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F.T.C. and 22 states claim in lawsuit that Amazon secretly inflated ad prices
The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states sued Amazon on Monday, claiming the e-commerce giant secretly made advertising more expensive on its website for more than a million companies. In a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Seattle, Amazon’s hometown, the F.T.C. and the states said Amazon inflated the costs that brands and marketplace sellers had to pay to promote their products to consumers, including the prominent “Sponsored Product” ads that appear in search results on Amazon’s widely used website. “Amazon has millions of advertising customers who were misled into paying significantly higher prices,” Andrew N. Ferguson, the chairman of the F.T.C., said in a statement. “These higher costs were largely passed on to American consumers.” Amazon disputed the
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Trump gives green light to U.S. companies to aim hacks at cybercriminals
The Trump administration is encouraging American companies to conduct their own cyberattacks against criminal hackers, a move that White House officials say will help address
Lakers to be sold to Bob Iger, Joshua Kushner one year after Mark Walter bought team
The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold. Again. Only 14 months after agreeing to purchase the Lakers at a record-setting $10 billion valuation, Mark Walter
Apple’s Siri got an A.I. brain transplant. Try these five prompts to get acclimated
For the last 15 years, talking to Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant on iPhones, felt profoundly uncool. Though it performed a few basic tasks, like adding
Trump said to have secretly used military jet to leave Turkey amid threats
Top administration officials engaged in an elaborate deception to spirit President Trump out of Turkey during the NATO summit there last month, transporting him in
To improve student mental health, University of Michigan eases grading
The University of Michigan will replace traditional letter grades for some first-semester freshmen with a pass/fail-style grade, to more gently ease new students into academic
Can A.I. get you where you want to go for less?
For years, I’ve recommended tracking the prices of hotel reservations and airline tickets after you’ve booked them to see if the prices drop. If they
Why are more young women developing heart disease?
The threat of heart disease, and of dying from it, is rising among young women. Recent research has suggested that nearly one-third of all women
A promising heart drug fails, challenging a long-held theory of disease
Novo Nordisk stunned the cardiology world last week when it announced that a large study it was running on an experimental drug for heart disease
Take 25 minutes to improve your balance and strength
Most of our daily activities are a balancing act. Walking, climbing stairs and stepping down from a curb all happen on one leg. Incorporating single-leg
The neonatal doctor crisis in a country desperate for babies
The baby started turning blue almost immediately after she was born in a small clinic last month in South Korea. There was a neonatal intensive
China’s A.I. is surging across Africa. That should worry Silicon Valley
When Ernest Mwebaze, a tech developer in Uganda, was building an artificial intelligence system last year tailored for his country’s many languages, he tested American
After Trump calls Canadians ‘nasty,’ Mark Carney Says the word fits trade talks
Two weeks before proposed 50 percent tariffs take effect, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney turned President Trump’s rhetoric back on him, calling trade talks with
