Amazon has agreed to increase its quality control standards for school supplies and children’s jewelry to make sure they don’t contain illegal levels of lead and cadmium.   Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday that Amazon agreed to the reforms after an investigation by his office found dozens of items that tested above […]

A German antitrust watchdog will order Facebook to stop gathering some user data, according to a report. The Federal Cartel Office, known locally as the Bundeskartellamt, is mainly concerned about the data sharing with apps and sites outside Facebook — including Twitter and the Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Instagram, German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported Sunday. […]