ByteDance sued for allegedly collecting biometric data without consent
ByteDance is facing a class-action lawsuit over claims that its CapCut video-editing app is vacuuming up data from its more than 200 million active users without...
Tech firms sue Arkansas over social media age verification law
The technology industry isn’t thrilled with Arkansas’ law requiring social media age checks. NetChoice, a tech trade group that includes Google, Meta and TikTok, has sued...
Apple wins appeal against UK antitrust probe into mobile browser dominance
Apple has handed the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority a major setback in its effort to regulate the tech giant. On Friday, the company won an...
NLRB says Activision Blizzard illegally surveilled employees during a walkout
Activision Blizzard is facing yet another complaint by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The labor agency has “found merit with several elements of the unfair...
Twitter sued for not paying San Francisco office rent
California Property Trust, the owner of the building that houses Twitter headquarters, is suing Elon Musk’s social media company for failing to pay $136,250 in rent....
Grubhub ordered to pay $3.5 million to settle Washington DC deceptive practices lawsuit
Grubhub has been ordered to pay $3.5 million to settle the lawsuit filed against the company by the District of Columbia over “deceptive trade practices.” Washington...
NLRB says Tesla violated the law by telling employees not to talk about pay
The National Labor Relations Board has accused Tesla of violating labor law by prohibiting employees in Orlando, Florida from talking about workplace matters. According to Bloomberg,...
Google will pay $9.5 million to settle Washington DC AG’s location-tracking lawsuit
Google has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine, who accused the company earlier this year...
Former Apple employee admits to defrauding the company out of $17 million
A former Apple employee has pled guilty to defrauding the company out of over $17 million. Dhirendra Prasad, who spent most of his decade at Apple...
Amazon tests using police stations as package pickup points
Amazon lockers are already supposed to fend off package thieves, but some now perhaps have an extra layer of security. Washington DC is the first city...