The jury in Los Angeles' social media trial awards the plaintiff $3M in compensatory damages and $3M in punitive damages; Meta will pay 70% and YouTube 30%
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How tech worker activism has grown more cautious as companies crack down and once-privileged workers realize they don't have much leverage
@kickstarterunited.org @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Veena Dubal / @veenadubal : “Still, Ms. Redwine, the Kickstarter employee turned labor organizer, said layoffs and pressure from management had made m...
YouTube dominates daytime TV streaming, with 6.3M viewers at 11am in October on average, above Netflix's 2.8M, per Nielsen; prime-time viewership is more even
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A US federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1
Document #65 Ryan Mac / New York Times : Judge Blocks Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores Anthony Kimery / Biometric Update : Judge blocks Texas app store age verification law as unconstitutiona...
Chinese automakers delay plans to mass-produce self-driving vehicles as Beijing becomes more cautious, after a fatal Xiaomi crash in March caused public concern
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The Delaware Supreme Court rules that Elon Musk's 2018 Tesla CEO pay package, worth around $56B when it vested, must be restored, ending a years-long fight
Will his net worth increase? New York Times : Elon Musk's 2018 Tesla Pay Deal Is Restored by Delaware Supreme Court X: Eric W. / @ewess92 : Tesla wins & @elonmusk gets equity. Big win for rule of law,...
Investigation: after Trump returned to the White House, the SEC eased up on or dismissed 60%+ of ongoing crypto cases, including ones about Trump-tied companies
So Why the Headline? New York Times : How The Times Analyzed the S.E.C.'s Cryptocurrency Enforcement X: Alex Thorn / @intangiblecoins : i really want to believe that NYT is trustworthy but that has be...
Lightspeed raised $9B+ across six AI funds, including $3.3B to back breakout hits like Anthropic, xAI, and Mistral; Lightspeed has backed 165 AI startups
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Nexperia's former CEO Frans Scheper says Wingtech, which bought the Dutch chipmaker in 2019, quickly plotted to send Nexperia's research and IP to China
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Some Biden-era officials say access to Nvidia chips could help China's AI companies buy time while China's chip makers improve their chips' performance
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