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July 23, 2018Written by: Trevor Steele, Peak Associate Google fined record amount The European Union (EU) has imposed its largest ever fine (4.34 billion euro), on Google. According to the EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager, “Google engaged in illegal practices to cement its dominant market position in internet search.” Vestager explained that negotiations between the tech giant and major phone manufacturing companies resulted in a “significant majority” of phones sold in the EU to be pre-installed with Google’s search engine and Chrome browser. In exchange, these companies received licensing for Google apps. In 2017 the EU fined Google 2.4…
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VAR in the 2018 World Cup has its pros and cons
July 18, 2018Written by: Melissa Campos, Multimedia Assistant The FIFA World Cup this year has been filled with many unexpected turns. From Germany failing to advance from the group stages to Russia unexpectedly making it all the way to the quarter-finals, I…
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FIFA must end its corruption
June 15, 2015FIFA has never been the poster child for well-run, squeaky clean organizations. There have been rumblings for years about corruption within the management ranks, but no concrete evidence or charges were brought up. Through it all, FIFA survived, seemingly more…
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