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TikTok settles with feds over child safety for $400M
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (339+ words) In a 2024 lawsuit, the Department of Justice claimed TikTok violated a federal law protecting children under 13 from accessing the social media app. (CN) — ByteDance, the Beijing-based global parent company of social media platform TikTok, settled a lawsuit brought by the…...
California appeals court revives lawsuit accusing Apple of blocking iPhone repairs
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (441+ words) A California appeals court revived a lawsuit accusing Apple of restricting independent iPhone repairs and inflating repair costs, finding consumers had adequately pleaded an unfair competition claim. (CN) — A California Court of Appeals panel reversed a lower court’s ruling that…...
Feds charge 17 in Iran-backed hacking scheme
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (533+ words) Prosecutors say members of the sanctioned Tehran-based firm the Mabna Institute compromised emails for more than 100,000 college professors worldwide. MANHATTAN (CN) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday unsealed a 14-count superseding indictment that charged more than a dozen people with a far-reaching…...
Sidebar: The data center gold rush
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (117+ words) The latest gold rush isn’t buried in the dirt. It’s powered by servers. As tech giants race to build hyperscale data centers for the artificial intelligence boom, the promise of economic growth is colliding with growing resistance from rural communities....
Apple’s fight over commissions for linked-out App Store purchases continues in federal court
1+ week, 3+ day ago (611+ words) While a federal judge's civil contempt finding against Apple heads to the Supreme Court, a lower court will decide what the tech giant's commission rate will be. OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge will continue to assess Apple’s commission for…...
Social media giants fail to block California prohibition of addictive feeds for minors
2+ week, 1+ day ago (673+ words) The companies failed to persuade a judge that their reliance on algorithms amounted to “expressive” activity meriting First Amendment protection. (CN) — A federal judge rejected on Thursday a bid by Meta, Google and TikTok to block provisions of California’s Protecting…...
Myanmar leader says Starlink used by scam centers
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (356+ words) Myanmar’s leader Min Aung Hlaing publicly called out Elon Musk’s satellite internet firm Starlink on Friday as one of the tools used by the country’s thriving online scam industry. An AFP investigation last year revealed the use of Starlink devices…...
'Bell-to-bell' school cellphone bans gaining popularity
3+ week, 2+ day ago (293+ words) Nearly half of American adults — 48% — support all-day cellphone bans for middle and high school students, up from 36% two years ago. (CN) — Americans who favor keeping middle and high school students off their phones for the full school day now slightly…...
Desert data center developer challenges county moratorium in court
3+ week, 3+ day ago (760+ words) An Imperial County Superior Court judge questioned whether the California county identified a sufficient emergency to justify a halt on data centers in a lawsuit filed by the developer of the frozen project. EL CENTRO, Calif. (CN) — The developer with…...
WhatsApp dodges lawsuit over message privacy
3+ week, 6+ day ago (700+ words) A federal judge said there wasn't enough evidence that Meta employees can access users’ private WhatsApp messages. SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge Friday dismissed claims against Meta from a class of users who say they had evidence from unnamed…...