised the public not to purchase Starlink terminal equipment or subscribe to its services, as such activities are illeg legal in Nambia. Competition Commission of India or CCI has initiated an inquiry into Google's restrictive policies for real money gaming platforms, prompted by a complaint from the online gaming platform Windsor, which claims discriminatory treatment, the CCI order stated, quote, by granting preferential treatment to select app categories, Google effectively creates a two tier market where some developers are accorded superior access and visibility while others are discriminated against and thus left with a competitive disadvantage. End quote A CCI official is expected to complete its investigation into the matter within 60 days. X could soon roll out labels for parody accounts the social media platform is apparently developing a new label for parody or fan commentary accounts so they can more clearly identify themselves as such. If rolled out, parity accounts that adopt them will see a parody account label below the username on the profile page and on their posts as well. This means that there is less chance of someone mixing up a post from a parody account with the real person's account. And finally, bluesky replies will now default to appear by hotness as part of the social media app's 1.95 software update. With this release, you can now display replies by hotness, which weights liked replies that are more recent. More heavily, the app's official bluesky account posted poster reply settings also include sorting by oldest or newest replies most liked, or a random setting labeled postersroulette for more analysis of the tech news of the day. Subscribe to DailyTreeNewsHow.com you can find show notes and links to all the headlines there as well. Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you next time.