super 1337 game

super 1337 game Packham resigns as RSPCA president after animal cruelty claims at approved farmsWildlife TV presenter and conservationist Chris Packham has resigned as president of the RSPCA after an investigation made allegations of animal cruelty at some of the charity’s approved abattoirs. Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas has also resigned as vice-president of the animal welfare organisation, with both of them expressing their “sadness” over leaving the roles. It comes after an Animal Rising investigation made claims of cruelty at “RSPCA Assured” slaughterhouses in England and Scotland, with the campaign group sharing footage of alleged mistreatment. RSPCA Assured is a scheme whereby approved farms must comply with the organisation’s “stringent higher welfare standards”, according to its website. Mr Packham shared the news of his resignation on social media, saying: “It is with enormous sadness that I have resigned from my role as president of the RSPCA. “I would like to register my respect and admiration for all the staff and volunteers who work tirelessly to protect animals from cruelty.” Ms Lucas said she and Mr Packham failed to get the charity’s leadership to act. She posted on X, formerly Twitter: “With huge sadness I’m resigning as VP of the RSPCA, a role I’ve held with pride for over 15 years. “But their Assured Schemes risk misleading the public & legitimising cruelty. “I tried with @ChrisGPackham to persuade the leadership to act but sadly failed.” In June, the RSPCA commissioned an independent review of 200 farms on its assurance scheme which concluded the scheme was “operating effectively” to assure animal welfare on member farms. Following Animal Rising’s release of footage last week, the charity said it was “appalled” by what was shown, adding that it launched an immediate investigation and suspended three slaughterhouses from the scheme. In the wake of Mr Packham and Ms Lucas’ resignations, an RSPCA spokesperson said it is “simply not true” that the organisation has failed to take urgent action. They said: “We agree with Chris and Caroline on so many issues and have achieved so much together for animals, but we differ on how best to address the incredibly complex and difficult issue of farmed animal welfare. “We have discussed our work to drive up farmed animal welfare standards openly at length with them on many occasions and it is simply not true that we have not taken urgent action. “We took allegations of poor welfare incredibly seriously, launching an independent review of 200 farms which concluded that it was ‘operating effectively’ to improve animal welfare. “We are taking strong steps to improve oversight of welfare, implementing the recommendations in full including significantly increasing unannounced visits, and exploring technology such as body-worn cameras and CCTV, supported by £2 million of investment.” The charity insisted that while 94% of people continue to choose to eat meat, fish, eggs and dairy, it is the “right thing to do” to work with farmers to improve the lives of animals. “RSPCA Assured visit all farms on the scheme every year, but last year just 3% of farms were assessed for animal welfare by state bodies,” the spokesperson continued. “No-one else is doing this work. We are the only organisation setting and regularly monitoring animal welfare standards on farms. “We have pioneered change through RSPCA Assured, which has led to improvements throughout the industry including CCTV in slaughterhouses, banning barren battery cages for hens and sow stalls for pigs, giving salmon more space to swim and developing slower growing chicken breeds who have better quality of life.”MillionaireMatch Empowers Singles with Entrepreneurial Spirit to Connect and Succeed

Elon Musk wants to ‘delete’ a federal agency designed to prevent another financial crisis and protect people from scams

New York Giants (2-9) at Dallas (4-7) Thursday, 4:30 p.m. EST, Fox BetMGM NFL Odds: Cowboys by 4. Against the spread: Giants 3-8; Cowboys 3-8. Series record: Cowboys lead 76-47-2. Last meeting: Cowboys beat Giants 20-15 on Sept. 26, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Last week: Giants lost to Buccaneers 30-7; Cowboys beat Commanders 34-26. Giants offense: overall (24), rush (19), pass (28), scoring (32) Giants defense: overall (19), rush (30), pass (7), scoring (17) Cowboys offense: overall (21), rush (31), pass (8), scoring (T22) Cowboys defense: overall (27), rush (31), pass (21), scoring (31) Turnover differential: Giants minus-6; Cowboys minus-9. WR Malik Nabers. The No. 6 overall pick in the draft had a team-high six receptions for 64 yards despite not being targeted in the first half as the Giants fell behind the Bucs 23-0. Coach Brian Daboll said he is not going to let that happen again. Against Dallas in Week 4, Nabers had a season-high 12 catches for 115 yards, with a long of 39 yards. He was targeted 15 times by Daniel Jones. He sustained a concussion on the last attempt and missed the next two games. RB Rico Dowdle just had his second game of at least 85 yards, finishing with 86 on the road against the Commanders. The undrafted fifth-year player who has taken over as the lead back is looking to sustain momentum for the first time. After finishing with 87 yards in a victory at Pittsburgh, Dowdle came home and was held to a season-low 25 yards in a 47-9 loss to Detroit. Dallas' 31st-ranked run game has been marked by that kind of inconsistency, or worse, all season. Giants DL Dexter Lawrence vs. Cowboys OL. Lawrence is tied for sixth in the NFL with a career-high nine sacks, and the Dallas offensive front has been in flux most of the season. Injuries and youth have kept the Cowboys from establishing a rushing attack in most games. Dallas is coming off an effective showing on the ground and Cooper Rush's best performance in three starts filling in for injured star QB Dak Prescott. Lawrence will test the Cowboys' ability to get the run game going and protect Rush. Giants QB Tommy DeVito emerged with a sore throwing arm from his first start replacing the benched and subsequently released Jones. Daboll said it was uncertain whether DeVito would play and that Drew Lock would get extra reps in practice just in case. ... OLB Azeez Ojulari, who has six sacks and 10 QB hits, was placed on injured reserve with a toe injury. ... LT Jermaine Eluemunor, who started the first 11 games, was ruled out with a quad injury. ... DL Armon Watts won't play because of a shoulder issue. ... The Cowboys will be without perennial All-Pro RG Zack Martin for a second consecutive game with ankle and shoulder injuries. ... CB Trevon Diggs, a 2021 All-Pro, is questionable with groin and knee issues after also missing the Washington game. ... LG Tyler Smith, who injured an ankle about the same time Martin did late in the game against Houston on Nov. 18, says he will play after sitting against the Commanders. ... TE Jake Ferguson has been ruled out with a concussion for the second week in a row. ... WR Brandin Cooks was activated off IR. He hasn't played since the first meeting with the Giants because of a knee issue. The Cowboys have won 14 of the past 15 meetings with the Giants. Matching seven-game winning streaks for Dallas are separated by a New York victory in the 2020 season finale. ... This is the second Thanksgiving meeting in three seasons for the NFC East rivals. There had been just one before that, a 30-3 Dallas victory in 1992. The Cowboys won 28-20 two years ago. The Giants are 0-4 on the holiday since a 13-6 win at Detroit in 1982. The 16 combined losses for New York and Dallas are the most going into a Cowboys Thanksgiving game, according to Sportradar. The previous high was 14 three times, most recently in 2020 when Washington beat Dallas 41-16 in a matchup of seven-loss teams. Washington made the playoffs that season as the NFC East champ at 7-9. ... The first Dallas-New York meeting also was on Thursday. That happened last season with Green Bay and Detroit. The previous — and only other — time was 1923 with the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals. ... The Giants' six-game losing streak is their longest since a nine-game skid, the franchise record, in 2019. ... The Cowboys ended a five-game losing streak with the victory at Washington but are 0-5 at home. It’s the worst home start since Dallas lost all eight games at old Texas Stadium while finishing 1-15 in 1989, the year owner Jerry Jones bought the team. The home losing streak is six going back to a wild-card loss to Green Bay in January. Before losing to the Packers, the Cowboys had won 16 in a row at AT&T Stadium. ... DeVito was 21 of 31 for 189 yards in his first action this season against the Buccaneers. He was sacked four times. ... WR Wan’Dale Robinson has 61 catches, surpassing his career high of 60 in 2023. ... Nabers has 67 catches, the most by a player in his first nine games. Puka Nacua of the Rams set the record of 64 last season. ... WR Darius Slayton had his streak of catching a pass snapped at 26 games against Tampa Bay. ... New York has gone 11 consecutive games without a positive turnover differential, extending the longest single-season streak in franchise history. ... The Giants have not intercepted a pass in 10 consecutive games, tying the NFL record held by the 1976-77 San Francisco 49ers and the 2017 Oakland Raiders. ... New York has one sack in the past three games after getting an NFL-high 35 through the first eight games. ... The Giants have the fewest points in the league (163) and they have played seven games without scoring a first-half touchdown. ... Rookie S Tyler Nubin has led New York with 12 tackles each of the past two games. ... Rush had his highest passer rating as the Dallas starter at 117.6 against the Commanders. He threw for two touchdowns with no interceptions. Rush beat the Giants for one of his victories when he went 4-1 filling in for Prescott early in 2022. He had a TD with no picks in a 23-16 win. ... WR CeeDee Lamb leads the NFL with 77 catches. He and Jarvis Landry are the only players in league history with at least 70 catches in each of their first five seasons. Lamb led the NFL last season with a career-high 135 grabs. ... Star pass rusher Micah Parsons had two sacks against the Commanders and has a sack in each of his three Thanksgiving games. ... WR/KR KaVontae Turpin, who returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown against Washington, is the fifth player since the 1970 merger to have TDs on punt and kickoff returns along with a scoring catch of at least 60 yards. The most recent was Chicago's Devin Hester in 2007. Lamb has averaged 91 yards receiving per game against the Giants in his career, but without a bunch of touchdowns (four). While the Giants lag in most team statistical categories, they do have the seventh-best pass defense in the NFL. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflSwansea boss Luke Williams thought his side were second best for the majority of the contest despite earning a 2-1 win at Derby. The Swans stunned Pride Park into silence with less than two minutes on the clock when Zan Vipotnik sent a bullet past Jacob Widell Zetterstrom before Ronald slotted home his first of the season in the 14th minute. Cyrus Christie brought Tom Barkhuizen down inside the box and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing dispatched the resulting penalty to cut the deficit in half and, despite piling on the pressure, Derby succumbed to a second home defeat of the season. Williams told a press conference: “We started the game very well, we were good up until we scored the second goal then we lost the grip on the game and I thought Derby were the better team. “The next thing for us we have to be able to maintain that level throughout the game and we weren’t able to do that to be quite honest today. “They made it difficult, reacted very well after the second goal and didn’t go under, far from it.” Swansea leapfrogged their opponents into the top half of the table with their sixth win of the season and took three points back to south Wales following two last-minute defeats by Burnley and Leeds heading into the match. Williams added: “We’ve recently conceded late goals but they’re a very resilient group and we saw it out in the end. “We’ve dominated games a lot but probably failed to score when we’ve been that dominant and tonight we managed to score the goals when we were dominant. “We scored the goals at the right time today.” Derby had been unbeaten in their last three matches coming into this one but Paul Warne put defeat down to a poor start. He said: “We conceded two and didn’t get close enough, weren’t aggressive enough, not enough body contact and looked soft, that’s my fault. “Maybe I didn’t message it properly. Sometimes it doesn’t come down to shape and tactics but I thought that was what the difference was. “Credit Swansea for the win but after the 25 mins it looked like we would score. I really enjoyed it, that’s the truth. I had 70 minutes of a team giving everything, I don’t think we’ve had that many attempts in the Championship this season. “It’s a rude awakening, last year we would’ve won that 4-2.”

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (9 December) that an additional spatial dataset is made available via Open Application Programming Interface (API) for public use starting from today. The new dataset provides information on five types of self-service banking machines of 20 retail banks in Hong Kong, covering cash deposit machines, cheque deposit machines, integrated cash and cheque deposit machines, passbook update machines, as well as video teller machines. Together with the two datasets 1 launched last year, the HKMA’s website now provides a total of three one-stop datasets of physical banking facilities of retail banks. Furthermore, the two existing datasets of physical branches and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) have also been enriched with more information to make the database more comprehensive, such as the availability of barrier-free measures at branches as well as the currencies available for deposit and withdrawal through the ATMs. The relevant datasets are available for download from the HKMA’s Open API portal . The HKMA welcomes apps developers, technology service providers and the public at large to make use of the open information to unleash more practical applications. Hong Kong Monetary Authority 9 December 2024The world is frightened for a reason Donald Trump’s resounding win in the US elections has frightened the world in a way never seen since the end of the Cold War. In numerous world capitols there is dread and anxiety. In a few cases, there is a sense of exultation too. At home, immigrants and even naturalized US citizens seem worried. In his previous term, Trump left deep divisions and inflicted grievous scars on US society. Racism spiked to unprecedented levels. Such is the fear that Australia’s ambassador to the USA rushed to delete his social media posts criticizing Trump. Trump’s mercurial predisposition, his transactional approach, besides his aversion to a liberal world order, is viewed by analysts as his most worrisome personality trait. His loathing of constitutional and democratic norms, superficial knowledge of international security matters coupled with authoritarian bent, reminds one of the rise of Adolf Hitler in 1933. The two differ only in political creed, Lebensraum (living space) and America First, yet both share an identical state of mind. One need not cite how Hitler’s undisguised ambitions changed the course of world history. Hitler’s propaganda tsar Goebbels once remarked, “Give me resources and I will make the people believe the Devil is God”. Would it be farfetched to surmise that had Hitler not been on the global scene, there would have been no nuclear weapons on the planet? For Trump, climate change is a ‘big hoax’. The world worries if he will honour the Paris agreement this time around. Regardless, the worldwide interest, fear and jubilation produced by Trump’s second win clearly lead to one simple conclusion: the USA is still the ‘most powerful actor in the international system’. This is true in the military, economic and technological sense of the term. China, a peer competitor of the USA, in several ways still lags behind. But Trump will inherit a world different to what it was in his previous tenure. In theatres like Russia- Ukraine and Israel-Lebanon, belligerents show strategic exhaustion. Putin is not likely to be an easy diplomatic win-over by Trump especially, given his recent success on ground against Ukraine. His pre-negotiation condition that Ukraine will not join NATO at any cost may be unacceptable to Europe and to the US establishment. Iran though quite weak had, before now placed its nuclear programme on a fast track after Trump pulled out from JCPOA in his previous term. The Houthis are vibrant with enough potential to imperil international shipping in the Red Sea. Both Hamas and Hezbollah are degraded but far from being demolished. In a most recent rocket barrage fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon, the major Israeli port city of Haifa came under attack. While some rockets were reportedly intercepted mid-air, the attack confirms Hezbollah’s resilience and enduring capacity. Meanwhile, with the US power diluted in three theatres, China stands stronger in the western Pacific than at any other time since the onset of this century. But with a toxically hawkish anti-China nominee, Mark Rubio, as Trump’s Secretary of State, what should one make of the US naval chief’s recent memorandum asking the US navy to be ready for possible war in the Pacific in 2027? In early September this year, Adm Lisa Franchetti, the Chief of Naval Operations US navy, released her seven-goal plan for war. She described her plan while addressing student officers at the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. The goals include, ‘streamlining maintenance for warships and submarines to eliminate delays, a bigger push to develop and field drones and unmanned vessels, and focusing on recruitment and ways to retain personnel’. According to the US naval chief, at the heart of her strategy is, ‘prioritizing raising the US navy level of readiness for potential conflict with China’s PLA navy in 2027’. Year 2027 is projected by US analysts as the time by which China would be militarily strong enough and fully ready to invade Taiwan. The year will fall in Trump’s new watch in White House that begins in January 2025. He will have established himself firmly in office by then. And along with his team Trump would have advanced his agenda at home and abroad. Will Trump reinforce Admiral Franchetti’s plan and push more aggressively against China in the Pacific, or is he likely to backtrack under America First mantra? There may be no easy answers but if Trump’s earlier performance as President and his choice of new team is any measure, China will be the topmost foe; India the foremost strategic ally and without question Israel the greatest beneficiary. For India however, the most difficult act would be managing a further push against China when asked by Trump. India’s economic stakes in Beijing are fairly high and it is yet to recover from its 2020 thrashing in Ladakh. History, old and recent, shows there are limits to military power. In the Middle East Trump’s previous Abraham accords are now in the dustbin of history. No Arab leader is currently in a position to do the US bidding for peace with Israel, unless the issue of Palestine is resolved. In Australia, meanwhile, apprehensions are widespread about the continuity of AUKUS, a technological arrangement between Canberra, London and Washington aimed at equipping Australia with 8 Virgina -class nuclear attack submarines from Washington. Australia fears that under the America First refrain, Trump may annul the agreement on the pretext of arming firstly the US Navy, already short of such submarines. Trump’s philosophy of uninhibited use of US power to upend the world and change the USA domestically will soon bump into ground realities. Mass deportations and use of the military for political purposes is bound to create unimaginable chaos at home. The world meanwhile sits on edge as do millions on the US soil. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );UAE government launches KYC platform for enhanced financial data

If you're in the market for high-quality headphones, check out the on . Currently enjoying a generous 51% discount, these headphones offer a fantastic combination of breakthrough audio technology and user-friendly features. One of the standout attributes of the is its custom acoustic platform that promises rich, immersive sound whether you're listening to your favorite tunes or taking a call. This is complemented by lossless audio through USB-C and three built-in sound profiles to enhance any listening experience. Whether you're an audiophile or just someone who appreciates good sound quality, these features promise a listening experience like no other. The also comes equipped with two distinct listening modes: Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) and Transparency mode. Whether you're in a busy environment and want to drown out the noise, or you're in a situation where being aware of your surroundings is crucial, these headphones give you the flexibility to choose. Compatibility is no issue thanks to seamless one-touch pairing and a robust set of features for both Apple and Android users. With personalized spatial audio, these headphones place you in the heart of a 360-degree soundscape through dynamic head tracking. It's the kind of technology that makes you feel as though you're in the studio hearing the music live. When it comes to practicality, excels. Enjoy up to 40 hours of battery life, which can be further extended with a quick 10-minute Fast Fuel charge, offering up to 4 additional hours of playback. This makes them ideal for long trips or marathon listening sessions. Their user-friendly design includes on-device controls for calls, music, and voice assistant interaction, offering convenience within reach. The wireless Class 1 Bluetooth connection ensures extended range and fewer dropouts, perfect for moving around without losing connectivity. Finally, everything you need comes in the box, including a woven carrying case and essential cables, ensuring your new headphones are protected and always ready for use. Don't miss out on these exceptional headphones available for purchase today on . With impressive features and a significant discount, it's a deal that delivers outstanding value for money.

Kuni Tyessi in Abuja The Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) in its skills qualification framework has revealed that it has targeted 1.5 million Nigerians for digital skills in the year 2025. It says it will achieve this through partnership and collaborations with reputable organisations with high impact on information technology, new digital skills development centres and the provision of support to accredited digital skills training centres. It says betting the targeted number for digital skills, the aim of the 3-day workshop was to validate the newly developed National Occupational Standards which will enable the creations of new digital skills under the Nigerian Skills Qualifications Framework to be awarded by the Council. Speaking yesterday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN)’s Validation Workshop of National Occupational Standards in ICT, the Registrar of the Council, Mr. Muhammed Bello Aliyu, said the new standards were developed to provide competences in over 35 digital skills areas. He said the framework aims at promoting lifelong learning which is necessary to enhance employability and provide quality assurance and recognition that qualifications are relevant to perceived social and economic needs. He added that the Council is setting the pace for a national digital transformation and providing support for innovation and digital economy through education and has taken the burden of bridging the gap created by unavailability of qualitative technical and vocational education. According to him, “Our desire as the awarding body for NSQ-ICT is to ensure that 1.5 million Nigerians acquire digital skills in 2025. This will be achieved through partnerships and collaborations. “The Nigerian Skills Qualifications Framework is a system for the development, classification and recognition of skills, knowledge, understanding and competencies acquired by individuals, irrespective of where and how the training or skill was acquired.” He said it is hoped that candidates who will be trained using the National Occupational Standards will be able to work and develop the local economy as well as be able to outsource opportunities.

Sunday's inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff bracket reveal officially set the stage for the most anticipated postseason the sport has ever seen. Eight more spots in the playoff field have created two extra rounds to determine a national champion, which could come from the Big Ten, the Southeastern Conference or even the Mountain West! Now that the initial matchups are set, it's time to examine the FanDuel odds for the first-round games and, of course, the latest national championship odds. CFP Bracket: Odds for First-Round Games Oregon's win over Penn State in the Big Ten championship locked the Ducks into the No. 1 seed, while Georgia's overtime triumph over Texas for the SEC crown moved the Bulldogs up to No. 2. Boise State slotted in at No. 9 in the final CFP rankings but is the No. 3 seed thanks to its win over UNLV in the Mountain West championship. With SMU losing to Clemson in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game, No. 12-ranked Arizona State is the four seed after it throttled Iowa State to win the Big 12. The top four teams get a bye, with the 5-12 seeds meeting in the first round. 12-seed Clemson (+330) vs. 5-seed Texas (-11.5) Texas was favored to win the SEC and lock down a top-four seed, but Clemson was not expected to beat SMU for the ACC title. The Longhorns will therefore hunt redemption, while Dabo Swinney's team is essentially playing with house money. The winner will face Arizona State in the Peach Bowl. 9-seed Tennessee (+215) vs. 8-seed Ohio State (-7.5) The third-highest-ranked team from the SEC (No. 7 Tennessee) will face off with the third-highest-ranked squad from the Big Ten (No. 6 Ohio State). This game brings the Buckeyes a chance at redemption for their embarrassing loss to Michigan to end the regular season. The winner will travel to the Rose Bowl to play Oregon. 11-seed SMU (+240) vs. 6-seed Penn State (-7.5) Concerns over strength of schedule dog both teams. Both have 11-2 records and were runners-up in their respective conferences. Penn State's only win over a ranked opponent was against then-No. 19 Illinois in Week 4, while SMU has knocked off then-No. 22 Louisville and then-No. 18 Pittsburgh. The winner will meet Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. 10-seed Indiana (+230) vs. 7-seed Notre Dame (-7.5) The Hoosiers may be the biggest surprise in college football this season, although their inclusion came with a few concerns over the strength of their schedule. After falling flat in a potential statement game against then-No. 2 Ohio State on Nov. 23, Indiana can prove its might against a Fighting Irish squad that won its last 10 games. The winner will take on Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. National Championship Odds and Picks Oregon was the betting favorite (odds via FanDuel) prior to the final rankings reveal at +230. Post-reveal, Texas and Georgia are co-favorites at +360, followed by Oregon at +380, Ohio State at +500 and Penn State at +600. Boise State is the biggest long shot at +7500 despite having a first-round bye. Like Boise State, Arizona State saw its odds go from +3500 to +6000 even though it doesn't play until the quarterfinals. The Picks are In... First-Round Best Bet: Indiana-Notre Dame UNDER 51.5-both teams have solid offenses but will find it difficult to move the ball against the other's defense. Upset Special: Clemson (+340) over Texas-Cade Klubnik will have his hands full against the Texas secondary, but the Clemson defense could be up for the challenge against Quinn Ewers and the Longhorns offense. National Championship Winner: Favorite-Oregon +380; Dark Horse-Notre Dame +1200; Long Shot-Arizona State +6000 --Field Level Media

In a legal filing, Google said a DOJ proposal to break up the company was too extreme, and it offered alternatives to address its Search monopoly abuse. “Consumers and advertisers have benefited for decades from extraordinary innovations and product improvements to Google’s search engine and search advertising auction technologies,” . “[And] remarkable artificial intelligence innovations are rapidly changing how people interact with many online products and services, including search engines.” Sign up for our new free newsletter to get three time-saving tips each Friday — get free copies of Paul Thurrott's Windows 11 and Windows 10 Field Guides (normally $9.99) as a special welcome gift! , with U.S. district court judge Amit Mehta finding its Search monopoly to be illegal because of anticompetitive agreements with companies like Apple and Mozilla. The Judge later said for its crimes. And he asked the plaintiffs in the case–the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and 17 U.S. states–and Google, to issue remedy proposals for him to consider. Those proposals should consider the growing impact of AI to ensure that Google doesn’t find a new way to abuse its Search monopoly. . The most noteworthy recommendations include forcing Google to divest itself of the Chrome web browser and possibly the Android mobile OS, and to end its illegal agreements with Apple and Mozilla. Google’s recommendations are predictably tamer, and they don’t address every DOJ proposal. Google recommends the following. What could change is that these deals are not exclusive: These companies could still partner with others, and be paid for similar arrangements. “The Court did not find that Google’s payment for would have been anticompetitive or otherwise unlawful,” Google’s filing says. (Emphasis mine.) This would allow Google to “compete on merits.” Today, when hardware makers license Android, they are required to also license Google Search if they bundle the Play Store and a default set of Google apps on the devices. Google proposes a small change to that licensing, or what it calls “additional licensing flexibility.” In short, companies could license the Play Store and Google’s bundled apps, Search, and/or Chrome separately. Google would still be able to compete with other search engines to be the default on devices. To address growing concerns about generative AI and potential further abuses, Google would not require those who license Android or its now-optional other products and services to also bundle its Gemini “assistant chatbot.” And it would not prevent partners from bundling competing AI assistive chatbots, including those that might be positioned as search alternatives. The DOJ and the states recommended a period of 10 years. “Extreme remedies are discouraged,” . “We don’t propose these changes lightly. They would come at a cost to our partners by regulating how they must go about picking the best search engine for their customers. And they would impose burdensome restrictions and oversight over contracts that have reduced prices for devices and supported innovation in rival browsers, both of which have been good for consumers. But we believe that they fully address the Court’s findings, and do so without putting Americans’ privacy and security at risk or harming America’s global technology leadership.” Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with 30 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. He is the owner of and the host of three tech podcasts: with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell, , and with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows from 1999 to 2014 and the Major Domo of Thurrott.com while at BWW Media Group from 2015 to 2023. You can reach Paul via , or . Join the crowd where the love of tech is real - become a Thurrott Premium Member today! Sign up for our new free newsletter to get three time-saving tips each FridayALAN MENDOZA: Kemi Badenoch's speech was brave and serious - and one so many Britons will agree with

Steelers WR George Pickens returns to practice, hopeful to play against Chiefs