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U.S. States Take Legal Action Against Meta Over Youth Mental Health

41 U.S. states, including powerhouses like California and New...

Google Spent $26 Billion to Secure Its Position as Default Search Engine

Google spent an eye-watering $26.3 billion in 2021 to...

The X Chronicles: 2,200 Lawsuits Since Elon Musk Took the Helm

Ever since the tech mogul Elon Musk took the reins of...

Say Goodbye to Glued-In Batteries: EU Mandating Replaceable Batteries by 2027

In a significant move towards sustainability, the European Union...

AI Act: The European Parliament Approves Groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence Regulation

The European Parliament has approved a draft law on...

FTC Files A Lawsuit Against Microsoft And Will Try To Block The Purchase Of Activision Blizzard King

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of the United States will challenge the gaming industry's largest takeover — the authority wants to block Microsoft from...

21 Million Users Sued Google Due To The Anti-Competitive Policy Of Google Play

More Americans are uniting against Google in court due to the company's monopoly — 21 million users from 17 states have filed a class-action lawsuit against...

Discord Was Fined €800,000 For Violating GDPR

Discord was fined 800,000 euros (U.S. $829,000) by the French Data Protection Authority, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), in violation of GDPR....

Google Agreed To Pay $391.5 Million Settlement For Collecting User Data Without Permission

Google has agreed to pay a $391.5 million settlement due to a lawsuit filed in 40 US states over location tracking issues. The company was accused...

ARM CPU Designs May No Longer Be Combined With Other GPUs Or NPUs From 2025

In a lawsuit with Qualcomm, the British Arm decided to change its business model. From now on, license fees should be paid by manufacturers...

Google Fined $162 Million In India For Anti-Competitive Practices On Android

India's fair trade regulator, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), said on October 20 that it had imposed a fine of 13.38 billion rupees (about $162million)...

Google Has To Pay A Fine Of 4.1 Billion Euros For Abuse Of Dominant Position With Android

The EU General Court upheld the 2018 ruling that Google used its market dominance to impose restrictions on Android smartphone makers. However, the judges deviated...

Instagram Fined 405 Million Euros In Ireland For Privacy Violations Of Minors

Meta is to pay a fine of 405 million euros for not protecting the personal data of underage users by its subsidiary Instagram. The...

Meta Sued For Using Medical Data To Display Targeted Ads Based On Patient Illnesses

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has been sued along with a couple of US hospitals for violating patient privacy through the Meta Pixel tracker. The two class...

Elon Musk Officially Cancels Twitter Takeover: Now Twitter Is Suing The Billionaire

Elon Musk officially wants to end the takeover of Twitter. As reported by CNBC and The Wall Street Journal — this emerges from a letter that his attorney...

The United States Also Wants To Introduce Single Mobile Charging Port

The United States, following the European Union, plans to adopt a single charging port for smartphones. Last Thursday, a group of US senators published an open letter...

USB-C Will Be The Common Charger For Smartphones And Other Electronic Devices In The EU From 2024

The EU Parliament has come to a preliminary agreement that stipulates that small and medium-sized electronic devices, including but not limited to smartphones, must...