French prosecutors open an investigation into Australian video platform Kick over the death of a content creator who was violently abused during livestreams
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A US jury finds Tesla partially liable for Autopilot's role in a fatal 2019 crash in Florida, and orders the company to pay $243M in damages
Awards $329 Million In Damages Aarian Marshall / Wired : Tesla Found Partly Liable in 2019 Autopilot Death Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget : Tesla found partially liable for a deadly 2019 crash Cassand...
Meta shareholders suing Mark Zuckerberg and Meta leaders over alleged Cambridge Analytica privacy violations reach a settlement deal, ending an $8B trial
This firm was used by Putin to get Trump elected in USA through political propaganda and Brexit in UK. Ian Turner / @juiceianturner : No mention on the BBC site about Cambridge Analytica's involvement...
The BBC threatens Perplexity with legal action for allegedly training its “default AI model” using BBC content; Perplexity calls the BBC's claims “manipulative”
British broadcaster makes first move to clamp down on alleged infringement of copyright by tech groups
An arbitrator instructs a former Meta employee to stop promoting and publishing her book alleging company misconduct; publisher Flatiron Books earlier objected
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t... Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg.com : Guess what book I just bought! — www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t... Karl Bode / @karlbode.com : this must be the “masculine” adorat...
In a California lawsuit, Epic accuses Samsung and Google of conspiring to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung's Auto Blocker, and plans to tell the EU
again — and now Samsung, too Matthew Broersma / Silicon UK : Epic Sues Google, Samsung Over App Store Barriers Jenny Darmody / Silicon Republic : Epic takes aim at Google again - and Samsung too Charl...
The European Court of Justice rules against Google, keeping a 2017 decision for a €2.4B fine for Google abusing monopoly power to crush rival shopping services
and an existential crisis Verdict : Apple and Google lose EU court battles over combined $17bn Tom Jowitt / Silicon UK : Google Must Pay €2.4bn Fine, EU Court Rules Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Google Fai...
A US judge rules Spotify is not liable in a long-running, complicated music rights case, despite not licensing tracks from Eminem publisher Eight Mile Style
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Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into Telegram allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderation
Related by education: Saint Petersburg State University BBC : Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport Jones Hayden / Politico : Telegram CEO reportedly arrested at French airport Jennifer ...
The US DOJ sues Adobe for allegedly harming “consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing” plan terms
Amid a flurry of tech news yesterday … Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central : US government sues Adobe for ‘deceptive’ business tactics and hiding steep subscription cancellation charges to ‘trap’ its custo...