European Union slams Google with another €1.5 billion anti-trust fine

The European Union has slammed Google with another big antitrust fine, the third in a series of billion-dollar penalties the US tech giant has faced for hindering competition.  

The European Commission on Wednesday ordered Google to pay €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) for abusing its dominant position in online search advertising.

"Google has cemented its dominance in online search adverts and shielded itself from competitive pressure by imposing anti-competitive contractual restrictions on third-party websites," Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a statement.

The tech company has now been fined €8.2 billion ($9.3 billion) in total by Europe over the past three years. EU regulators have taken a much more robust approach to Big Tech companies than their US counterparts, especially when it comes to competition, data protection and tax issues. Google (GOOGL) has already been fined in two previous EU antitrust cases.

The Commission ordered the company to pay €4.34 billion ($4.9 billion) in July 2018 for unfairly pushing its apps on smartphone users and thwarting competitors. In 2017, it imposed a €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion) fine on Google for using its search engine to steer consumers to its own shopping platform.

The company said in a blog post Tuesday that it was making further changes to its service based on "feedback" from the European Commission. It has started testing a new format that provides users with direct links to comparison shopping sites. It will also ask new and existing Android users in Europe which browser they'd like to use.

Egyptian football legend Mido faces flogging in Saudi Arabia after insulting a fan on Twitter

Egyptian football legend and former Tottenham striker, Mido, may likely face ten strokes of the cane in Saudi Arabia after being accused of insulting a fan on social media.

The 36-year-old has since been sacked as coach of club Al-Wehda after abusing the supporter on social media, sources said.

Trouble started after a fan wrote to him on social media after Al-Wehda’s latest 4-0 defeat to rivals Al-Nassrin the Saudi league.

A supporter wrote online: “Please, resign from your rule as Al Wehda coach, we understand your coaching style, but it is not helpful, it is better for you to be pundit, your words is good, but as coach you are not so well.”

Mido allegedly replied: “pu**y of your aunt’s mother”.

Alex Rodriguez's ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis says she is 'happy' for him after his engagement to Jennifer Lopez

There are no hard feelings between Alex Rodriguez and his ex-wife, Cynthia Scurtis, as she has given her blessing following his engagement to singer Jennifer Lopez.

The baseball star's former spouse who he split from in 2008 told RadarOnline, she said: 'I'm happy for them. Other than that I have no comment.'

Cynthia who remained friends with Alex for the sake of their two daughters - 10-year-old Ella and Natasha, 14 after their split previously revealed on Nightline: 'From the beginning, we always put the kids first so that they will grow and have emotional wellness and not feel a lot of the tugging that you feel sometimes happens in families that are divorced.'

David and Victoria Beckham's 16-year-old son Romeo is 'dating' actress Millie Bobby Brown, 15.

Romeo Beckham, the second son of famous couple David and Victoria Beckham is reportedly dating English actress and model, Millie Bobby Brown.

The 16-year-old tennis hopeful is said to have met the 'Stranger Things' actress, 15, at Unicef's 70th-anniversary gala in 2016, and immediately the pair got attached to each other.

Now the pair are reported to have started dating, with a source telling The Sun it's 'early days' for the duo and Victoria Beckham is a fan of Millie. 

The insider revealed: 'It's early days but they make a very sweet couple. Posh has given it the seal of approval as she is a big fan of Millie's.'

Primary school teacher filmed herself sexually abusing her son and sent it to her boyfriend

A primary school teacher has been accused of filming herself sexually abusing her son and sending the footage to her then-boyfriend.

Audra Mabel, 34, was a teacher at a kindergarten in Michigan when she allegedly sent sexually explicit videos to Justin Ritchie. Justin Ritchie also sexually assaulted his daughter.

The couple were discovered after Ritchie was accused of sexually assaulting his daughter. Authorities seized Ritchie's laptop and found the videos Audra sent to him on his laptop.

Man who always finds his shed arranged is shocked when a hidden camera shows it's a mouse that comes out every night to arrange it (video)

A man who always finds his garden shed arranged every morning was shocked when he found out it is a tiny mouse that has been tidying up.

Stephen Mckears, 72, noticed things moving in his shed in Severn Beach, South Gloucester a month ago. He would empty a plastic tub of metals onto his work bench but when he returns in the morning, he'll find that the metals have been placed back in the tub.

The retired electrician first saw plastic clips appear in an old ice cream tub filled with peanuts which he keeps to feed the birds. And each night more objects began to accumulate.

Questioning his sanity, Mr Mckears emptied the tub, scattering the nuts and bolts across his shed, only to discover the mess had been cleaned by the morning.

After weeks of finding large screws, plastic leads, nuts and bolts neatly filed away, he decided to set up a hidden camera to uncover the mystery guest.

Children’s Museum in Indianapolis removes Michael Jackson items from collection

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has reportedly removed three Michael Jackson items from exhibits in light of the allegations made in the documentary Leaving Neverland. 

The documentary features lengthy testimony from Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who claim they were sexually abused by Jackson when they were children. But Jackson’s estate has denied all of the allegations in the documentary and accused Robson and Safechuck of being “opportunists” and “liars”.

The Indianapolis Star reports a fedora and glove Jackson wore onstage and a Jackson poster are no longer on display at the museum.

Chris Carron, the museum’s director of collections, says it wants items on display to tell stories of “people of high character.”

Heavily pregnant Jessica Simpson shows off her very large bump in a bikini photo

American singer and actress, Jessica Simpson who is due to welcome her third child anytime from now, took to her Instagram to share this revealing pregnancy photo of herself flaunting her very large baby bump while clad in a bikini.

The 38-year-old captioned the photograph: 'Jess-tation'.

Jessica is expecting the child with her husband, retired NFL player Eric Johnson.