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Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is now facing a lawsuit from 25 California counties over its alleged improper handling of hazardous waste materials at its facilities across the state. What Happened: The lawsuit, titled The People of California v. Tesla, was filed in a California state court in San Joaquin...

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google on Wednesday settled a patent lawsuit concerning AI technology, which demanded a staggering $1.67 billion.  What Happened: The lawsuit was filed by Singular Computing, a company founded by Massachusetts-based computer scientist Joseph Bates,...

Last week, “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara, who has been making the rounds to promote her leading role in the upcoming Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) miniseries, “Griselda,” sat for an interview with Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show.” The six-part series is about the...

A U.S. federal appeals court has dismissed Twitter’s plea to inform former President Donald Trump about a search warrant issued for his data.  What Happened: The ruling by the D.C. Circuit was split along partisan lines. Four Republican appointees argued that Trump should have been given...

Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), must take part in a deposition in a Texas court case regarding the firm’s use of facial recognition technology. What Happened: On Tuesday, Texas’s Sixth Court of Appeals Judge Jeff Rambin has rejected...

Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT-parent OpenAI, has refuted the need for extensive training data from publishers such as The New York Times Co. (NYSE:NYT) after the startup got embroiled in a copyright infringement lawsuit with the media company. What Happened: ...

Alphabet Inc's Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has agreed to resolve a 2020 class-action lawsuit for $5 billion. The suit accused the tech behemoth of tracking user activity through its Chrome browser's incognito mode, raising significant privacy concerns. What Happened: The core of the lawsuit was...

A group of 11 nonfiction authors, including winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, has joined a lawsuit filed against ChatGPT-parent OpenAI and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), accusing the companies of using their writings without permission for...

In a race against time, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has reportedly been strategizing to salvage its $17 billion smartwatch enterprise in the face of a U.S. ban set to be enforced in a few days. What Happened: Apple has braced itself for an impending ban imposed by the...

Game developer Activision Blizzard, now a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), has agreed to a nearly $55 million settlement with the California Civil Rights Department over a gender discrimination case involving female employees and contractors. What Happened: The settlement...

Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, faces a lawsuit from a Spanish media association, accusing the tech giant of engaging in unfair competition within the advertising market. What Happened: On Monday, it was revealed that a...

Kenvue Inc. (NYSE: KVUE) is down over 25% from its debut earlier this year in May 2023. Formed from the separation of Johnson & Johnson’s Consumer Health business, the company was billed as the world’s largest pure-play consumer health company with annual revenues of over $15...

On the same day, Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) filed a lawsuit against Media Matters, accusing the media watchdog group of defaming the platform, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into the organization over “potential fraudulent activity.”  What...

The U.S. government said the bankruptcy plan by Genesis haf material changes and they should be reviewed again by the company. What Happened: Crypto lender Genesis indicated in its updated bankruptcy plan that it now planned to liquidate assets and not sell them or...

Blockchain technology firm Yuga Labs develops non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital collectibles, with its flagship collection being Bored Ape Yacht Club which was launched in April 2021. A judgment passed Thursday protected the company from infringement, a widely prevalent issue that NFT...