Riot Games CEO sued for sexual harassment by former assistant

Posted on 10/02/2021 by Engadget

Riot Games and its CEO, Nicolo Laurent, are facing a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the executive’s former assistant. Vice has obtained a copy of the complaint, wherein the plaintiff (Sharon O’Donnell) accuses Laurent of behaving inappropriately...

Robinhood’s Super Bowl ad won’t let class-action lawsuits spoil the mood

Posted on 03/02/2021 by Engadget

Days after angry users slapped it with lawsuits amid the GameStop trading chaos, Robinhood has debuted its first Super Bowl ad. The upbeat, 30-second spot focuses on the idea that everyone is an investor. According to CNBC, the ad will kick off the s...

Tesla accuses engineer of stealing crucial company software

Posted on 23/01/2021 by Engadget

Tesla is no stranger to allegations of staff stealing its technology, but its latest case may be particularly brazen if true. As Electrek has learned, the EV maker has sued engineer Alex Khatilov for allegedly stealing the company’s custom Warp Drive...

Home security technician admits hacking customers’ security cameras

Posted on 23/01/2021 by Engadget

A former ADT security company employee has admitted to breaking into the cameras he installed in users’ homes in the Dallas area to watch their private moments. Telesforo Aviles has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and now faces up to five years in f...

Federal court strikes down Trump’s coal-friendly EPA climate rules

Posted on 20/01/2021 by Engadget

A federal appeals court has struck down the Trump administration’s plan to relax restrictions on power plant greenhouse emissions. A US court of appeals said that the plan approved by the EPA in 2019 was a “mistaken reading of the Clean Air Act,” and...

Gig economy drivers in California sue to overturn Prop 22

Posted on 12/01/2021 by Engadget

Despite passing with a wide 58 to 42 percent margin in November, California’s Proposition 22, which sought to keep gig-economy workers in the state classified as independent contractors, hasn’t become any less controversial. In a filing with the stat...

Twitter hit with defamation lawsuit from NY Post Biden laptop source

Posted on 29/12/2020 by Engadget

John Paul Mac Isaac, the owner of the Delaware computer repair shop at the heart of that controversial New York Post story on Hunter Biden’s emails, has filed a $500 million defamation lawsuit against Twitter. Isaac owned the Mac Shop, which the NY P...

Nintendo seals court victory against knock-off ‘Mario Kart’ tour company

Posted on 28/12/2020 by Engadget

A judge has confirmed Nintendo’s court victory over a go-kart company that did Mario Kart-themed tours on the streets of Tokyo, Engadget Japan reports. Early this, year, MariCar (now branded as Street Kart) was ordered to pay Nintendo $50 million yen...

DOJ antitrust case against Google may not go to trial until 2023

Posted on 18/12/2020 by Engadget

It seems Google will have a dark cloud of antitrust charges hanging over it for a few years at least. At a status hearing on Friday, US District Judge Amit Mehta said the Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against the company probably won't go...

Judge orders Apple’s iOS and macOS chief to testify in Epic case

Posted on 17/12/2020 by Engadget

Apple’s iOS and macOS chief Craig Federighi will have to join CEO Tim Cook in testifying in the company’s case against Epic Games. Apple wanted Cook and App Store head Eric Neuenshwander (who reports to Federighi) to represent the company in the case...

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