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Reddit policy changes make sitewide protests nearly impossible
Reddit changes the rules to make sitewide protests much more difficult. Moderators will now have to get admin approval when switching a subreddit from public to private or when adding a NSFW tag.
Lawrence Bonk10.01.2024
DirecTV to acquire rival Dish Network for $1, subject to regulatory approval
DirecTV to acquire rival Dish Network, subject to regulatory approval. Regulators shut down a similar merger in 2002.
Lawrence Bonk09.30.2024
Judge rejects Apple’s last-minute request for a deadline extension in Epic case
Apple tried at the last second to get out of producing a trove of documents by Monday as it was ordered to in its ongoing dispute with Epic, and was denied by Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson.
Cheyenne MacDonald09.29.2024
Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91 million for a 2019 incident wherein the company stored millions of Facebook and Instagram passwords in plain text.
Mariella Moon09.27.2024
Apple Store employees in Oklahoma City ratify their first union contract
Employees at an Apple Store in Oklahoma City's Penn Square Mall have voted to ratify their first collectively-bargained contract.
Anna Washenko09.26.2024
Google files EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft
Google filed a complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft on Wednesday. It accused Microsoft of making it difficult for cloud customers to move their work from Azure to other providers.
Will Shanklin09.26.2024
Mozilla faces a privacy complaint over Firefox's tracking
Noyb has previously gone after Microsoft, Meta and more.
Sarah Fielding09.25.2024
FTX advisor and Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison gets two years in prison
The former advisor and ex-girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried testified against the FTX co-founder before receiving her sentence.
Danny Gallagher09.25.2024
Visa slapped with a DOJ antitrust lawsuit
Visa is accused of running a monopoly that prevents competitors like PayPal and Stripe from competing in debit markets.
Danny Gallagher09.25.2024
Qualcomm is reportedly eyeing a takeover of Intel
Qualcomm has reportedly expressed an interest in taking over Intel “in recent days,” according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.
Karissa Bell09.21.2024
Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ‘vast surveillance’ of its users
Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ‘vast surveillance’ of its users. This includes children and teens.
Lawrence Bonk09.19.2024
The EU gives Apple six months to make cross-device interoperability easier
The European Commission plans to come up with its own measures that Apple has to follow to ensure interoperability if it doesn't want to pay huge fines.
Mariella Moon09.19.2024
Report: Google offered to sell AdX to end EU antitrust suit
In an effort to quell monopoly concerns in the EU, Google reportedly offered to sell its AdX advertising marketplace, sources have told Reuters.
Anna Washenko09.19.2024
Google wins appeal against $1.7 billion EU fine for 'abusive' advertising practices
European Union's General Court sided with Google in its appeal against a $1.7 billion EU antitrust fine over its ad practices.
Mariella Moon09.18.2024
Meta could face massive EU fines over Marketplace competition
The report comes as a new antitrust commissioner has been announced.
Sarah Fielding09.18.2024
Zynga says it will fight $45 million fine for infringing decades-old IBM patents
A court ruled last week that gaming company Zynga infringed on IBM patents dating back to the pre-internet telecom platform Prodigy in the 1980s.
Anna Washenko09.18.2024
Amazon accused of deceptive 'sales' of its own products in lawsuit
Amazon gets slapped with a lawsuit accusing it of deceptive pricing practices. The suit alleges that the company misled shoppers by showing inflated prices for Fire TVs.
Lawrence Bonk09.18.2024
Hundreds of Amazon drivers in NYC join the Teamsters union
Third-party delivery drivers working out of an Amazon warehouse in New York City have joined the Teamsters union in the hope of obtaining better pay and working conditions.
Kris Holt09.17.2024
Former MoviePass CEO reportedly pleads guilty to securities fraud
Mitch Lowe, one of two MoviePass execs indicted by the Justice Department in 2022, has pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges. The former MoviePass CEO admitted to conspiring to deceive the public and investors about the service’s sustainability.
Will Shanklin09.17.2024
iPads will support third-party app stores in Europe starting September 16
Starting on September 16, iPad users in the EU will be able to easily install third-party app stores. Apple will enable that as part of iPadOS 18.
Kris Holt09.14.2024