2+ week, 2+ day ago   (843+ words) By BARBARA ORTUTAY and KAITLYN HUAMANI, Associated Press A settlement announced Wednesday between Meta and dozens of states resolves one of its biggest legal fights, but the social media giant is still facing litigation elsewhere over its products’ effects on…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (534+ words) Technology Writers A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Google to retool the system powering its monopoly in digital...in Virginia marks the second time in a year that Google has received a reprieve from a Justice Department...company’s anti-competitive practices…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (609+ words) As you may have heard, Meta is on trial in an Oakland courtroom, accused of knowingly designing its social media products to be addictive and contributing to what the plaintiffs call a national youth mental health crisis. California, Colorado, Kentucky…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (742+ words) California’s new, first-of-its-kind “DROP” program enabling residents to have personal information deleted by data brokers depends on companies that have frequently failed to follow privacy law already on the books, new research from Stanford University suggests. “The Stanford report was…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (758+ words) By Erik Larson, Bloomberg Nestled into Meta Platforms Inc.’s landmark $18 billion settlement with US states to address social media harms to children was a seemingly unrelated agreement to resolve a different controversy that rocked Facebook after the 2016 presidential election....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (678+ words) stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from Google, to five years in prison. “That sentence reflects...Chinese citizen in his late 30s, started working at Google in 2019 and obtained a green card in 2021, according...court filing described as “building blocks” of Google…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (245+ words) The organizers of a pedophile support chatroom allegedly visited by former “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton has issued a statement in the wake of his firing. “LifeLine is aware of mainstream media coverage following its alleged use by a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (334+ words) MILPITAS — A South Bay woman has been charged with murder after authorities say she killed her close friend last week by running her down with her SUV at the apartment complex where they both lived. Anila Baby, 32, of Milpitas, was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (444+ words) By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN The committee’s chairman, Rep. James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Todd Blanche requesting records related to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s controversial strategy of monitoring — yet not…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (383+ words) Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns that emerged during the 2016 election when a political consulting firm bought user data harvested from millions of profiles to generate targeted ads. Opening statements will begin Wednesday in state court…...