E-Commerce
Amazon Found to Be Violating European Union’s Antitrust Laws
In a preliminary finding, Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission's head of competition policy, said Amazon was using non-public data to undermine competitors.
Shopping Sucks Now
The internet has created a tyranny of perfect information, so there is more to know about which thing is the right thing to buy than any human can comprehend.
Wayfair Is Profiting from Immigration Detention, So I'm Walking Out
Honestly, we did not think this would go all across the internet.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba goes offline with new supermarkets
Chinese consumers don’t seem to mind that Alibaba’s new supermarkets collect more data than ever
Amazon and Walmart have started an online shopping war for the Indian holiday season
Online shopping is becoming a new Indian holiday tradition, thanks to American corporations.
The VICE Morning Bulletin
Mount Agung is still on the verge of erupting, the trial of Kim Jong Nam's alleged assassins enters its first week, and a teenage girl spent 17 days with a needle in her digestive tract.
The VICE Morning Bulletin
Threats of Mt. Agung have left villages abandoned, Catalonia is close to separating from Spain, Yahoo discovered 3 billion accounts were hit in a hack, and more.
Dispensary owners are already fighting Ontario’s rules on legal weed
The province has vowed to eliminate all dispensaries by next year
The First-Ever Amazon Drone Deliveries Have Begun
The delivery, touted by Jeff Bezos, took place in the UK.