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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...

US Government Puts Xiaomi On Blacklist For Alleged Connections With The Chinese Military

A few days after making a transfer of power to Joe Biden, Donald Trump's cabinet has put the Chinese manufacturer of smartphones, consumer electronics,...

Law Firm Sued CD Projekt Over The Poor Condition Of Cyberpunk 2077 On Xbox One And Playstation 4

The New York law firm Rosen Law Firm has filed a lawsuit in California against CD Projekt — the company behind the development studio CD Projekt...

Facebook Wanted To Build Up Competitors Using Its Own Code

Facebook is currently being indicted in the United States by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 48 states for unfair competition practices. As Washington Post reports,...

Monopoly Lawsuits: Facebook May Forced To Sell WhatsApp And Instagram

Facebook faces two monopoly lawsuits in the United States that could force the company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp, which it bought in 2012...

Google Accused Of Illegally Spied On Several Workers Before Firing Them

A new scandal splashes Google in reference to labor activism. Google accused of violating US labor laws by illegally spied on some of its...

GitHub Restored Youtube-dl Repository After EFF Intervention

Youtube-dl has returned to its rightful place — to the GitHub repository from where it was removed last month after a legal claim from...

US Justice Department Confiscated A Bitcoin Wallet Worth $1 Billion

This week, on the night of the US presidential election, the cryptocurrency community drew attention to a huge transfer — someone emptied the Bitcoin...

Search Engine Monopoly: Google Pays Apple Up To $12 Billion Annually

The US Department of Justice has launched an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The main allegation is that the company used anti-competitive practices in the...

YouTube-dl Removed From GitHub Due To RIAA Takedown Notice

GitHub has taken the code of the widely used open-source project Youtube-dl offline. This emerges from a DMCA request from the US music association...

US Justice Sues Google With Antitrust Lawsuit For Illegal Monopoly In Web Search

While the forced sale of Chrome was still under discussion, the United States Department of Justice has initiated legal proceedings against Google, accusing the...

Legal dispute between Apple and Epic Games may go to trial by jury next year

The legal dispute between Apple and Epic Games over commissions and the Fortnite payment system in the App Store will take a long time...

US Court temporarily blocks Trump’s download ban on TikTok

The popular video app TikTok narrowly escaped the Trump administration's attempt to stop downloads in the US. Shortly before TikTok was to disappear from the...