3 h. ago ‘Slap on the wrist’: critics decry weak penalties on Google after landmark monopoly trial

Judge said tech giant had monopoly but let it keep Chrome and Android; critics cried foul while Wall Street cheeredA judge ruled on Tuesday that Google would not be forced to sell its Chrome browser or the Android operating system, saving the tech giant from the most severe penalties sought by the US government. The same judge had ruled in favor of US prosecutors nearly a year ago, finding that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly with its namesake search engine.Groups critical of Google’s dominance in the internet search and online advertising industry are furious. They contend the judge missed an opportunity to enact meaningful change in an industry that has suffocated under the crushing weight of its heaviest player. Tech industry groups and investors, by contrast, are thrilled. Shares in Alphabet, Google’s parent company, have risen 9% since Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago 'Teacher of the year' gets shocking slap on the wrist sentence for abusing girl, 15, for years

Brandyn Hargrove, 43, was convicted Wednesday of 12 counts related to the relationship she had with a 15-year-old student nearly two decades ago.

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6 d. ago Granddaughter gets VERY light sentence after switching diabetic grandma's insulin for prayers and letting her die

A Wisconsin woman was given a light slap on the wrist after swapping her grandmother's diabetes medication for 'supplements', which led to her death. 

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2 w. ago 'Machete' teen thought he'd get 'slap on the wrist' but judge had other ideas

Dressed in black and wearing a balaclava, Nathan Joyce, 18, terrified staff and customers when he brandished a large blade in a beer garden

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2 w. ago Creepy AI lets you to chat with dead relatives allowing you to 'bring them back to life'

Artificial intelligence can now act as a ouija board, with grief tech emerging that promises to bring your dead relatives back to life – but critics decry it for exploiting mourners

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3 w. ago Men who attacked Orthodox Jews with water pistols get 'let off with a slap on the wrist'

Two social media influencers who targeted Orthodox Jews with a water pistols have been 'let off with a slap on the wrist', antisemitism campaigners say. 

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3 w. ago I was annoyed by leak on our estate but council only came to fix it after I listed it as a waterfall on Google Maps

Locals grew so frustrated that no one came to fix the pesky drip in Camden's Lissenden Gardens estate, north London, that they jokingly added it as a 'historical landmark' on Google Maps.

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