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Tuesday Notes for September 10th, 2024

The Uristocrat Headlines for Tuesday, September 10th, 2024. This is an edition of Uristocrat Notes, a newsletter that explores what we are reading as it relates to cultural stories of the day.

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Sep 10, 2024 — 2 min read

This is an edition of Uristocrat Notes, a newsletter that explores what we are reading as it relates to cultural stories of the day.

Culture

James Earl Jones, Voice of Darth Vader, Dead at 93

Sports

McCaffrey sits, Mason stars for dominant 49ers

With an injured Christian McCaffrey on the sidelines, San Francisco running back Jordan Mason helped the 49ers batter the New York Jets on the ground Monday night at Levi's Stadium en route to a convincing 32-19 victory that closed the NFL's Week 1.

Footage shows Hill pulled from car to pavement

Newly released body camera footage of the detainment of Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill shows Miami-Dade police officers pulling the star player out of his car and forcing him to the pavement before putting him in handcuffs Sunday in Miami Gardens.

France's hoops coach steps down after 15 years

Vincent Collet, the longest-serving France coach in history, is stepping down after 15 years and has been appointed special advisor to the technical direction of the French basketball federation.

Technology

Google loses appeal against EU’s $2.7B Shopping antitrust case, as bloc also wins $15B Apple state aid appeal

Google has once again lost in its bid to overturn a 2017 antitrust decision by the European Commission. The bloc found its shopping comparison service had broken competition rules — hitting Alphabet, Google’s parent, with an at-the-time record-breaking €2.42 billion penalty (around $2.7 billion at current exchange rates) and ordering changes to how it operates the service.

In separate CJEU news, the Court handed down another major decision in the Commission’s favor on Tuesday.

This one loops in Apple as it’s related to a 2016 decision by the bloc that Apple benefited from illegal tax breaks in Ireland, between 1991 and 2014, and should have paid billions more in taxes. By September 2018 the iPhone maker had had to wire $15B in back taxes and penalties to the EU (to be held in escrow until the conclusion of any legal challenges). However in July 2020 Apple (and Ireland) won an appeal when the General Court annulled the EU’s decision.