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The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Amazon.com of enrolling millions of consumers into its paid subscription Amazon Prime service without their consent and making it hard for them to cancel, the agency's latest action against the ecommerce giant in recent weeks. The FTC sued Amazon in federal court in Seattle, alleging that the company has "knowingly duped millions of consumers into unknowingly enrolling in Amazon Prime." In a statement, Amazon called the FTC's claims "false on the facts and the law." Amazon has used "manipulative, coercive or deceptive user-interface designs known as 'dark patterns' to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically renewing Prime subscriptions," the FTC said as it seeks civil penalties and a permanent injunction to prevent future violations. The lawsuit is one of several actions taken by President Joe Biden's administration intended to rein in the outsized market power of Big Te...

The 5G subscription in India is estimated to have reached about 10 million by 2022 end, and is seen accounting for about 57 percent of mobile subscriptions in the country by the end of 2028, making it "the fastest growing" 5G region globally, according to Ericsson Mobility Report.  With the launch of 5G services in October 2022, the major 5G Indian market is witnessing huge network deployments under its Digital India initiative, it observed. The geopolitical challenges and macroeconomic slowdown in some markets notwithstanding, communications service providers globally are continuing to invest in 5G, the June 2023 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report revealed. "5G subscriptions in India reached about 10 million by end of 2022 and are estimated to account for about 57 percent of mobile subscriptions in the country by the end of 2028, making it the fastest growing 5G region globally," it said. The fifth generation mobile subscriptions are growing in every regi...

Alphabet 's Google must pay patent holding company Personal Audio LLC $15.1 million (nearly Rs. 120 crore) for infringing two patents related to audio software, a Delaware federal jury said in a verdict made public on Wednesday. Personal Audio had argued that Google's music app Google Play Music featured playlist downloading, navigation and editing features that violated its patent rights. The jury also said that Google infringed the patents willfully, which could lead to a judge increasing the award by up to three times the verdict amount. Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda said on Wednesday that the company was disappointed with the verdict and plans to appeal. He said the verdict concerns a "discontinued product" and would not affect customers. A spokesperson for Personal Audio's law firm Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth said on Wednesday that the firm was pleased with the verdict. Beaumont, Texas-based Personal Audio had requested $33.1 million (near...

Samsung has collaborated with health-tech startup Wellnesys Technologies' YogiFi to offer an interactive yoga experience on the range of its smart televisions. The partnership will bring the ability to pair the world's first AI-enabled yoga mat from YogiFi on its Smart TVs. The mat comes equipped with sensors that will detect and notify incorrect postures during yoga practice. This will also allow users to track their activity in YogiFi app on Samsung smart TVs. The AI-enabled yoga mat can be paired to all 2023 Samsung smart TVs. Samsung, via its latest blog post , has announced its collaboration with YogiFi to offer interactive Yoga via an AI-enabled yoga mat paired with its Smart TVs. This will help users to practice yoga in a tech-savvy manner, said the company. The AI-enabled mat will detect and notify users of wrong postures during yoga exercises. Additionally, users can also track their activities in the YogiFi app on their Samsung Smart TVs. The YogiFi app comes loade...

Samsung has collaborated with health-tech startup Wellnesys Technologies' YogiFi to offer an interactive yoga experience on the range of its smart televisions. The partnership will bring the ability to pair the world's first AI-enabled yoga mat from YogiFi on its Smart TVs. The mat comes equipped with sensors that will detect and notify incorrect postures during yoga practice. This will also allow users to track their activity in YogiFi app on Samsung smart TVs. The AI-enabled yoga mat can be paired to all 2023 Samsung smart TVs. Samsung, via its latest blog post , has announced its collaboration with YogiFi to offer interactive Yoga via an AI-enabled yoga mat paired with its Smart TVs. This will help users to practice yoga in a tech-savvy manner, said the company. The AI-enabled mat will detect and notify users of wrong postures during yoga exercises. Additionally, users can also track their activities in the YogiFi app on their Samsung Smart TVs. The YogiFi app comes loade...

YouTube will launch its first official shopping channel for live commerce in South Korea on June 30, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. South Korea already has a booming live-streaming commerce business led by tech giant Naver , making it a prime test market for the global heavyweight as the Alphabet -owned company focuses on becoming more "shoppable". The new channel will operate in Korean language and will start as a 90-day project. In the beginning, it will provide a live-commerce platform to companies and plans to livestream shopping content from about 30 brands, Yonhap and other Korean media said, citing people familiar with the matter. It is YouTube's first official shopping channel in any country, Yonhap said. YouTube Korea did not have an immediate comment. With YouTube's ad revenue affected by advertisers curtailing spending and competition from platforms like TikTok , Google's Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler said in February there ...

OpenAI , creator of the widely popular chatbot ChatGPT , plans to launch a marketplace that will allow developers to sell their AI models built on top of its own AI technology, news site the Information reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of discussions at the company. Enterprise customers using ChatGPT often tailor the technology to their specific uses, which range from identifying financial fraud from online transaction data to answering questions about specific markets based on internal documents. According to the news report, makers of such models could offer them to other businesses through OpenAI's proposed marketplace. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman disclosed the potential plans during a meeting with developers in London last month, the report said. Such a marketplace could compete with app stores run by some of the company's customers and technology partners — including Salesforce and Microsoft — and help OpenAI's technology reach a broader customer base. ...