诉讼与和解核心 - 公司同意支付25亿美元达成和解 以了结联邦贸易委员会关于其误导客户注册Prime会员的诉讼[1] - 和解金中15亿美元将用于建立基金以偿还符合条件的订阅用户 另外10亿美元作为民事罚款被收取[2] - 公司被要求在结账过程中添加“清晰且醒目”的选项以拒绝Prime订阅 并简化取消流程[2] 公司立场与业务背景 - 公司否认存在不当行为 表示其高管始终遵守法律 和解使公司能够继续专注于为客户创新[3] - 和解消息发布之际 公司正为其秋季主要购物活动Prime大促日做准备 希望将诉讼抛诸脑后[4] - 联邦贸易委员会指控公司使用被称为“暗黑模式”的操纵性、欺骗性用户界面设计 诱骗消费者注册自动续费的Prime订阅[5][6] 赔偿资格与流程 - 赔偿资格限于在2019年6月23日至2025年6月23日期间注册Amazon Prime的客户[7] - 符合条件的客户包括通过特定“受质疑注册流程”订阅Prime 或通过任何方式订阅但未能成功取消会员资格的客户[7] - 索赔人还需满足在任意12个月内使用不超过10项Prime权益的条件[7] - 通过受质疑流程注册且在一年内使用不超过3项Prime权益的客户将在90天内自动获得赔付 其他符合条件的客户需提交索赔申请[8] - 未能成功取消会员资格的客户也需要提交索赔申请以获取赔偿[8] 赔偿金额细节 - 符合资格的索赔人获得的赔偿金额上限为51美元[9] - 实际赔付金额可能根据客户在订阅服务期间使用的Amazon Prime权益数量而减少[9]

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 ...

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]

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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]