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...
Spotify creates a refund process for its discontinued Car Thing gadget, as consumers sue claiming Spotify misled them by selling a soon-to-be obsolete product
how to get your money back before Spotify bricks it Tim Marcin / Mashable : Spotify to refund Car Thing purchases. Here's how to get yours. Ayomide Sadiq / TalkAndroid.com : Public Fury Works: Spotify...
T-Mobile agrees to pay $350M to settle class action lawsuits over a 2021 cyberattack that impacted ~76.6M customers and pledges to invest $150M in data security
Item 8.01 - Other Events On July 22, 2022, T-Mobile US, Inc. (the “Company” … Slashdot : T-Mobile Announces $350M Settlement Over Data Breach - Plus $150M Security Upgrade Ians / Business Standard : T...
US judge in California issues a preliminary injunction halting Commerce Department's order banning downloads of WeChat from Sunday
one with a deal, the other with a judge's help Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg : Trump's WeChat Curbs Halted by Judge on Free Speech Concerns David Shepardson / Reuters : Wall Street Journal : WeChat B...
In a new filing, Epic says revocation of its developer tools by Apple will harm the developer ecosystem and adds a declaration of support from Microsoft
the story so far Chris Wallace / MCV/DEVELOP : Microsoft submits statement of support for Epic Games in Apple fight Chris Smith / BGR : Why Epic isn't an innocent victim in the Fortnite battle with Ap...
YouTube updates community guidelines with a new system for rule-breaking channels, which now get a consequence-free, one-time warning for their first violation
But Not the One You're Mad About Karissa Bell / Mashable : YouTube changes ‘strike’ policy for first-time offenders David Cohen / Adweek : Three Strikes Is Still an Out, But YouTube Is Clarifying Its ...
Over a hundred pages' worth of complaints from Coinbase customers to a California regulator and the SEC show a firm that was ill-equipped for its own success
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Department of Justice indicts three Russians, including two intelligence agency employees, and a Canadian in connection with 2014 Yahoo breach
DOJ The Guardian : Justice department charges Russian spies and hackers over Yahoo breach - video Marissa's Tumblr : Russian Hackers and Government Officers Indicted in Connection With Yahoo Security ...
Apple and Samsung argue patent case before Supreme Court; justices challenge value of design patents, which Samsung was found to have infringed
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Killian Bell / iPhone Hacks : Supreme Court Quizzes Apple and Samsung on Value of Design Edith Roberts / SCOTUSblog : Wednesday round-up — Yesterday the Supreme Court hea...
FBI recommends not to indict Hillary Clinton for email misconduct, finds 110 emails in 52 email chains contained classified info at the time sent
until Hillary Clinton Jason Koebler / Motherboard : Reminder: Public Officials Using Private Email Servers Is Indefensible Lucia Maffei / TechCrunch : FBI recommends no charges for Hillary Clinton ove...