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King EXCLUSIVE Interview: On ‘Stay’, ‘Monopoly Moves’ & His Global Hip-Hop Takeover | Exclusive

King EXCLUSIVE Interview: On ‘Stay’, ‘Monopoly Moves’ & His Global Hip-Hop Takeover | Exclusive

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In an exclusive conversation with CNN-News18 Showsha’s Yatamanyu Narain, Indian music sensation King delves into the essence of his latest single, Stay, a track that encapsulates the raw energy of lasting connections and unspoken emotions. He shares insights into collaborating with actress Sapna Pabbi for the music video, as well as the creative journey of crafting the song alongside global hitmakers Phil Cook, Joe Kearns, and Ines Dunn. Watch the full interview right here. bollywood news | entertainment news live | latest bollywood news | bollywood | news18 | n18oc_moviesLiked the video? Please press the thumbs up icon and leave a comment. Subscribe to Showsha YouTube channel and never miss a video: https://www.youtube.com/c/SHOWSHAIndiaFollow Showsha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/showsha_/Follow Showsha on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/showshaFollow Showsha on X: https://x.com/news18showshaFollow Showsha on Snapchat: https://snapchat.com/t/6YeotZeyMore entertainment and lifestyle news and updates on:https://www.news18.com/entertainment Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Man catches wife cheating, forces hilarious confession; you won’t believe what happens next | Trending News

Man catches wife cheating, forces hilarious confession; you won’t believe what happens next | Trending News

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A husband’s worst nightmare unfolds, but not in the way you would expect. In a viral video shared by The Sun, we are introduced to an elderly couple. The wife, holding a stack of cards, is about to reveal a shocking truth—at least, that is what the husband wants us to believe. With palpable tension in the air, the husband, Steve, says, “This is Diane, she’s got something to say. She doesn’t know what’s on the cards. Right, you can start now, one at a time.” Diane starts flipping through the cards, each one more suspenseful than the last. First, the ominous words, “I’ve been cheating,” appear. The suspense thickens as the next card reads, “Steve has found out.” Then, “I don’t know he knows…” followed by, “but he does.” Each card builds the tension further. The final card reads, “I have lost his trust,” and all you can feel is the impending confrontation. But just when you are on the edge of your seat, Steve stands up. With an air of finality, he reveals …

China Investigates NVIDIA for Allegedly Breaking Monopoly Law

China Investigates NVIDIA for Allegedly Breaking Monopoly Law

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The Chinese government is investigating U.S. chipmaker NVIDIA for allegedly violating its anti-monopoly law by acquiring interconnect provider Mellanox. On Monday, the State Administration for Market Regulation made a statement via China Central Television announcing the investigation, but it does not discuss the specifics of NVIDIA’s suspected violations. The authority approved NVIDIA’s $6.9 billion acquisition of Mellanox, an Israeli company, in 2020 with certain conditions. These aimed to prevent the tech giant from restricting competition in the markets of GPU acceleration, private internetworking devices, and high-speed Ethernet adapters. SEE: EU Investigates NVIDIA Deal With Run:ai Mellanox was required to provide information about new products to Chinese rivals within 90 days of making them available to NVIDIA and give them a chance to ensure their own products are compatible, according to Bloomberg. Conditions also included prohibitions on product bundling, discrimination against customers who buy products separately, and unreasonable trading terms. A NVIDIA spokesperson told TechRepublic: “NVIDIA wins on merit, as reflected in our benchmark results and value to customers, and customers can choose whatever solution is …

Directors’ guild to move CCI over film technicians’ ‘monopoly bid’ | Kolkata News

Directors’ guild to move CCI over film technicians’ ‘monopoly bid’ | Kolkata News

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The Directors Association of Eastern India (DAEI) is all set to file a case with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) accusing it of trying to monopolise the industry and overstepping its mandate as a trade union, those familiar with the matter said. The association alleged that the technicians’ union has been flouting the CCI’s past orders. Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, actor Parambrata Chatterjee said, “The FCTWEI has been acting as a law-making and law-enforcing body, exceeding its mandate as a union which should be focused on the workers’ welfare. This is a clear violation of the CCI’s 2018-2019 order.” The DAEI claims to have gathered substantial evidence on the FCTWEI’s alleged disregard for the established rules and its attempts to monopolise the market. A trade union’s primary responsibility is to protect the interests of its members, not to impose new regulations, it added. The announcement came a day before the inauguration of the 30th edition of the Kolkata International Film …

US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment | Technology News

US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment | Technology News

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US regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the US Department of Justice calls for sweeping punishments that would include a sale of Google’s industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions to prevent Android from favoring its own search engine. A sale of Chrome “will permanently stop Google’s control of this critical search access point and allow rival search engines the ability to access the browser that for many users is a gateway to the internet,” Justice Department lawyers argued in their filing. Although regulators stopped short of demanding Google sell Android too, they asserted the judge should make it clear the company could still be required to divest its smartphone operating system if its oversight committee continues to see evidence of misconduct. The broad scope of the recommended penalties underscores how severely …

DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly

DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly

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The Department of Justice says that Google must divest the Chrome web browser to restore competition to the online search market, and it left the door open to requiring the company to spin out Android, too. The filing includes a broad range of requirements the DOJ hopes the court will impose on Google — from restricting the company from entering certain kinds of agreements to more broadly breaking the company up. The DOJ’s latest proposal doubles down on its request to spin out Google’s Chrome browser, which the government views as a key access point for searching the web. The possibility of an Android spin-out could hang over Google’s head While the government isn’t going as far as to demand Google spin out its Android business, it’s leaving the option open. The possibility of an Android spin-out could hang over Google’s head to incentivize it against circumventing other remedies, but the government says a spin-out could also be mandated should those other solutions prove ineffective at restoring competition to the market. The DOJ says Google …

Apple to Urge Judge to End US Smartphone Monopoly Case

Apple to Urge Judge to End US Smartphone Monopoly Case

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Apple will ask a federal judge on Wednesday to dismiss the U.S. Department of Justice’s case accusing the iPhone maker of unlawfully dominating the smartphone market, in the latest Big Tech antitrust showdown. US District Judge Julien Neals in Newark, New Jersey, is scheduled to hear arguments from lawyers for Apple, and from prosecutors who say the company locks users in and keeps competition out by limiting interoperability between the iPhone and third-party apps and devices. Apple has moved to dismiss the case, saying its limitations on developers’ access to its technology were reasonable, and that forcing it to share technology with competitors would chill innovation. Antitrust cases against Big Tech firms are a bipartisan trend. The case against Apple began during the first presidential term of Donald Trump and was filed during the administration of President Joe Biden. In other cases, Alphabet’s Google was found to have an illegal monopoly in online search, Meta Platforms faces trial on claims that it squelched competition by acquiring upstart rivals, and Amazon.com is fighting a case over its policies toward sellers and …

The DOJ wants info on Google’s AI strategy to bust up its search monopoly

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The Justice Department wants to learn more about Google’s AI strategy in order to determine what kinds of changes it will ask for to resolve Google’s monopoly in search. The request came during a hearing on Friday in a federal court in Washington, DC, where Google and the DOJ met before Judge Amit Mehta, who recently ruled in favor of the DOJ and agreed that Google is an illegal monopolist. Mehta’s decision officially ended the first phase of the trial, which focused on whether Google is liable under antitrust law. Now the parties are moving onto the remedies phase, where the government will propose solutions to correct the illegal behavior and restore competition to the market. DOJ attorney David Dahlquist told the court that the government needs more discovery to understand the state of Google’s business in recent years. The trial covered deals Google made up to the early part of this decade, including a longstanding agreement to provide search services on Apple products. But the DOJ’s research wrapped up just as Google — alongside …

Soori Destroys Rajinikanth’s Monopoly Claiming Third-Highest Tamil Opener Of 2024, Misses His Own Viduthalai By A Whisker!

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Garudan Box Office Collection: Misses Soori’s Last Hit Viduthalai Part 1 Opening ( Photo Credit – YouTube ) The Tamil cinema this year got a breather with Tammanaah Bhatia’s Aranmanai 4, and now an action-thriller has risen to prominence with the first day of the release itself. Garudan has opened at 3.5 crore at the box office destroying previous biggies’ records and challenging them. Garudan Worldwide Box Office Opening Soori’s action-thriller has opened at 4 crore worldwide but the film is expected to grow over the weekend with phenomenal word of mouth and box office performance in the homeground. Interestingly, the film is an important career shift in the comedian Soori’s graph, who has missed the mark by a few lakh or else would have surpassed the opening number of his debut film Viduthalai Part 1, which opened at 3.85 crore at the box office. But Garudan settling at 3.5 crore is also a great start. Garudan Breaks Lal Salaam’s Monopoly Garudan, with the 3.5 crore opening, has destroyed Rajinikanth‘s Lal Salaam monopoly that was …

Arizona accuses Amazon of being a monopoly and deceiving consumers with ‘dark patterns’

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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed two new lawsuits against Amazon on Wednesday, bringing similar complaints to those the company is already facing from the Federal Trade Commission. Both of the lawsuits are brought under Arizona’s own state statutes in the Superior Court of Arizona. One of the lawsuits accuses Amazon of engaging in deceptive business practices that violate the state’s Consumer Fraud Act by allegedly using design tricks known as dark patterns to keep users from canceling their Amazon Prime subscriptions. This is similar to a lawsuit the FTC filed against the company in June. The other lawsuit accuses Amazon of breaking Arizona’s Uniform State Antitrust Act by unfairly maintaining monopoly status by enforcing agreements with third-party sellers that restrict them from offering lower prices off of the platform than they do on Amazon. This kind of language, sometimes called a “most favored nation” clause, has also been targeted by other state AGs, including in the District of Columbia and California. (The DC case was thrown out, but the AG is trying to get …