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Google Faces $24.5bn Damages Claims in UK and Dutch Courts Over Adtech Practices

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Big Tech and the authorities in Europe and the UK continue their antitrust squabbles that have cost the companies billions of dollars in fines.

Alphabet’s company Google has once again been caught in the web that it has been in many times before. The tech giant will face damages claims for up to 25 billion euros ($25.4 billion) over its digital advertising practices in two suits to be filed in British and Dutch courts, Reuters reports.

The suits, which will be filed in the coming weeks, were being instituted on behalf of publishers. The lawsuits are being funded by litigation funder Harbour.

Tech companies and the authorities have been in loggerhead over the use of publishers’ contents in Europe and Australia. The bone of contention has been about tech platforms using publishers’ contents to serve ads without paying them.

But now, both the UK and EU authorities are taking on Google over alleged abuse of its dominance in the advertising industry. The US-based company has been on the radar of antitrust regulators recently following complaints from publishers over Google’s adtech.

Last year, the French competition watchdog imposed a 220-million-euro fine on Google while the European Commission and its UK peer are investigating whether Google’s adtech business gives it an unfair advantage over rivals and advertisers.

“It is time that Google owns up to its responsibilities and pays back the damages it has caused to this important industry. That is why today we are announcing these actions across two jurisdictions to obtain compensation for EU and UK publishers,” Damien Geradin at law firm Geradin Partners said in a statement on Tuesday.

Having been here before, Google tried to exonerate itself from the allegation. Reuters reports that the company criticized the imminent lawsuits, saying that it works constructively with publishers across Europe.

“This lawsuit is speculative and opportunistic. When we receive the complaint, we’ll fight it vigorously,” a spokesperson said.

The report added that the British claim at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal will seek to recover compensation for all owners of websites carrying banner advertising, including traditional publishers while the Dutch claim is open to publishers affected by Google’s actions.

Britain has an opt-out regime.

If both the UK and Dutch courts follow France’s precedent, Google will be adding another heavy one to its antitrust fines collections.

Big Eyes Coin Offers 1000x Gain and a Stronger Community Than Avalanche and Quant

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Community is core to the growth and prosperity of any business or organization. For cryptocurrencies, it is the same way. Without the users, the token and network are useless. To this end, Big Eyes Coin (BIG) ensures that its users are always contacted and considered before any action is made. In addition, users enjoy NFT events, token giveaways, and rewards and boast of being part of the top 10 NFTs.

Want to Own Cute Stuff? Join the Big Eyes Community; Transactions are Taxless!

Big Eyes (BIG) token is the native cryptocurrency of Big Eyes, a decentralized platform that intends to move wealth into the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystem through a new means. Big Eyes also aims to conserve the oceans and their inhabitants as they are integral components of the world’s ecosystem. Big Eyes Coin (BIG) is designated to transform the meme coin and crypto industries. Crypto enthusiasts who own and stake Big Eyes (BIG) tokens relish an exceptional tax system, a taxless transaction.  The marketing wallet, auto burn functions, and LP acquisition are alternatives to taxes.

The Big Eyes network hopes to expand its tiers in the NFT sector. It expects to achieve this by ensuring that its NFT projects are featured among the top 10 NFTs in the crypto market. Likewise, Big Eyes is building an exceptional NFT Sushi Crew Club developed to enable holders of the Big Eyes (BIG) token to exploit the best reward and buy the most promising NFTs. Members of the club are often regarded as people who love to own cute stuff (profits, NFTs, community, etc.). Moreover, these NFT events and several contests are to be hosted by the Big Eyes platform. This will increase participation and quicken the growth of the platform. For instance, users will be given the right to decide if the profits from NFT events will be burned.

In addition, during NFT events, art consumers and merchants will have the opportunity to engage in social relations that will benefit both the Big Eyes community and the network. Participation and interest in the Big Eyes community are vital to the network’s growth. Therefore, users will merit constant awards of tokens, NFT giveaways, and other prizes to ensure that participation and interest stay intact.

With Avalanche, Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ensure Scalability and Security

The Avalanche (AVAX) cryptocurrency is the native coin of Avalanche, an open-source network invented for setting up decentralized applications and enterprise blockchain. These are deployed in a single interoperable ecosystem with quality scalability. With its Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mechanism, Avalanche (AVAX) tokens staked by users make it possible to ensure scalability, security and perform smart contracts.

Owners and users of Avalanche (AVAX) tokens enjoy the network’s ability to allow more than 4,500 transactions every second and complete transactions in less than two seconds. Avalanche (AVAX) has a total supply of 720 million tokens and a circulating supply of about 250 million tokens.

Quant Can Supply Quality Virtual Access to Specific Services

Quant (QNT) is the Ethereum-based token that powers the Quant network. Quant (QNT) tokens are used to supply quality virtual access to a specific service or any application that is a part of the Quant network. This access is open to both the designers and users. The number of Quant (QNT) tokens and the access fee will emanate from the fixed fiat currency. Basing the worth of access fees on fiat values could permit the inventors to hold more supple amounts of Quant (QNT) tokens since the price is liable to fluctuate based on the fiat. The maximum supply is recorded as 14.6 million. However, the total supply of Quant (QNT) tokens is 14.6 million, while the circulating supply is about 12 million Quant (QNT) tokens.

Avalanche (AVAX) and Quant (QNT) have made great names for themselves in the crypto market. They have offered users valuable and have as well as added to the expansion of Decentralized Finance (DeFi). However, neither of them can boast of being as community-driven as Big Eyes Coin (BIG).

For more information, check out the following links.

Website: https://bigeyes.space/

Telegram: https://t.me/BIGEYESOFFICIAL

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BigEyesCoin

 

Are You Looking For Exponential Gains In Your Crypto Portfolio? Binance Coin, Big Eyes And ApeCoin Are The Tokens For You

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Cryptocurrencies have changed the financial landscape because they give investors freedom from the constraints imposed by conventional fiat currencies.

Due to the uniqueness of the cryptocurrency industry and community, each coin goes through its own cycle of success and failure. In the current cryptocurrency market, meme coins are popular. Online puns and humour are the foundation of digital currency. Despite the fact that their logos seem amusing, they are and can be a wise business move.

Will Binance Coin (BNB) Maintain Its Spot As The Fifth Biggest Cryptocurrency?

Launched in 2017 Binance Coin (BNB) is one of the most successful coins alongside the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Having started as a Bitcoin or Ethereum token (ICO), the coin has had massive success. To many people’s surprise, the coin was worth $0.10 meaning that if you bought the coin back then you would have gotten 10,000 BNB. At the time of writing the coin is worth a staggering $47 billion.  Developers have the ability to build their own projects on the platform while using smart contracts. Although BSC launched only in September 2020, it has gained large traction due to the faster and cheaper transactions it offers unlike competitor Ethereum (ETH).

Don’t Miss Out On Big Eyes’s Presale

You may have recently heard of Big Eyes and be wondering what the hype is all about.  The Big Eyes Community will most likely revolutionise the crypt world with its fun and upbeat anime spirit.

Big Eyes Coin (BIG) wants to achieve self-sufficiency while also making a significant contribution to the growth of the emerging Decentralized Financial (DeFi) system. The non-fungible tokens (NFTs) included within the Big Eyes Coin (BIG), which runs on the Ethereum blockchain, can be used by users and holders to gain access to extremely valuable events. This design would considerably improve the platform’s market performance and attract a lot of new users.

The decentralisation of money and blockchain technology, according to the Big Eyes Coin, won’t advance in secret. This can only be accomplished through interaction and information exchange. Big Eyes Coin (BIG)  thinks that in order to advance, these concepts need to be publicly expressed.

With a total supply of 200 billion BIG tokens, the project’s staff has thoughtfully designed a means for each cat lover, meme fan, and cryptocurrency user to receive a reasonable number of tokens. But setting a limit and releasing a set number each year will stop any overproduction and token depreciation issues.

The token is not liable for sales tax and is not subject to purchasing tax. Additionally, a sizable portion is set away for charity, with owners having the ability to see it.

What Has Caused ApeCoin’s (APE) Rise?

The price of ApeCoin (APE) increased by 16.25 percent to $5.18 on the last day. This maintains the upward trajectory it has been on for the previous week, rising 9.0% from $4.81 to the present price. The current all-time high for the coin is $26.70.

While the recent price movement of APE is likely being driven by some project-related news, it can also be considered as a part of a broader market recovery that lifted the price of Bitcoin (BTC)  beyond $20,000 earlier on Friday.

Recent recommendations from the Ape Foundation for a new election procedure for the project’s decentralised autonomous structure (DAO) were released.

If adopted, the recommendations would change the election procedure so that a council member’s seat would be up for election once every three months.

To learn more about the Big Eyes community, make sure to click on the links down below.

Big Eyes Coin (BIG)

Presale: https://buy.bigeyes.space/

Website: https://bigeyes.space/

Telegram: https://t.me/BIGEYESOFFICIAL

Nigerian IT Firm, Conclase, Launches Academy To Train 5,000 People In Tech

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Conclase, a Nigerian tech startup that provides end-to-end staffing services with a focus on IT staff augmentation service, has launched an academy that seeks to develop 5,000 people to become tech experts within the next five years.

The firm expressed concern over the shortage of tech experts in the country adding that Nigeria has an abysmally low number of about 85,000 technology experts out of its over 200 million population.

With the myriad of problems ravaging the country from insecurity, unemployment, corruption, etc, Nigeria has been struggling in the past decade to keep its citizens as they aggressively continue to migrate in droves, in search of greener pastures.

Conclase noted that the effect of this trend has taken a negative toll on the country, especially in the area of shortage of tech experts, which is contributing to why Nigeria has been sliding into the path of poverty and a slow economic pace.

In a bid to bridge this gap and ensure that there is little or no shortage of tech talent in the country, the firm has launched an academy to develop 5,000 people within the next five years.

Mr. Adeposi Bamiduro, the firm’s Chief Executive Officer, while speaking at an ICT seminar held in Ado Ekiti, at the weekend, explained that the Conclase Academy Tech School, launched on September 5, 2022, was borne out of the shortage of skilled developers available in the technology space.

He disclosed that the technology school was specifically designed to help new entrants learn in-demand technology skills and support upskilling moves of established software engineers in the country.

The CEO stated that the application for Conclase Academy is open to people looking to acquire skills in Flutter, React, Software Quality Assurance, Dotnet, and Product Design, with students guaranteed internship placements and opportunities for job placements on completion of their programs.

Bamiduro said: “A report by Korn Ferry predicts that by 2030, there will be as many as 85 million unfilled tech roles, translating to over $8 trillion lost revenue annually across the globe.

The launch of Conclase Academy and its online Learning Management System will make it possible for learners to connect and learn from anywhere via www.conclaseacademy.com”.

“Conclase is not new to the technology talent market and the shortages that exist, as we help companies like Zenith Bank, Fidelity Bank, 7Up Bottling Company, GIG Group, Kenya’s Equity Bank, and FCMB, among others, hire technology talents for their teams and projects.

“Through Conclase Academy, we intend to bridge the talent gap and help as many as 500 people learn a programming language affordably before the end of 2022. A total of 5,000 to be trained in five years.

“Conclase Academy has previously graduated two batches of developers in Dotnet, Flutter, Software Quality Assurance, Product Design, and Angular using a fully on-site learning model at the Conclase Technology Hub in Lagos.”

You are entitled to a lawyer free of charge

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You must have heard the rhythmic cliché which is always recited by law enforcement agents whenever they are making an arrest or detaining a suspected criminal: “(You have the right to remain silent because anything you say will be used against you in the court of law) and you have a right to an attorney, if you cannot afford one the government will provide one for you”.

This phrase got its root in the United States as it was provided in the 5th and 6th Amendments of the constitution of the United States and it was first applied judicially in 1963 in the landmark case of Clarence E Gideon V. Louie L. WainWright (popularly cited as Gideon v.Wainwright) 372 U.S. 335 (1963). 

In this case,  Clarence Earl Gideon was arrested and charged in court on the count of robbing a bar in Florida, USA. He was unable to afford a lawyer to represent him in court during the trial. He wrote to the state requesting to be provided a lawyer at no cost to represent him in court since he cannot afford one but his request was turned down.

The case went up to the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Court ruled that every individual is entitled to a lawyer, it’s part of the fundamental human rights a person enjoys for being a citizen of the state as it has been provided for in the 5th and 6th Amendments of the United States constitution. This decision underscores the importance of having a competent legal representative, so for an individual facing serious charges, seeking a felony criminal lawyer can ensure that one’s rights are protected.

This principle of a citizen being entitled to a legal representation at no cost if that citizen cannot afford one especially when the person is facing trial for criminal charges has been adopted in Nigeria.

Under Section 36(6(c) of the constitution of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, it is provided that a  person who is facing criminal trial is entitled to either represent himself or be represented by a legal practitioner.

Subsequently, if an accused lacks the legal expertise to represent himself in a criminal trial and cannot afford to hire a lawyer, the state is obligated to provide him with a lawyer at no cost to him.