Google ordered to pay $425.7 million in damages for improperly tracking smartphone activity

Google ordered to pay $425.7 million in damages for improperly tracking smartphone activity

A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions. The verdict reached Wednesday in San Francisco federal court followed a more than two-week trial in a class-action case covering about 98 million smartphones operating in the United States between July 1,…

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Musk V. Altman Judge Dings Both for "Gamesmanship" As AI Clash Drags

Musk V. Altman Judge Dings Both for “Gamesmanship” As AI Clash Drags

The California judge for Elon Musk’s racketeering lawsuit against Sam Altman granted the Tesla CEO a small legal victory Tuesday, but not before dinging both sides for trying to waste her time with “excessive” court filings. “The court will not waste precious judicial resources on the parties’ gamesmanship,” US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers wrote….

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Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyer calls prosecution of music mogul a "fake trial," says evidence "badly exaggerated"

How long will “Diddy” be in prison? Here’s what to know about his expected sentencing.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his federal trial on Wednesday.  Combs had also faced more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, but was acquitted on those. The jury returned its full verdict on the third day of deliberations…

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Diddy Trial Verdict: Celebrities React—’Sick to My Stomach’

Celebrities are speaking out following Sean “Diddy” Combs’ high-profile federal trial verdict on Wednesday. The rapper, 55, was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges and was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Newsweek reached out to Combs’ representative via email for comment on Thursday. The Context Combs got his…

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