"The agreement, pending approval by Judge James Donato, builds on a prior injunction that required Google to allow rival app stores within its Play Store and prohibited the mandatory use of Google Play Billing. While those earlier measures were limited to the US and set to expire after three years, the new proposal extends globally through June 2032 and introduces a framework for "Registered App Stores" with reduced fees and easier installation."
"Amazon asserts that despite repeated warnings, Perplexity continued its practices, accusing the company of digital trespassing and calling for an immediate halt to what it described as misconduct. According to Amazon, "Perplexity is not allowed to go where it has been expressly told it cannot; that Perplexity's trespass involves code rather than a lockpick makes it no less unlawful." Amazon has demanded that Perplexity block its Comet AI agent from shopping on the platform."
Amazon filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI alleging the startup's Comet AI unlawfully accessed customer accounts and masked bot-driven activity as human interaction. The complaint alleges Perplexity's software bypassed Amazon's safeguards, posed risks to user data, and undermined the integrity of the shopping experience, and that those practices continued despite repeated warnings. Amazon accuses Perplexity of digital trespassing and has demanded that the company block its Comet AI agent from shopping on the platform. Epic Games and Google reached a proposed settlement that would extend global app-store concessions through June 2032 and introduce a framework for "Registered App Stores" with reduced fees and easier installation. People Inc. signed an AI deal with Microsoft amid a traffic drop.
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