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Musk’s X Lawsuit Against Nazi Report Author Slated For 2025 Trial
Trial set for April 2025 against Media Matters, after its report prompted an advertising exodus from Elon Musk's X
Japan Passes Law To Allow Third Party App Stores, Payments
Copy of EU's DMA? Japan passes law that will require Apple and Google to open up their respective ecosystems
X (Twitter) Now Hides Posts Liked By Users
Elon Musk’s X platform (formerly Twitter) has this week begun hiding user likes, amid reports of declining engagement
SEC Reaches $4.5bn Settlement With Bankrupt Terraform Labs
Terraform Labs and disgraced founder Do Kwon agree to pay the US SEC a combined $4.5 billion in civil fraud case
US Supreme Court To Hear Facebook Shareholder Suit Appeal
US Supreme Court agrees to hear Facebook attempt to dismiss shareholder lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal
UK Retailers Sue Amazon For £1bn Claiming Data Misuse
Independent retailers sue Amazon for £1bn in biggest-ever UK retail case alleging company misused their data to launch rival products
Meta Plan To Train AI With EU, UK User Data Spurs Complaints
European privacy group files GDPR complaints over Meta plan to use public user data from Facebook, Instagram to train AI systems
Salesforce Opens First AI Centre In London
American CRM giant selects UK capital for its first AI centre where industry, customers and experts can advance AI innovation
Google Must Face $17 Billion Adtech Lawsuit, Tribunal Rules
London's Competition Appeal Tribunal rules Alphabet must face a £13.6bn lawsuit over alleged online ad market domination
Amazon’s First Trade Union Seeks Association With Largest US Union
The Amazon Labor Union has moved to affiliation with the Teamsters union - one of the largest unions in America
TikTok Warns Cyberattack Targeted High Profile Accounts
Video app admits small number of high profile users including Paris Hilton and CNN were subjected to a cyberatack
Australia Drops Knife Attack Case Against X
High profile 'content ban' battle with Elon Musk's X has been dropped by the Australian safety regulator after legal setback
Spotify Raises US Prices In Profit Drive
Spotify hikes prices in US, its biggest market, following UK rises as it shifts from focus on user growth to expanding profit margins
Donald Trump Joins TikTok After Trying To Ban It
Former president Trump joins TikTok and posts first video, after trying to ban app from US as president in 2020 on national security grounds
Facebook Sees Most Young Adult Users In Three Years
Meta says number of young adult users highest in three years as it seeks to reassure advertisers it remains relevant to younger generation
TikTok Developing Clone Of App’s Core Algorithm – Report
As it fights against the US divest or ban law, TikTok is reportedly developing a clone of app's recommendation algorithm
Amazon Given FAA Clearance To Expand Drone Deliveries
US aviation regulator grants approval for Amazon to expand its drone delivery service beyond 'visual line of sight'
Terra Labs, Do Kwon Settle SEC Fraud Case
Tentative settlement reportedly reached between the US SEC and Singapore's Terraform Labs and founder Do Kwon
Meta Finds Facebook Propaganda Network Using Generative AI
Meta Platforms finds influence network focused on Gaza war that for first time uses generative AI to produce fake comments
BlackRock $20bn ETF Becomes World’s Biggest Bitcoin Fund
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust dethrones decade-old Grayscale investment vehicle to become world's biggest Bitcoin fund, report finds
Shark Tank Host Launches Crowdfunding Site For TikTok Buy
Kevin O'Leary, investor and host of reality programme Shark Tank, launches crowdfunding effort to gauge interest in TikTok buy
Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced To Seven Years
Former Bankman-Fried top lieutenant Ryan Salame given longer sentence than prosecutors had asked for over role in FTX collapse
London Woman Jailed For Six Years For Laundering Bitcoin
Jian Wen, 42, jailed for more than six years after police seized more than £3bn of Bitcoin at her luxurious London home
EU Eyes Telegram User Numbers As It Nears Regulatory Threshold
European Commission says in contact with Telegram as platform nears 45 million user threshold for stringent DSA rules
TikTok Challenge To US Ban Law Gets September Hearing
Cases by TikTok, ByteDance, content creators get fast-track schedule as company faces forced sale or ban by 19 January
Google Invests $350m In India’s Flipkart
Google becomes minority shareholder in Walmart-owned Amazon competitor Flipkart as it progresses investment plans in India
TikTok Cuts ‘Hundreds’ Of Jobs
TikTok to cut jobs from operations and marketing teams amidst broader ByteDance restructuring, as it faces political tensions in US
Frustration Mounts Over False Results In Google’s ‘AI Overviews’
User frustration mounts over incorrect results in Google's new AI Overviews feature, as web publishers fear reduced traffic
Fake Accounts Proliferating On X, Study Warns
Ahead of US presidential election, fake accounts supporting Donald Trump are proliferating on Elon Musk's X, study finds