Technology
Amazon Accused by US Lawmakers of Possibly Lying About Its Practices to Congress
Five members of the US House Judiciary committee wrote to Amazon’s CEO on Sunday, accusing the company’s executives, including founder Jeff Bezos, of either misleading Congress or possibly lying to Congress about Amazon’s business practices.
The letter also pointed out that the committee is considering “whether a referral of this matter to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation is appropriate.” This letter was written after being sent to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy last week. The survey revealed that the company has carried out systematic activities to copy products and manipulate search results in India to promote its Private label sales-Amazon denies the practice of participating. In July, a long-time Amazon executive succeeded Bezos.
The letter stated that the “credible reports” in recent articles by Reuters and several other news media “directly contradict the sworn testimony and statements of Amazon executives-including former CEO Jeffrey Bezos . “At best, this reporting confirms that Amazon’s representatives misled the Committee. At worst, it demonstrates that they may have lied to Congress in possible violation of federal criminal law,” the letter said. In response, an Amazon spokesperson issued a statement saying:
“Amazon and its executives did not mislead the committee, and we have denied and sought to correct the record on the inaccurate media articles in question.”
It added: “As we have previously stated, we have an internal policy, which goes beyond that of any other retailer’s policy that we’re aware of, that prohibits the use of individual seller data to develop Amazon private label products. We investigate any allegations that this policy may have been violated and take appropriate action.” Since 2019, the House Judiciary Committee has been investigating competition in the digital marketplace, including how Amazon uses proprietary seller data on its platform and whether the company unfairly favors its products.
Bezos stated in a sworn testimony to the Antitrust Subcommittee of the Judicial Committee last year that the company prohibits its employees from using individual seller data to benefit its own-brand product line. At another hearing in 2019, Amazon’s deputy general counsel Nate Sutton testified that the company will not use such data to create its own branded products or change its search results to benefit them. In a congressional hearing in 2019, when asked whether Amazon will change its algorithm to direct consumers to its own products, Sutton replied: The algorithms are optimized to predict what customers want to buy regardless of the seller.”
The letter from the legislator provided Jassy with a “last opportunity” to provide evidence to corroborate the company’s previous testimonies and statements.
News Source : Gadgets 360
Hollywood
Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025
Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.
Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)
Tom signs Nolan’s next
This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.
Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).
Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.
Tom’s busy schedule
Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.
As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.
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