SEATTLE — A federal trial beginning in Amazon’s hometown this week is set to examine whether the online retailing giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime service and made it difficult to cancel after they did so. The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon in U.S. District Court in Seattle two years ago and has alleged more than a …
Read More »SEATTLE (AP) — A federal trial beginning in Amazon’s hometown this week is set to examine whether the online retailing giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime service and made it difficult to cancel after they did so. The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon in U.S. District Court in Seattle two years ago and has alleged more than …
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The case beginning Monday alleges that Amazon deceived consumers about its sign-up and cancellation process for Prime benefits in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA), which requires sellers to get consumers’ informed consent to charge them. The FTC alleges that Amazon used design tricks known as dark patterns to get …
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Imagine reaching for a cup and feeling as though your hand is moving, only to discover it’s not your hand, but a rubber replica being touched in sync with your real, hidden hand. You still react, convinced the fake rubber hand is yours. Humans fall for this trick every time, and now we now know that octopuses fall for it, …
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Surrogate mothers who gave birth to children for an Arcadia couple are looking for answers after the pair were recently accused of neglect and 21 children and babies were removed from their home. On May 7, Arcadia police officers responded to a local hospital for a report of a 2-month-old child with significant head trauma, according to Arcadia Police Lt. …
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Facepalm: Despite all the guardrails that ChatGPT has in place, the chatbot can still be tricked into outputting sensitive or restricted information through the use of clever prompts. One person even managed to convince the AI to reveal Windows product keys, including one used by Wells Fargo bank, by asking it to play a guessing game. As explained by 0DIN …
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