The group have all said that they were inspired by the first moon landing in 1969, when the US beat the Soviet Union in the space race, and had previously said how much it would mean for each to win the ‘new space race’.

The states, led by Utah, New York, North Carolina and Tennessee, argue that Google has generated “enormous profit margins” from the Play Store by engaging in illegal tactics to preserve monopolies in selling Android apps and in-app goods.

Sir Richard Branson (left) has thanked Elon Musk (right) for being ‘typically supportive’ as the Virgin Galactic boss counts down the hours to becoming world’s first billionaire to blast into space on Sunday’s historic flight 

Eloise Head, who became a social media sensation during the first Covid lockdown by posting videos of desserts on her now-viral food blog, FitWaffle Kitchen, makes the cake with butter, sugar, flour, eggs and cocoa powder.

WASHINGTON/OAKLAND, Calif., July 7 (Reuters) – Thirty-seven U.S.
state and district attorneys general sued Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday, alleging that it bought off competitors and used restrictive contracts to unlawfully maintain a monopoly for its app store on Android phones.

The plaintiffs, which include California and the District of Columbia, also say Google has unlawfully mandated that some apps use the company’s payment tools and give Google as much as 30% of digital goods sales.

It’s unclear which posts about the LGBTQ+ community Google was referring to, but an archived version of Bobb’s blog shows he had posted on the topic. Google didn’t respond to a request for clarification. 

In 2018, Amazon selected two cities for its massive HQ2 expansion project, Long Island City and Arlington. However, public response in New York quickly , and Amazon canceled its plans to build a new campus in the city. 

Sir Richard soon posted a light-hearted reply that read: ‘Thanks for being so typically supportive and such a good friend, Elon. Great to be opening up space for all – safe travels and see you at Spaceport America!’ 

“We unequivocally condemn the past writings by a member of our diversity team that are causing deep offense and pain to members of our Jewish community and our LGBTQ+ community,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement about Bobb’s blog posts, which have since been deleted. “These writings are unquestionably hurtful. The author acknowledges this and has apologized.”

Bobb apologized in a note sent to a Google employee resource group for Jewish staffers. “What I wrote crudely characterized the entire Jewish community,” he wrote in an email, which was viewed by CNET. “What was intended as a critique of particular military action fed into antisemitic tropes and prejudice.”

In a 2007 blog post titled “If I were a Jew,” Bobb described how he thought Jewish people should feel about Israeli actions in Lebanon and Palestinian territories. “If I were a Jew I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing in defense of myself,” he wrote.

The Arlington site is known as PenPlace and sits just outside of Washington DC. It’ll include shops and restaurants, as well as more than 2.5 acres of public use space that’ll feature an amphitheater, dog park and forest grove, Amazon said. 

The Helix was designed by NBBJ, the same architecture firm that designed the “Spheres” at Amazon’s Seattle campus. It’ll sit alongside three new 22-story buildings that’ll provide office space for the 25,000 employees Amazon plans to accommodate at HQ2. The company said the Helix will host an artist-in-residence program and be open to the public on some weekends. 

The states alleged that Google bought off developers so they would not support competing app stores, and that through numerous secret projects it intended to pay Samsung Electronics Co, whose rival app store posed the biggest threat, to stop competing.

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They also called for civil penalties and a court-imposed monitor to ensure Google eases the process for consumers, app developers and smartphone makers to use or promote alternatives to the Play Store and the official payment system for 20 years. In addition, the states seek to stop Google’s payments to Samsung and developers.

state that began in September 2019 and have already resulted in three other lawsuits against the company. The cases threaten to force major changes to how it generates billions of dollars in revenue across its businesses, including advertising, in-app purchases and smart home gadgets.

“Google Play is not fair play,” Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes said in a statement. “It must stop using its monopolistic power and hyper-dominant market position to unlawfully leverage billions of added dollars from smaller companies, competitors and consumers beyond what should be paid.”