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The IndependentUS mulls Google break-up after landmark monopoly case
Department of Justice threatens to break up Alphabet’s Google in order to challenge search dominance
- TechCrunch
Antitrust challenge to Facebook's 'superprofiling' finally wraps in Germany — with Meta agreeing to data limits
A multi-year competition challenge to Facebook (aka Meta), which saw Germany's antitrust authority become a pioneering champion for privacy rights in 2019 after it sought to block the social media giant's 'superprofiling' of users on the grounds that consentless cross-site tracking of users is an "exploitative abuse" of Facebook's monopoly position, finally concluded Thursday with Germany's federal competition regulator, Bundeskartellamt, announcing the procedure's end. Meta dropped its appeal against the regulator's order -- and with the withdrawal of its legal army, the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has concluded its decision is final.
- Cosmo
JLo is *so* naked posing topless in leopard print knickers and XL necklace
Jennifer Lopez posed for Interview magazine in maybe her most naked photoshoot ever going topless, wearing animal print bikinis, thigh-high boots & XL necklaces
- The Daily Beast
Donald Trump Goes to Detroit and Insults the Entire City
Donald Trump on Thursday addressed business leaders in Detroit, where he insulted their city and big companies.“You want to know the truth?” Trump told members of the Detroit Economic Club as he painted a picture of what his opponent would do to America. “It’ll be like Detroit. Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she’s your president. You’re going to have a mess on your hands.”Audience members clapped when Trump said he wouldn’t allow Kamala Harris to make the rest of the country
- HuffPost
'I Shouldn't Say It': Obama Brings Down The House With 1 Loaded Question About Trump
The former president joked about his successor as he spoke about the cost of child care.
- HuffPost
Whoopi Goldberg Gets Brutal After Donald Trump Calls Her ‘Filthy’
“How dumb are you?” the comedian said on “The View” before insulting the former president’s business acumen.
- NewsWire
Warning after shock find on popular beach
A grim warning has been issued to tourists after a shock find off a popular Australian beach.
- BuzzFeed
This Sex Secret About Michael Jackson Is Revealed In Lisa Marie Presley's Posthumous Memoir
Lisa Marie Presley's posthumous memoir was released earlier this week.
- NewsWire
Aussie prison guard impregnated by inmate
The texts of a prison officer who fell pregnant during an affair with an inmate have been revealed in court documents.
- Yahoo News Australia
Unlikely sight on outback roadside astounds Aussie: 'Never in my life seen this'
According to scientists, we could be seeing a lot more of this phenomenon in the future.
- The Daily Beast
Annoyed Joe Biden Has Words for Trump in Press Conference Zinger
President Joe Biden stormed off as he was asked about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a press conference on Hurricane Milton Thursday.Providing an update on the aftermath of Milton, which made landfall in Florida on Wednesday night, Biden spoke of the federal government’s emergency response efforts including power restoration, emergency funding–and misinformation.As he took questions from reporters, one asked Biden if he had spoken with the former president, who has been am
- BuzzFeed
I Asked Independent Voters If They're Going With Kamala Harris Or Donald Trump, And The Results Made Me Gasp
"I've been voting since the ‘80s, voted for both sides at different times, and this is probably going to be my most difficult vote to cast."
- Yahoo News Australia
Aussie's shock mistake with 'barbaric' homemade trap
After the woman posted celebratory pictures of the creature online, her error was quickly pointed out. Find out how to avoid repeating her mistake.
- The Independent
Trump confused a Democratic governor’s gender in error-strewn call. She had the perfect response
Former president also makes false claim that ‘radical left governor has announced a plan to resettle 75,000 migrants’
- HuffPost
Podcaster Cracks Up After Donald Trump Calls Himself A 'Truthful Person'
Andrew Schulz couldn't help but respond to the presidential candidate's claim by doubling over in laughter.
- HuffPost UK
Ukraine Comes Up With Bold Prediction About When Putin's War Could End
But Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not explain why he felt so optimistic.
- Yahoo News Australia
Aussie woman's amazing $100,000 discovery in letterbox
The retiree had just arrived back from a holiday and was sorting through her mail when she got the life-changing note.
- Parade
Mick Jagger, 81, Welcomes Tiny New Addition to His Family
The new arrival was born on Sept. 30.
- Yahoo Sport Australia
Reece Walsh and Ezra Mam make first public appearance since off-season incident in Bali
It comes after a tumultuous time since the end of the NRL season. Read more here.
- HuffPost
‘Let Me Finish’: CNN Anchor Calls Out Trump Spox Over His Hurricane Hypocrisy
CNN’s Kate Bolduan wasn’t having it with Karoline Leavitt’s interruption as she checked her on Trump’s FEMA lies.