Cloud in Europe: Google is big and snitch on Microsoft’s practices

Google Cloud accuses Microsoft Azure of anti-competitive cloud computing practices while criticizing discussions between the Redmond giant and several European cloud providers. Amit Zavery, VP of Google Cloud, told Reuters that Google had approached antitrust regulators in the European Union, asking them to put their nose to the case. Microsoft was quick to react. Brad…

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‘Will Smith Practices Selective Outrage’: One Year After Slap, Chris Rock Fires Back On Netflix

By Le Figaro with AFP Published yesterday at 11:42 , Update yesterday at 2:08 p.m. Chris Rock accuses Will Smith of“selective outrage”, claiming that he attacked a man “significantly less sturdy than him”. Robyn Beck/AFP On stage Saturday night in Baltimore and live on Netflix, the comedian went off the rails, claiming he went after…

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“The logic of ‘fast fashion’ business practices makes the worker the slave of an industry that grows fat and violates human rights”

PBringing constraints and injunctions, fashion has accompanied the emancipation of women, from Coco Chanel’s trousers in the 1920s to the “crop top” [tee-shirt court, littéralement, « crop top » veut dire tee-shirt coupé en anglais] in the 1990s and 2020s. But those who make our clothes – because they are overwhelmingly women – face poverty, precariousness and…

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The European Commission refocuses its investigation on Apple’s business practices

In Brussels, regulators have decided to refocus their charges against Apple by specifically attacking the rules imposed by the App Store, which prevent developers from informing their users of alternative purchasing options. Indeed, the investigation concerning in-app payments is set aside for the benefit of this case, the European Commission having formalized the abandonment of…

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