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justthenews.com > government > courts-law > california-jury-finds-meta-youtube-liable-landmark-social-media-addiction

California jury finds Meta, YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial

57+ min ago  (261+ words) The jury in the Los Angeles Superior Court determined $3 million in damages A California jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction trial, concluding that the companies were negligent in their design and operation…...

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justthenews.com > government > courts-law > supreme-court-unanimously-rules-cox-communications-sony-copyright-case-over

Supreme Court unanimously rules for Cox Communications in Sony copyright case over music downloads

3+ hour, 58+ min ago  (344+ words) Under our precedents, a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the'general public'with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe'copyrights," Justice'Clarence Thomas'said The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled for…...

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justthenews.com > government > federal-agencies > fbi-warns-russian-hackers-are-targeting-messaging-apps-signal

FBI warns Russian hackers are targeting messaging apps like Signal

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (148+ words) The FBI warned on Friday that Russian hackers are targeting messaging apps like Signal. "The @FBI has identified cyber actors associated with Russian Intelligence Services targeting users of commercial messaging applications, including Signal," wrote FBI Director Kash Patel on X." "The…...

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justthenews.com > nation > states > center-square > florida-data-center-regulation-proposal-goes-back-senate

Florida data center regulation proposal goes back to Senate

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (415+ words) Large data centers in Florida are set to be regulated under a bill clearing the Legislature. It passed the House of Representatives 92-16 on Wednesday, but only after changes that watered down some of the bill's main protections. It now goes…...

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justthenews.com > nation > states > center-square > carr-calls-fair-telecom-treatment-europe-amid-trade-talks

FCC chairman calls for fair telecom treatment in Europe amid trade talks

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (376+ words) U.S. officials are calling for fair treatment of American companies in Europe as broader trade negotiations continue. The calls for fairness come amid European Union plans for measures that would give European firms an advantage over foreign firms in military contracting,…...

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justthenews.com > nation > states > center-square > senate-passes-data-center-bill-would-end-25b-tax-breaks

Georgia Senate passes data center bill that would end $2.5B tax breaks

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (477+ words) A bill that would end tax breaks for data centers and keep ratepayers from footing the energy bills, made it through the Georgia Senate on Friday. Senate Bill 410 would not allow new data centers to receive the two tax breaks,…...

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justthenews.com > nation > states > center-square > data-center-regulation-bill-clears-florida-senate

Data center regulation bill clears Florida Senate

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (311+ words) (The Center Square) - Large-scale data centers looking to move into Florida communities would need to be more transparent with the public under legislation that passed the Florida Senate on Thursday. That's one of several regulations included in Senate Bill 484, which…...

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justthenews.com > nation > technology > social-media-platform-x-down-major-outage

Social media platform X back up after major outage

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (120+ words) Update: Following several disruptions on Monday, X, formerly Twitter, is back up." According to Forbes, outage issues with the social media platform seem to have been resolved by 2 p.m. EST Monday. According to several reports, X has not officially commented on…...

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justthenews.com > nation > states > center-square > virginia-proposals-could-alter-taxation-data-centers

Virginia proposals could alter taxation of data centers

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (458+ words) A wide range of data center-related bills are on the table this legislative session as Virginia lawmakers review potential changes to tax policy, utility oversight, environmental reporting, and local approval requirements. The proposals span multiple policy areas, including tax exemptions,…...

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justthenews.com > nation > technology > verizon-acknowledges-widespread-outage-our-top-priority-get-you-back-online

Verizon acknowledges widespread outage: 'Our top priority is to get you back online"

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (234+ words) Users have reported that their phones showed "SOS" in place of network bars and the outage is also impacting cellular data and voice services. Verizon acknowledged an hours-long service outage Wednesday, which has impacted hundreds of thousands of its customers…...