SAN FRANCISCO — The founder and former CEO of right-leaning social media site Parler is suing the company he created and its controlling owner, political megadonor Rebekah Mercer, alleging his ownership stake was taken from him. John Matze, who founded Parler in 2018 with funding from Mercer, filed the suit in Nevada district court on […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James accused Amazon of “repeatedly and persistently” failing to provide adequate protection to its warehouse workers in the state, suing the e-commerce giant Tuesday. The company’s “flagrant disregard for health and safety requirements” at facilities in Queens and Staten Island “threatened serious illness and grave harm” to workers, James alleged […]
EPA Parler has hit back after Amazon pulled support for its so-called “free speech” social network. Parler is suing the tech giant, accusing it of breaking anti-trust laws by removing it. Parler had been reliant on the tech giant’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing service to provide its alternative to Twitter. The platform was […]
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against Indian-American software architect Basant Gajjar who violated the companys policies by providing ‘cloaking software and services designed to circumvent automated ad review systems, and ultimately run deceptive ads on both Facebook and Instagram. Gajjar operated under the name ‘LeadCloak’ and provided ad-cloaking software designed to push fake news and […]
The $ 250 base system (with 4GB of RAM) doesn’t include either of these two controllers. The “one button” joystick has an extra button on the shoulder. Note the red highlights that call back to the old Atari one-button joystick. The version with black walnut paneling on the front is exclusive to AtariVCS.com. This black […]
Nintendo is suing the owner of RomUniverse.com for allegedly pirating its games and making them available for download. RomUniverse has been bootlegging titles for nearly every Nintendo game console, including the recently released Nintendo Switch, according to the company’s lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday and spotted by Polygon. The site appears to have a […]
Blizzard Entertainment filed a lawsuit against Sina Games over free-to-play Glorious Saga, which is a blatant rip-off of the long-running Warcraft franchise. In the lawsuit, filed August 16 in a California court, Blizzard alleges that Glorious Saga is “almost entirely copied from the Warcraft games and related products,” according to Polygon. The developer was seeking a […]
(Reuters) — Australia’s consumer watchdog has sued Samsung Electronics’ Australian unit for allegedly misleading consumers by promoting water-resistant Galaxy smartphones as suitable to use in swimming pools and the surf. The world’s largest smartphone maker did not know or sufficiently test the effects of pool or saltwater exposure on its phones when ads showed them […]
Ariana Grande has become the target of a copyright lawsuit after posting photos of herself on Instagram. Sounds odd, right? Well, let us explain. The two images, taken by New York-based paparazzi photographer Robert Barbera, show the singer leaving a building while carrying a bag with the word “Sweetener” printed on it. For those not […]
Facebook is suing a South Korean firm it accuses of unlawfully using data to sell marketing and advertising. The social network is asking a judge to force Rankwave to allow it to audit the firm’s activities to see if user data was obtained and potentially sold. A source at Facebook told the BBC it was […]
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A group that represents French Muslims is suing Facebook and YouTube for streaming video of the March 15 shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that left 50 people dead. The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) said Monday that the organization launched a formal complaint with prosecutors in Paris against the French offices […]
(Reuters) — Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies on Thursday confirmed it is suing the U.S. government over a section of a defense bill passed into law last year that restricted its business in the United States. Huawei said it had filed a complaint in a federal court in Texas challenging the constitutionality of Section […]
The chief financial officer of China’s tech giant Huawei is suing Canada over her arrest at the request of the US. Meng Wanzhou was held in December at Vancouver airport on suspicion of fraud and breaching US sanctions on Iran. On Friday Ms Meng filed a civil claim against Canada’s government, border agency and police […]
(Reuters) — The U.S. Justice Department late on Sunday filed suit after California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to restore open internet protections known as net neutrality in the state after the Trump administration repealed the rules in December 2017. This marked the latest clash between the Trump administration and California, which have sparred over […]