Welcome to the Tech Meam ride home for Tuesday, December 20th, 2022.

I'm Brian McCullough. Today, Amazon settles two EU antitrust cases, an old crypto mystery resurfaces as dormant

wallets spring back to life. Tic-Toc will tell you why they recommended that

video to you is growth at Mastodon a flood or a trickle and

coin base is now worth less than doge. Here's what you miss today in the world of

tech.

All right let's see if we can pull this off. If I don't say his name, maybe I won't invoke him, sort of

of Candyman style. We'll explain that at the end of the show.

Amazon has agreed to settle two EU antitrust cases related to third-party sellers on its platform.

Amazon won't be paying a fine because of the settlement and will adhere to the commitments made in

the settlement for seven years, quoting the Well Street Journal.

As part of the deal, Amazon is committing to giving third-party sellers that use Amazon an equal shot at being selected as the default option for the buttons in Amazon's so-called buybox and to qualify for its prime shipping program.

The buy box contains the add to basket and buy now

buttons on the Amazon website. The company will also abstain from using non

public data about sellers on its marketplace to compete against them. The deal settles charges the

EU level two years ago against Amazon for allegedly violating competition law by

using non-public information for merchants in its competition against them.

The EU since then has been investigating potential charges related to the buybox and

prime program.

Amazon said Tuesday that it continues to disagree with several of the EU's allegations

about its business practices but engaged in a settlement

to preserve its ability to serve customers and businesses in Europe." End quote. A different kind of crypto story for once. This is like an old school

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