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Judge Orders Google Not To Google Jurors In $7bn AI Patent Case

US federal judge orders Google not to use the 'vast' amounts of data on consumers to its benefit in jury…

10 months ago

Apple Begins Making Payments In iPhone Slowdown Case

Apple begins paying users under 2020 settlement that ended legal dispute over deliberately slowing older iPhone models

10 months ago

EU’s Antitrust Head To Meet Tech CEOs Next Week

Margrethe Vestager to met Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang etc to discuss EU digital regulation and competition policy

11 months ago

Terrorism Tsar Warns Of AI Chatbot Radicalisation Risk

Government advisor on terror legislation, Jonathan Hall, says new laws needed to counter threat of radicalisation by AI chatbots

11 months ago

SpaceX Sues US Agency That Alleged Illegal Firings

Elon Musk's SpaceX comes out swinging against US agency that accused it of illegally firing staff critical of Musk

11 months ago

Apple Settles Lawsuit Concerning iTunes Gift Card Scam

Agreement reached with Apple to settle a lawsuit that alleged it knowingly let scammers exploit iTunes gift cards, and kept…

11 months ago

Google, Meta, TikTok Russian Debts Removed From Bailiff Database – Report

Debts allegedly 'owed' by Google, Meta and TikTok to the Russian government have been removed from state bailiff database

11 months ago

Twitter/X Fails To Block Content Moderation Disclosure Law In California

Elon Musk's X loses bid to block California law that requires social media to publicly disclose their content moderation practices

11 months ago

Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon Violated US Law, Judge Rules

US judge sides with SEC, after ruling Do Kwon and Terraform Labs violated US law by failing to register two…

11 months ago

Google Settles $5bn Web Tracking Lawsuit

Settlement not disclosed after Google ends web tracking lawsuit with Chrome browser in “private” or “incognito” mode

11 months ago

GM Sues San Francisco Over $108m Tax Bill – Report

Parent company of robotaxi firm Cruise, General Motors, files lawsuit against San Francisco over $108m tax bill

11 months ago

Apple Can Temporarily Sell Watch Models After Appeals Win

Apple can resume sales of Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, after appeals court pauses federal ban

11 months ago

New York Times Sues Microsoft, OpenAI Over AI Training

The New York Times (NYT) has sued both OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement of its news content. The NYT…

11 months ago

Judge Rules Twitter Violated Contract Over Failure To Pay Bonuses

Elon Musk's Twitter (now X) violated contracts by failing to pay millions in promised bonuses, federal judge rules

11 months ago

Apple Files Appeal, Amid US Ban On Apple Watch Sales

Apple to appeal, after the White House declines to overturn ITC ban on US sales of certain Apple Watch devices

11 months ago

China Drafts New Restrictions For Online Gaming

Draft rules by Beijing to curb excessive spending in online gaming, wipes nearly $80bn value off two Chinese gaming giants

11 months ago

Three Big Porn Websites Must Verify User’s Age In EU

European Commission classifies Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat as “very large online platforms”, subjecting them to strict DSA rules

11 months ago

Apple Fails To Delay Apple Watch Import Ban

US International Trade Commission (ITC) denies motion by Apple to halt an upcoming import ban on Apple Watches

11 months ago

UK Supreme Court Rules AI Cannot Be Patent Inventor

Landmark ruling. American computer scientist loses bid to overturn UK's refusal to register two patents invented by a 'creativity machine'

11 months ago

Google To Pay $700m To Consumers In US Antitrust Settlement

Google agrees to pay $700m to US consumers in antitrust settlement with users and states as Epic presses to 'open…

11 months ago

Apple To Pause Series 9, Ultra 2 Watch Sales In US

Apple prepares temporary halt to sales of Series 9, Ultra 2 watches starting this week amidst Masimo patent dispute

11 months ago

Privacy Complaint Filed Against Elon Musk’s X

Complaint filed by Max Schrems’ campaign group Noyb, alleges Elon Musk's X breached EU's GDPR by micro ad targetting

11 months ago

Amazon Wins $274m Tax Battle With EU

Defeat for European Commission after court rules Amazon does not have to pay 250m euros in back taxes to Luxembourg

11 months ago

Tesla Recalls Two Million Cars As Regulator Flags Autopilot Risk

Elon Musk's Tesla is to recall nearly every vehicle sold in the United States, after two-year NHTSA investigation

11 months ago

Judge Overturns Centripetal Patent Fine Against Cisco

Networking giant Cisco defeats $2.75bn patent ruling for Centripetal Networks, after five years of courtroom battles

11 months ago

Fortnite Maker Epic Wins Antitrust Case Against Google

Legal win against Google for Epic Games may force Android maker to allow more app stores and alternative payment methods

11 months ago

UK Mobile Giants ‘Overcharged Users’ £3.3bn, Lawsuit Claims

Class action lawsuit claims mobile companies' 'loyalty penalty' contracts have overcharged consumers billions since 2007

11 months ago

YouTuber Jailed After Deliberately Crashing Plane For Views

Trevor Jacob jailed after video of him intentionally parachuting out and filming his aeroplane crashing into forest

12 months ago

Meta Pressure Led To Harvard Termination, Alleges Misinformation Expert

Mark Zuckerberg donation of $500 million alleged to have pressured Harvard University into firing misinformation expert

12 months ago

Ofcom’s Age Verification Proposals Pose ‘Significant’ Privacy, Security Risk

Open Rights Group slams Ofcom's proposals for age verification checks on porn websites, citing privacy and security concerns

12 months ago