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Amazon Will Cough Up $2.5 Billion for 'Tricking' People Into Amazon Prime Subscriptions
CNET· 2025-09-26 18:24
On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Amazon began what was expected to be a lengthy trial. By Thursday, Amazon agreed to a whopping $2.5 billion settlement for misleading customers who signed up for Amazon Prime.The FTC said $1.5 billion will go into a fund to repay eligible subscribers, with the remaining $1 billion collected as a civil penalty. The settlement requires Amazon to add a "clear and conspicuous" option to decline Prime during checkout and to simplify the cancellation proce ...
Amazon Agrees to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit Claiming It 'Tricked' Customers to Join Prime
CNET· 2025-09-25 19:54
Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission over claims that it tricked millions of people into signing up for Prime, its paid subscription service, and made cancellation too difficult. The FTC said $1.5 billion will go into a fund to repay eligible subscribers, with the remaining $1 billion as a civil penalty. The settlement requires Amazon to add a "clear and conspicuous" option to decline Prime during checkout and to simplify the cancellation process."Amazo ...
Disney Plus, Hulu and ESPN Streaming Service Subscriptions Are About to Cost More
CNET· 2025-09-23 19:58
核心观点 - 迪士尼将于2025年10月21日起实施新一轮流媒体服务价格上调 覆盖独立订阅套餐及捆绑套餐[1][2] - 价格调整后迪士尼点播流服务价格与Peacock、Apple TV Plus及HBO Max持平 直播电视服务价格显著高于YouTube TV并与有线电视套餐相当[5] 价格调整详情 - Disney Plus Premium、Hulu、ESPN Select传统捆绑套餐月费从22美元增至25美元[3] - Hulu Plus Live TV传统套餐月费从88美元增至95美元[3] - 含广告版Disney Plus月费定为12美元 无广告版定为19美元[5] - Disney Plus与Hulu捆绑套餐含广告版月费11美元[5] - 三平台捆绑套餐(Disney Plus、Hulu、ESPN Select)含广告版月费20美元 无广告版30美元[5] - 新增Disney Plus、Hulu、HBO Max捆绑套餐含广告版20美元 无广告版33美元[5] - Hulu Plus Live TV基础套餐含广告版89美元 含点播服务套餐无广告版100美元[5] 未调整项目 - Hulu无广告套餐保持原价[3] - 无广告版Disney Duo捆绑套餐保持原价[3] - 含ESPN Unlimited的新捆绑套餐保持原价[3] 行业动态 - 奈飞、Peacock和Apple TV Plus本年均已实施涨价[5] - Warner Bros Discovery高管明确表示HBO Max即将涨价[5] - 迪士尼本次涨价与去年2024年10月的价格调整保持年度同步节奏[1]
Nvidia Invests in OpenAI With $100 Billion to Build Out More AI Data Centers
CNET· 2025-09-23 13:47
OpenAI and Nvidia have struck one of the biggest partnerships in AI, with Nvidia pledging to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI while supplying the compute power needed to build the company's next generation of models.The deal, announced Monday in a letter of intent, calls for OpenAI to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems for AI data centers over the coming years. The first phase, one gigawatt, is scheduled for the second half of 2026 on Nvidia's upcoming Vera Rubin platform, named for the late ...
Nvidia Invests in OpenAI With $100 Billion AI Infrastructure Deal
CNET· 2025-09-22 21:55
OpenAI and Nvidia have struck one of the biggest partnerships in AI, with Nvidia pledging to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI while supplying the compute power needed to build the company's next generation of models.The deal, announced Monday in a letter of intent, calls for OpenAI to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems over the coming years. The first phase, one gigawatt, is scheduled for the second half of 2026 on Nvidia's upcoming Vera Rubin platform, named for the late dark-matter astronom ...
T-Mobile's Mike Sievert to Become Un-CEO: Srini Gopalan Takes Over Nov. 1
CNET· 2025-09-22 20:43
T-Mobile announced today that CEO Mike Sievert will step down effective Nov. 1 and be replaced by current Chief Operating Officer Srini Gopalan. Sievert will continue with the company as vice chairman and also serve on its board of directors. The announcement comes as T-Mobile is soaring in the mobile marketplace. A CEO shift often indicates problems for a company, but in this case, all outward signs point to an orderly, planned succession. It should have little impact on T-Mobile customers, but time will t ...
Tesla Plans to Redesign Door Handles That Could Trap Passengers in Cars
CNET· 2025-09-18 18:03
Table of Contents Tesla Plans to Redesign Door Handles That Could Trap Passengers in Cars Tesla's design chief says the company is planning to redesign interior door handles on its vehicles to combine powered and manual releases. However, the designer, Franz von Holzhausen, stopped short of addressing a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation into complaints that outside handles on some Tesla vehicles lose power and can trap occupants, particularly children, inside. Holzhausen made re ...
Remember That TikTok Ban? This Week's Deadline Brings Talk of a Deal
CNET· 2025-09-16 20:28
As talks about TikTok's fate in the US pushed up against an imminent deadline, President Donald Trump has moved the target date yet again.An executive order issued Tuesday by the White House, titled "Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Ban," sets Dec. 16 as the new date through which the Justice Department will refrain from enforcing a law that could have shut down the wildly popular social media app in the US.That delay comes amid reports that the US and Chinese governments have moved closer to a deal ...
Amazon Set to Unveil Upgraded Home and Entertainment Hardware Later This Month
CNET· 2025-09-15 15:43
Katie Collins Principal WriterKatie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's European correspondent, covering tech policy and Big Tech in the EU and UK. Unofficially, she serves as CNET's Taylor Swift correspondent. You can also find her writing about tech for good, ethics and human rights, the climate crisis, robots, travel and digital culture. She was once described a "living synth" by London's Evening Standard for having a microchip injected into her hand. ...
DOJ Sues Uber Over Allegations of Refusing Service to Disabled Customers
CNET· 2025-09-12 16:26
司法诉讼指控 - 美国司法部四年内第二次起诉公司 指控其网约车服务歧视残疾乘客 包括拒绝服务动物用户和可折叠轮椅使用者[1] - 诉讼指控公司对服务动物相关清洁收取附加费 并对被拒服务的残疾乘客收取取消费用[1] - 诉讼称司机存在侮辱残疾人士 提出不当问题等行为[2] 公司回应措施 - 公司声明强调对使用导盲犬等辅助设备乘客的零容忍政策 否认司法部指控[3] - 公司要求所有司机签署美国服务动物政策 对违规行为采取包括永久封号在内的果断行动[3] - 公司投资技术培训和专用报告渠道 包括24/7服务动物拒载热线 并设有专门投诉页面[4] 历史诉讼记录 - 2021年司法部曾起诉公司向需要更多时间上车的残疾乘客收取等待时间费 该诉讼于2022年达成和解[5] - 公司今年还面临联邦贸易委员会起诉 被指控其Uber One订阅服务存在欺骗性定价行为[5]