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Elon Musk Sued By Former CNN Anchor Over Cancelled X Deal

Lawsuit time. Musk had cancelled contract with Don Lemon for talk show on X, after questioning over platform's content moderation…

2 days ago

CrowdStrike Sued By Shareholders After Huge IT Outage

IT outage fallout. CrowdStrike sued by shareholders who allege firm defrauded them by concealing inadequate software testing

2 days ago

US To Exempt Allies From Expanded China Chip Equipment Export Rules

Biden administration reportedly will exempt certain allied countries from tougher chip equipment export rules to China

3 days ago

UK Investigates Alphabet Partnership With AI Firm Anthropic

British competition regulator, the CMA, to investigate Google parent Alphabet’s partnership with AI startup Anthropic

3 days ago

CrowdStrike Shares Plunge Amid Delta Compensation Report

Shares in CrowdStrike take another hit after report suggests Delta Air Lines will seek compensation for recent global IT outage

3 days ago

LinkedIn To Pay $6.625m In Ad Lawsuit Settlement

Microsoft's LinkedIn agrees to $6.625m settlement with advertisers over alleged overcharging based on inflated ad metrics

5 days ago

CrowdStrike CEO: 97 Percent Of Windows Sensors Back Online

One week after the world's largest IT outage, the head of CrowdStrike says nearly all impacted machines are back online

1 week ago

CrowdStrike Blames ‘Undetected Error’ For World’s Largest IT Outage

CrowdStrike CEO summoned to testify before US Congress, as firm provides update about update that crashed millions of computers last…

1 week ago

Microsoft Blames 2009 EU Agreement For World’s Biggest IT Outage

Redmond says EU deal gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, allowing last week's huge IT outage to happen

1 week ago

Nigeria Fines Meta $220m Over Privacy Infringements

Nigerian competition and consumer agency fines Meta $220m over violations of privacy law, after probe spurred by WhatsApp user agreement

2 weeks ago

Oracle To Pay $115m In Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

Oracle to pay $115m to settle proposed class-action lawsuit over 'digital dossiers' that allegedly collected data on hundreds of millions

2 weeks ago

TikTok Parent Loses Bid To Avoid EU ‘Gatekeeper’ Label

China's ByteDance has lost a legal challenge to avoid a European Union 'Gatekeeper' designation, but can appeal ruling

2 weeks ago

Microsoft Faces UK Probe Over Inflection Staff Hiring

Poaching staff? UK's CMA regulator confirms phase one investigation of Microsoft's “hiring” of former Inflection AI staff

2 weeks ago

Musk Defeats $500m Mass Twitter Layoff Lawsuit

Elon Musk gains dismissal of lawsuit claiming he refused to pay $500m severance to thousands of fired Twitter staff

3 weeks ago

Russia’s Central Bank Tells Businesses To Use Crypto To Avoid Sanctions

Sanctions busting. Russian businesses told to use cryptocurrencies and other digital options to make payments with foreign customers

4 weeks ago

ASML Veldhoven Expansion Gains Dutch Court Approval

Expansion of ASML's operations in The Netherlands receives court approval, after objections from two neighbours

1 month ago

Fisker Seeks Approval For Firesale Of Remaining EVs

Fisker asks bankruptcy judge for permission to sell remaining Ocean SUV at just $14,000 per EV, down from $70,000

1 month ago

US Supreme Court Sidesteps Decision On Social Media Laws

US Supreme Court throws out lower court decisions on Florida, Texas laws imposing social media regulation, demands more research

1 month ago

SEC Files Lawsuit Against Crypto Firm Consensys

SEC files latest enforcement lawsuit against crypto firm Consensys as it seeks to apply established rules to digital assets

1 month ago

Tesla Argues Elon Musk Won Battle Over $56 Billion Pay Package

Tesla, citing shareholder vote, claims Elon Musk has won the legal battle over $56bn pay package, despite judge ruling against…

1 month ago

FBI Offers $5 Million Bounty For Fugitive ‘CryptoQueen’ Ruja Ignatova

US authorities place huge bounty on Ruja Ignatova, the former leader of OneCoin cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme

1 month ago

Supreme Court Backs Biden In Social Media Misinformation Case

US Supreme Court sides with Biden after Republican-led states challenged federal halt of misinformation posts on social media

1 month ago

Tesla Issues Fourth Recall For Cybertruck

Most Cybertrucks in the United States are being recalled over problems with windshield wipers and exterior trim

1 month ago

Julian Assange Freed After US Plea Deal, Returns To Australia

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lands at military airbase in Australia, after being freed by UK following plea deal with United…

1 month ago

Recording Labels Sue Start-Ups Over AI-Generated Music

World's biggest music groups sue two AI start-ups over auto-generated songs they say are trained on copyrighted content

1 month ago

China Memory Chip Maker YMTC Sues Tech Consultancy For Libel

Chinese memory chip maker YMTC sues Danish tech consultancy Strand Consult for libel in California amidst geopolitical hostilities

1 month ago

TikTok Offered US ‘Kill Switch’ Over Data Concerns

TikTok discloses in court documents it offered US government ability to shut platform down, as it prepares for September court…

1 month ago

Kaspersky Denies It Is Security Risk, After US Sales Banned By Biden

Biden Administration bans sales of Kaspersky software in the US due to links to Russia, but Moscow-based firm says it…

1 month ago

Biden Administration To Ban US Sales Of Kaspersky Software – Report

Complete ban. United States close to announcing ban of all sales of Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software in America

1 month ago
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