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Antitrust case against Google will go ahead without Facebook collusion claim
A federal judge today ruled that an antitrust case against Google LLC led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will proceed, although the judge said the allegation that Google had unfairly colluded with Meta Platforms Inc. in 2018 will be dismissed. The lawsuit, brought by Paxton and 16 other states, accuses Google of using its ...
VMware settles with SEC for $8M over allegedly misleading investors
Cloud computing firm VMware Inc. said today that it has reached an $8 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over a charge of misleading investors by not being clear about its financial performance. The investigation by the SEC related to the company’s backlog disclosures for its 2019 and 2020 fiscal years. It ...
Judge tells Elon Musk he can’t have a trial delay but he can add whistleblower claims
A Delaware court told Elon Musk earlier today that he will be facing off with Twitter Inc. on Oct. 17, despite Musk’s lawyers trying to get a delay in the proceedings in the upcoming trial. In April, Twitter accepted Musk’s offer to acquire the company for $44 billion, but ever since then, there has been ...
YouTube explains how it’s going to tackle misinformation during the 2022 US midterms
Google LLC-owned YouTube expects misinformation to arrive on the platform during the 2022 U.S. midterms, but it says it has a plan to limit the damage. The obvious move will be to try to promote news coming from sources that have a good track record in terms of reliability. The company says its algorithm in ...
Twitter prepares to introduce its new editing feature – carefully
Twitter Inc. said today that the editing feature that people have been screaming out for forever is coming to the platform, but not for everyone right now. The company said it will be available only to Twitter Blue subscribers in one not-yet-decided country, coming sometime at the end of this month. Why it has taken ...
Investigation finds disturbing self-harm content trend on Twitter
A report released today reveals that there has been a huge increase in the number of posts that appear on Twitter Inc. relating to young people harming themselves. The investigation, undertaken by the independent research organization the Network Contagion Research Institute, NCRI, said that since October last year there has been a 500% increase in ...
Whistleblower delivers liver shot to Twitter with new accusations about lax security
Twitter Inc.’s former head of security Peiter Zatko has accused the company of having “extreme, egregious deficiencies” when it comes to spam and dealing with hackers. Zatko, a well-known figure in the hacking community, was let go from the company earlier this year sometime after the new chief executive, Parag Agrawal, took the reins from ...
Tesla introduces a price increase for its Full Self-Driving software
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Sunday that the cost of his company’s Full Self-Driving software, FSD, will go up from $12,000 to $15,000. Musk said the increase will be for cars bought after Sept. 5. He didn’t mention anything about the $199 subscription fee, but it’s expected to remain at the same ...
Nintendo America is investigating if female contractors were sexually harassed and discriminated against
An investigation is currently underway at Nintendo America following allegations that female game testers faced discrimination and were sexually harassed, it was reported today after gaming site Kotaku viewed internal documents. Earlier this week, the same website published a report that described a “frat boy” culture at Nintendo, in which female game testers faced years ...
Meta has a plan for the US midterm elections, but it sounds a bit familiar
Meta Platforms Inc. today revealed its plans for the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, telling everyone not to worry because it has a team of hundreds of folks working hard to ensure nothing happens that might taint the event. Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said his large team will work around the clock to ...