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Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Secretly Tracking Consumers Through Cellphones
- Thursday January 30, 2025
- Reuters
Amazon obtained "backdoor access" to consumers' phones by providing tens of thousands of app developers with code known as Amazon Ads SDK to be embedded in their apps, according to a proposed class action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court.
- www.gadgets360.com
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OpenAI Faces New Copyright Case, From Global Publishers in India
- Saturday January 25, 2025
- Reuters
OpenAI is facing a copyright lawsuit from Indian and international book publishers in New Delhi, that aims to prevent the firm's ChatGPT chatbot from accessing proprietary content. The Federation of Indian Publishers stated it has lodged the case at the Delhi High Court, which is already handling a similar suit against OpenAI.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Will Google Face Trial For Collecting User Data, Invading Privacy?
- Thursday January 9, 2025
- World News | Reuters
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking.
- www.ndtv.com
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Apple to Pay $95 Million to Settle Siri Privacy Lawsuit
- Friday January 3, 2025
- Reuters
Apple agreed to pay $95 million (roughly Rs. 814 crore) in cash to settle a lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users' privacy. A preliminary settlement was filed on Tuesday night in the Oakland, California federal court, and requires approval by US District Judge Jeffrey White.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Donald Trump Said Goodbye To His Legal Cases But Issues Have Not Left The Horizon
- Wednesday January 1, 2025
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
What could have proven luckier for Donald Trump than getting elected as the president of the United States? Because of his election win, prosecutions against him have already been dismissed.
- www.ndtv.com
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After Kraken, Binance Sued by ASIC in Australia: Here’s Why
- Thursday December 19, 2024
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
The ASIC has filed a lawsuit in federal court, accusing Binance's local subsidiary of misclassifying 505 retail investors as wholesale investors. As a result, the exchange is alleged to have failed to provide the necessary consumer protection for these retail investors.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook-Parent Meta Settles with Australia's Privacy Watchdog Over Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- Reuters
Meta Platforms has agreed to a AUD 50 million settlement ($31.85 million or roughly Rs. 270 crore), Australia's privacy watchdog over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In June 2023, the country's federal court ordered Meta and the privacy commissioner to enter mediation.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Google's Key Argument In Monopoly Lawsuit Falls Flat With US Judge
- Tuesday November 26, 2024
- World News | Leah Nylen, Bloomberg
A federal judge threw cold water on one of Alphabet Inc.'s key arguments in a Department of Justice lawsuit over allegations that Google monopolized advertising technology.
- www.ndtv.com
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Samsung Ordered to Pay $118 Million for Infringing Netlist Patents
- Saturday November 23, 2024
- Reuters
Samsung has been directed by a federal jury in Marshall, Texas to pay computer memory firm Netlist $118 million in damages for a patent infringement involving technology that enhances data processing in high-performance memory products. The South Korean fitm was previously ordered to pay $303 million to Netlist in a similar case.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Musk Expands Lawsuit Against OpenAI, Adding Microsoft And Antitrust Claims
- Friday November 15, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk expanded his lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI, adding federal antitrust and other claims and adding OpenAI's largest financial backer Microsoft as a defendant.
- www.ndtv.com
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Meta Will Face Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions
- Thursday November 14, 2024
- Reuters
Meta will be facing a trial in a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Mark Zuckerberg Avoids Personal Liability In Meta Addiction Cases
- Saturday November 9, 2024
- World News | Madlin Mekelburg, Bloomberg
A federal judge again rejected a bid to hold Mark Zuckerberg individually liable in two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies of addicting children to their products.
- www.ndtv.com
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Google Cleared In Lawsuit Alleging Profit From 'Gift Card Scams'
- Tuesday November 5, 2024
- World News | Reuters
A federal judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Google of illegally profiting from Google Play gift card scams by refusing to refund millions of dollars stolen from victims.
- www.ndtv.com
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Elon Musk Loses Bid To Move Case Over $1 Million Voter Prizes
- Saturday November 2, 2024
- World News | Reuters
A U.S. judge on Friday denied Elon Musk's bid to move a Pennsylvania lawsuit over his $1 million voter prizes to federal court, moving the case back to state court.
- www.ndtv.com
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Meta, Google, TikTok Must Face Schools' Addiction Claims, Says US Court
- Friday October 25, 2024
- World News | Isaiah Poritz, Bloomberg
Meta Platforms Inc., Google, TikTok and Snap will have to face lawsuits brought by school districts in federal court blaming their "addictive" apps for contributing to a mental health crisis among students.
- www.ndtv.com
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Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Secretly Tracking Consumers Through Cellphones
- Thursday January 30, 2025
- Reuters
Amazon obtained "backdoor access" to consumers' phones by providing tens of thousands of app developers with code known as Amazon Ads SDK to be embedded in their apps, according to a proposed class action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court.
- www.gadgets360.com
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OpenAI Faces New Copyright Case, From Global Publishers in India
- Saturday January 25, 2025
- Reuters
OpenAI is facing a copyright lawsuit from Indian and international book publishers in New Delhi, that aims to prevent the firm's ChatGPT chatbot from accessing proprietary content. The Federation of Indian Publishers stated it has lodged the case at the Delhi High Court, which is already handling a similar suit against OpenAI.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Will Google Face Trial For Collecting User Data, Invading Privacy?
- Thursday January 9, 2025
- World News | Reuters
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking.
- www.ndtv.com
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Apple to Pay $95 Million to Settle Siri Privacy Lawsuit
- Friday January 3, 2025
- Reuters
Apple agreed to pay $95 million (roughly Rs. 814 crore) in cash to settle a lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users' privacy. A preliminary settlement was filed on Tuesday night in the Oakland, California federal court, and requires approval by US District Judge Jeffrey White.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Donald Trump Said Goodbye To His Legal Cases But Issues Have Not Left The Horizon
- Wednesday January 1, 2025
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
What could have proven luckier for Donald Trump than getting elected as the president of the United States? Because of his election win, prosecutions against him have already been dismissed.
- www.ndtv.com
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After Kraken, Binance Sued by ASIC in Australia: Here’s Why
- Thursday December 19, 2024
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
The ASIC has filed a lawsuit in federal court, accusing Binance's local subsidiary of misclassifying 505 retail investors as wholesale investors. As a result, the exchange is alleged to have failed to provide the necessary consumer protection for these retail investors.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook-Parent Meta Settles with Australia's Privacy Watchdog Over Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- Reuters
Meta Platforms has agreed to a AUD 50 million settlement ($31.85 million or roughly Rs. 270 crore), Australia's privacy watchdog over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In June 2023, the country's federal court ordered Meta and the privacy commissioner to enter mediation.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Google's Key Argument In Monopoly Lawsuit Falls Flat With US Judge
- Tuesday November 26, 2024
- World News | Leah Nylen, Bloomberg
A federal judge threw cold water on one of Alphabet Inc.'s key arguments in a Department of Justice lawsuit over allegations that Google monopolized advertising technology.
- www.ndtv.com
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Samsung Ordered to Pay $118 Million for Infringing Netlist Patents
- Saturday November 23, 2024
- Reuters
Samsung has been directed by a federal jury in Marshall, Texas to pay computer memory firm Netlist $118 million in damages for a patent infringement involving technology that enhances data processing in high-performance memory products. The South Korean fitm was previously ordered to pay $303 million to Netlist in a similar case.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Musk Expands Lawsuit Against OpenAI, Adding Microsoft And Antitrust Claims
- Friday November 15, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk expanded his lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI, adding federal antitrust and other claims and adding OpenAI's largest financial backer Microsoft as a defendant.
- www.ndtv.com
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Meta Will Face Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions
- Thursday November 14, 2024
- Reuters
Meta will be facing a trial in a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Mark Zuckerberg Avoids Personal Liability In Meta Addiction Cases
- Saturday November 9, 2024
- World News | Madlin Mekelburg, Bloomberg
A federal judge again rejected a bid to hold Mark Zuckerberg individually liable in two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies of addicting children to their products.
- www.ndtv.com
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Google Cleared In Lawsuit Alleging Profit From 'Gift Card Scams'
- Tuesday November 5, 2024
- World News | Reuters
A federal judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Google of illegally profiting from Google Play gift card scams by refusing to refund millions of dollars stolen from victims.
- www.ndtv.com
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Elon Musk Loses Bid To Move Case Over $1 Million Voter Prizes
- Saturday November 2, 2024
- World News | Reuters
A U.S. judge on Friday denied Elon Musk's bid to move a Pennsylvania lawsuit over his $1 million voter prizes to federal court, moving the case back to state court.
- www.ndtv.com
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Meta, Google, TikTok Must Face Schools' Addiction Claims, Says US Court
- Friday October 25, 2024
- World News | Isaiah Poritz, Bloomberg
Meta Platforms Inc., Google, TikTok and Snap will have to face lawsuits brought by school districts in federal court blaming their "addictive" apps for contributing to a mental health crisis among students.
- www.ndtv.com