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In her ruling banning Apple from charging a commission on purchases made outside the App Store, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says that an Apple executive “outright lied under oath.”According to Gonzalez Rogers, Alex Roman, vice president of finance at Apple, gave testimony that was “replete with misdirection and outright lies.” The judge writes that Roman lied when testifying that Apple hadn’t decided on the 27 percent number for its fee on purchases outside the App Store until January 16th, 2024.“Contemporaneous business documents reveal that on the contrary, the main components of Apple’s plan, including the 27 percent commission, were determined…
شهدت منطقتا صحنايا وجرمانا بريف دمشق تحولا مفاجئا أمس الأربعاء، عندما باغتت مجموعة مسلحة عناصر الأمن العام فقتلت 16 منهم، في حين سارع جيش الاحتلال لإرسال مسيَّرات وشن غارات بحجة حماية الدروز في المنطقة. ووفقا لتقرير أعده للجزيرة محمود الكن، فقد انقلبت هذه المجموعة على اتفاق تم قبل يوم واحد بين الحكومة السورية والدروز في هذه المنطقة، التي شهدت الثلاثاء أحداث عنف بسبب تسجيل صوتي لأحد الدروز حمل إساءة للنبي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم. لكن مجموعة مسلحة نفذت هذا الهجوم المباغت الذي تركز في صحنايا وأشرفيتها بشكل كبير، واستهدفت عددا من المواقع التابعة للأمن العام، حسب تقرير الكن. وسارعت…
LOS ANGELES — The Minnesota Timberwolves spent Game 5 in a dismal shooting funk, providing the Los Angeles Lakers with ample opportunity to stave off playoff elimination.While his teammates struggled, Rudy Gobert stepped up against the small-ball Lakers — and on their big man’s shoulders, the Wolves are going back to the second round.Gobert had playoff career highs with 27 points and 24 rebounds, Julius Randle had 23 points and Minnesota advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a clinching 103-96 victory Wednesday night.Gobert stepped up when the Lakers deployed a centerless lineup, scoring more points than he managed in…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.In January, New York City’s long-planned congestion pricing programme finally began collecting tolls. Following the lead of a handful of cities worldwide — London, Stockholm, Milan, Singapore — most of those driving inside a “central business district” in lower Manhattan are now charged a $9 fee.Donald Trump is a longtime critic of the programme, which is the first of its kind in America, and which aims to cut emission-spouting traffic and raise billions to fund infrastructure. The administration is currently locked in…
In 2013, Tatyana Marynich and Anastasiya Khamiankova opened the doors to Imaguru, a startup hub in Minsk, Belarus that would go on to launch some of Eastern Europe’s most prominent tech success stories. A decade later, they’ve been sentenced ‘in absentia’ to a combined 23 years in prison by Belarusian authorities. Their property has been seized. Their work was declared “extremist.” Marynich’s passport has expired and revoked, leaving her stranded and stateless in Spain. Their crime? Building an independent, pro-entrepreneurial future the Lukashenko regime deemed dangerous for its championing of entrepreneurship in a country normally dominated by state-owned industries. “What…
منشغلة بما يعتمل في دواخل الإنسان وتعقيداته النفسية، تغوص الروائية اللبنانية حنين الصايغ (1986) بروايتها “ميثاق النساء” في المجتمع الدرزيّ الغني ثقافيا وروحانيا وإنسانيا، وتحاول تفكيك بنيته الاجتماعية والذهنية، من خلال بطلة روايتها “أمل بو نمر”، التي تعيش حياة ريفيَّة محافظة في قريتها في جبل لبنان، وفيها تشتبك بالعادات والتقاليد وبأسئلة الحياة التي يهرب منها الآخرون، لترسم لنفسها مستقبلا مخالفا للمستقبل الذي شكّله الأب لها ولأخواتها بصورةٍ تتناسب مع عالمه المحدود. رواية “ميثاق النساء” الصادرة عن دار الآداب ببيروت سنة 2023 هي الإصدار الروائي الأول للكاتبة اللبنانية التي تعمل في التدريس والترجمة الأدبية، بعد 3 مجموعات شعرية: “فليكن” (2016)، و”روح…
Michael C. WrightMay 1, 2025, 12:35 AM ETCloseJoined ESPN in 2010 Previously covered Bears for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&MHOUSTON — With his team down 3-1 in its first-round playoff matchup against the Warriors, Amen Thompson leaned against the wall and stared out into the gym at Houston’s Memorial Hermann training facility, smiling as smooth R&B music hummed in the background.”[I feel] amazing,” he said at the Rockets’ morning shootaround Wednesday. “I feel great.”Thompson had just watched the Detroit Pistons stave off elimination against the New York Knicks a night earlier as his twin brother, Ausar, scored…
In his latest display of fealty before Donald Trump, US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent described the president’s U-turns over tariffs as a deliberate act in creating “strategic uncertainty”. According to Bessent, certainty is over-rated and waywardness brings leverage to negotiations that will generate the best trade deals for the US. This confident talk reminded me of Brexit, where former prime minister Boris Johnson promised the UK would get a “great deal” from the EU, while his Leave-campaigning sidekick Michael Gove insisted that Britain would “hold all the cards” in any negotiation. Brexiters thought the UK goods trade deficit gave them…
I’ve been testing the EcoFlow Wave 3, a follow-up to the all-in-one battery-powered air conditioner, heater, and fan I reviewed last summer. EcoFlow has dialed back its absurd marketing with a more powerful unit that can be recharged through several methods, including the sun. Only now it can automatically (try to) maintain a set temperature range and act as a dedicated dehumidifier, too.I was grateful to have EcoFlow’s Wave 2 with me last summer while vanlifing around Portugal and Spain. That less powerful A/C helped to offset daytime temps hitting 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degree Fahrenheit) and made 25C (77F)…
أعلن وزير الخارجية الأميركي ماركو روبيو أن بلاده تبحث عن دول أخرى، على غرار السلفادور، لكي ترحّل إليها مهاجرين غير شرعيين من دول ثالثة، وبحسب وسائل إعلام أميركية بدأت واشنطن بالفعل محادثات مع ليبيا بهذا الشأن. ونقلت شبكة “سي إن إن” الأميركية عن مصادر مطلعة على المحادثات قولها إن الإدارة “ناقشت مع ليبيا ورواندا إمكانية إرسال المهاجرين الذين لديهم سجلات إجرامية والموجودين في الولايات المتحدة إلى هذين البلدين”. وبالإضافة إلى إرسال المهاجرين ذوي السجلات الجنائية، يأمل مسؤولو ترامب أيضا في الدخول في مفاوضات رسمية مع ليبيا لإبرام ما يسمى بـ”اتفاقية الدولة الثالثة الآمنة”، التي ستسمح للولايات المتحدة بإرسال طالبي اللجوء…