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- Business
US to probe Twitter for breaking laws following lawsuit from ex-employees
San Francisco: The city officials here are opening an investigation into Twitter following a lawsuit from former employees who claimed that Elon Musk’s transition team deliberately planned to breach contracts and not…
- Technology
Google faces $4.2 billion advertising lawsuit
San Francisco: A new lawsuit has been filed against Google seeking 3.4 billion pounds ($4.2 billion) in compensation for publishers for lost revenue. According to the claim, made by ex-Guardian technology editor…
- World
Canadian govt announces agreement to settle lawsuit over residential schools
Ottawa: The Canadian federal government has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two British Columbia First Nations for the loss of language and culture caused by residential schools for Indigenous…
- Technology
Apple Watch blood oxygen has racial bias, claims new lawsuit
San Francisco: A lawsuit filed against Apple has claimed that its Watch’s blood oxygen sensor is racially biased against people with dark skin tones. According to AppleInsider, plaintiff Alex Morales, who bought…
- Technology
Google agrees to pay $391 mn in users’ location data tracking lawsuit
San Francisco: Google will pay a historic $391.5 million in settlement to 40 states in the US over allegations that the tech giant tracked users location data without their consent in the…
- Middle East
5 Australian women sue Qatar Airways over forced invasive searches at airport
Doha: Five Australian women have sued Qatar Airways in the Australian High Court after they were forced to undergo invasive body examinations at Doha airport in 2020. According to the lawsuit, women…
- Automobile
Tesla countersues US civil rights agency that accused it of racial bias
San Francisco: Elon Musk-run Tesla has countersued California Civil Rights Department (CRD), that alleged racial bias at the electric car-maker’s US factory in a lawsuit. Tesla alleged in its countersuit, filed in…
- Hollywood
Angelina Jolie behind anonymous lawsuit alleging assault by Brad Pitt
Washington: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has been identified as the plaintiff in an anonymous 2016 lawsuit where she had alleged being assaulted on a private plane by her “then-husband”, Brad Pitt. According…
- Telangana
Telangana: Flipkart penalised Rs 50,000 for overcharging for oil
Hyderabad: A consumer rights activist filed a lawsuit against e-commerce company Flipkart for distorting the price of oil packets that increased during the COVID19-induced lockdown and obtained compensation through legal means. As…
- Technology
Google offered to split its ad-tech biz to avoid anti-trust lawsuit: Report
San Francisco: Google reportedly offered the US government to split its ad-tech business, which allows companies to place ads on Internet and and apps, into a separate entity under the Alphabet umbrella,…
- Technology
Google to pay $90 mn to developers to settle Play Store lawsuit
San Francisco: Google has reached a settlement over a lawsuit with a group of developers, where it will establish a $90 million fund to support developers in the US who earned $2…
- Technology
Apple faces $935 mn lawsuit in UK for secretly throttling iPhones
London: Apple is set to face another class-action lawsuit seeking damages worth $935 million in the UK over intentionally slowing down the performance of older iPhones to encourage customers to buy newer…
- Technology
Google agrees to pay $118 mn to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
San Francisco: Google has agreed to pay $118 million to settle a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit in the US that includes nearly 15,500 women in 236 job titles. The plaintiffs Kelly Ellis,…
- World
US judge dismisses Trump’s Twitter ban lawsuit
San Francisco: A judge has reportedly dismissed a lawsuit by former US President Donald Trump seeking to lift his ban from Twitter. But, San Francisco federal district court Judge James Donato left…
- Technology
Netflix targeted with shareholder lawsuit alleging securities fraud after subscriber miss
Los Angeles: Streaming giant Netflix misled investors about declining subscriber growth over the course of six months leading to a massive drop in its stock price, according to a shareholder lawsuit. According…
