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YouTube to settle lawsuit with Trump for banning his account
Sky News· 2025-09-30 09:11
YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5m (£18.1m) to settle a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump after it banned his account following the January 6 Capitol riot.The US president was suspended from the Google-owned platform over his role in the insurrection, which saw his supporters attempt to stop Joe Biden's 2020 election win from being ratified. More than four years on from the violent scenes that left a police officer dead, court documents filed on Monday revealed that $22m (£16.3m) from the settlement will go tow ...
Video game maker Electronic Arts agrees record $55bn buyout
Sky News· 2025-09-29 23:38
收购交易核心条款 - 电子艺界将以550亿美元的总价被收购私有化 创下此类交易金额的最高纪录 [1] - 收购财团包括私募股权公司Silver Lake Partners 沙特阿拉伯公共投资基金和Affinity Partners [1] - 收购方将向公司股东支付每股210美元的价格 较上周四收盘价有25%的溢价 [1] - 交易总价值超过2007年收购德州公用事业公司TXU的320亿美元 [2] - 收购价款中约200亿美元将通过融资方式筹集 [2] 行业背景与市场环境 - 全球并购交易活动出现反弹 主要由于央行降低利率导致借贷成本下降 [2] - 此次交易显示出市场对大型游戏系列在后疫情时代复苏的信心 疫情期间玩家消费趋于谨慎 [3] 公司业务表现 - 公司旗下的体育游戏产品组合表现最为强劲 因其具有全球吸引力且游戏内消费保持韧性 [5] - 公司知名游戏作品包括《战地》、《FC 26》和《模拟人生》等 [3] 交易后续程序 - 该交易尚需获得公司股东和监管机构的批准 [5]
Stowaway found dead in landing gear of American Airlines plane
Sky News· 2025-09-29 17:14
事件概述 - 在美国航空一架飞机的起落架舱内发现一名偷渡者尸体 该飞机从欧洲飞抵美国北卡罗来纳州夏洛特道格拉斯国际机场 [1] - 事件发生在当地时间周日早上9点后 飞机着陆后由维修人员检查时发现尸体并报警 [1] 调查进展 - 当地警方宣布当事人在现场被确认死亡 凶杀案侦探已介入调查并收集物证 [2] - 调查目前处于活跃和持续进行中 警方呼吁知情者提供信息 [4] 相关方回应 - 美国航空公司和夏洛特道格拉斯国际机场已被联系以寻求评论 [6]
'I don't care': Colombia's president says US violating international law after visa revoked
Sky News· 2025-09-28 17:32
Colombia's president has dismissed Washington's decision to cancel his visa, saying "revoking it for denouncing genocide shows the US no longer respects international law".It comes after the state department announced on Friday it would cancel Gustavo Pedro's visa over "incendiary actions" at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York. Speaking outside the United Nations on Friday, Mr Petro called for a global armed force with the priority of liberating Palestinians.Mr Petro, who appeared at the rally alon ...
Energy group Ovo plots sale of stake in software arm Kaluza
Sky News· 2025-09-27 14:18
Ovo公司战略与财务状况 - 英国第四大民用能源供应商Ovo计划出售其软件子公司Kaluza的部分股权以强化资产负债表 [1] - Ovo已任命投行Arma Partners为Kaluza探索战略选项 [1] - Ovo同时正由罗斯柴尔德投行协调谈判寻求引入约3亿英镑的新投资 [4] Kaluza软件业务概况 - Kaluza是Ovo旗下的能源智能平台 Ovo持有其80%股权 澳大利亚能源公司AGL持有剩余20%股权 [2] - AGL去年收购股权时对Kaluza的估值为5亿美元(3.95亿英镑) [2] - 行业消息称Ovo在本次交易中可能为Kaluza寻求远超10亿美元的估值 有分析师基于年度经常性收入提出估值可达25亿美元 [3] - Kaluza近期收购了澳大利亚能源软件专家Beige Technologies以加强亚太业务 [4] 行业动态与竞争对手 - Ovo的举措复制了其更大竞争对手Octopus Energy的战略 Octopus正计划分拆其Kraken软件业务 潜在估值超100亿美元(74亿英镑) [2] - Kaluza本周宣布与法国能源集团Engie达成许可合作伙伴关系 [2] - Ovo与Octopus Energy均未能完全达到行业监管机构Ofgem新资本充足制度下的目标 [7] 公司治理与股东结构 - Ovo近期任命Virgin Money前老板Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia为其零售业务的独立主席 [8] - 公司由Stephen Fitzpatrick于2009年创立 现有股东包括私募股权公司Mayfair Equity Partners、摩根士丹利投资管理公司和日本三菱商事 [8] - 公司目前由Just Eat前高管David Buttress担任首席执行官 David Buttress曾短暂担任过鲍里斯·约翰逊的生活成本事务负责人 [10] 公司发展历程 - Ovo在2020年收购了SSE的零售供应业务 从而一夜之间成为英国领先能源公司之一 [9] - 公司发展并非一帆风顺 曾面临与监管机构Ofgem的关系紧张以及客户关于收费过高的投诉潮 [9]
Microsoft blocks some services used by Israeli military after probe into mass surveillance of Palestinians
Sky News· 2025-09-26 14:48
Microsoft has blocked an Israeli military unit from accessing some services after preliminary evidence supported a media investigation that the software was used for surveillance of millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls.The unit used Microsoft's Azure software to store "millions" of recordings of mobile phone calls made by Palestinians living in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to a joint investigation by The Guardian and other outlets published in August. The investigation prompted ...
Trump signs order on TikTok to pave way for US ownership
Sky News· 2025-09-26 04:58
Donald Trump has signed an executive order on TikTok, which will allow the app to continue to operate in the United States.The US president held talks with China's President Xi Jinping last week - where the pair discussed the final terms of a deal. The app was ordered to shut down for American users by January 2025 if its Chinese owner - Beijing-based tech firm ByteDance - didn't sell its assets in the country.The ban was delayed four times by Mr Trump.The deal, which vice president JD Vance said was valued ...
Amazon agrees $2.5bn settlement for allegedly duping customers into Prime membership
Sky News· 2025-09-26 03:39
和解协议核心内容 - 公司与美国联邦贸易委员会(FTC)就Prime会员注册与取消相关的指控达成历史性和解,总金额达25亿美元(19亿英镑)[1] - 和解金包括10亿美元(7.5亿英镑)的民事罚款和15亿美元(11亿英镑)的客户赔偿基金[2] - 公司未承认有任何不当行为,但选择快速解决此事以避免漫长的诉讼[5][6] 对客户的影响与赔偿 - 约3500万Prime会员有资格从15亿美元的赔偿基金中获得赔付[2] - 在2019年6月23日至2025年6月23日期间通过特定优惠注册Prime且之后很少使用会员福利的客户将自动获得51美元(38英镑)的赔偿[2] 监管机构指控要点 - 联邦贸易委员会指控公司故意使客户在购物时难以避免同时订阅Prime会员[3] - 部分交易完成按钮未明确告知客户点击后将注册Prime会员[3] - 取消订阅的过程过于复杂,内部将该流程称为“伊利亚特”,公司被指放缓或拒绝简化取消流程的改动[4] 公司回应与未来承诺 - 公司发言人表示其一直遵守法律,和解使其能继续专注于为客户创新[7] - 公司承诺将努力使Prime会员的注册和取消流程清晰简单,并为全球数百万忠诚会员提供巨大价值[7] - 根据和解协议,公司被禁止歪曲订阅条款,必须完全披露相关成本并获得客户明确同意[8] - 公司必须在购物过程中为客户提供清晰接受或拒绝Prime订阅的选项,并避免使用可能造成混淆的用语[8] - 公司表示和解不要求其进行额外更改,仅需维持已实施一年的当前注册和取消流程[8]
Trump 'to link paracetamol use to autism' - here's what the evidence says
Sky News· 2025-09-23 03:08
Donald Trump is reportedly expected to claim there is a link between the use of paracetamol in pregnancy and the development of autism - but what does the evidence say?Americans consume more than 40% of all the world's paracetamol, spending in excess of $4bn a year on products containing acetaminophen (as it is known in America - or by its leading brand name, Tylenol). Autism rates in the US are also on the rise - going up from about one in 150 children in the year 2000, to around one in 30 today.There have ...
Judge throws out Trump's $15bn lawsuit against New York Times
Sky News· 2025-09-20 03:46
法律诉讼进展 - 针对《纽约时报》的150亿美元诽谤诉讼被法官驳回 特朗普有28天时间提交修改后的起诉书 页数不得超过40页 [1][2] - 法官认为该起诉是"明显不当"的尝试 旨在攻击对手 而非严肃的法律文件 [1][3] - 特朗普法律团队表示将根据法官对程序的要求 继续通过这起"重磅诉讼"追究《纽约时报》及其记者的责任 [3] 诉讼背景与争议内容 - 诉讼源于《纽约时报》一篇关于特朗普涉嫌向杰弗里·爱泼斯坦发送便条的报道 特朗普称该报道失实 [6] - 美国国会公布的文件中包含一幅据称是特朗普在2003年写给爱泼斯坦的50岁生日祝词 上面有女性身体的手绘图并署名"唐纳德" [7][8] - 特朗普坚称该便条并非他所写 笔迹和签名与他的不符 [8] 与媒体关系的紧张局势 - 特朗普对媒体的不满不仅限于《纽约时报》 其还庆祝了迪士尼旗下ABC电视台停播吉米·坎摩尔深夜脱口秀的决定 [11][12] - 在空军一号上 特朗普暗示那些只给他"负面宣传"的电视网络可能会被吊销执照 并声称某些情况下的负面报道比例达97% [14] - 特朗普的副总统在社交媒体上批评坎摩尔"不好笑"且收视率"一塌糊涂" [14]