Apple gets $113 million slap on the wrist for ‘Batterygate’

Posted on 18/11/2020 by Engadget

Apple has agreed to settle the multi-state “Batterygate” lawsuit filed against it for $113 million, according to the Washington Post. A total of 34 states, as well as the District of Columbia, participated in the suit, which alleged that the company...

T-Mobile will pay $200 million to settle Sprint’s alleged Lifeline abuse

Posted on 04/11/2020 by Engadget

T-Mobile is paying the price for the reported misdeeds of its recent acquisition. The carrier has agreed to pay a $200 million settlement over FCC allegations Sprint abused the Lifeline program for low-income communications, claiming subsidies for 88...

Apple pays $9.75 million to settle lawsuit over Powerbeats2 charging issues

Posted on 28/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Apple has agreed to pay $9.75 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over charging issues with its Powerbeats2 wireless earphones (via Apple Insider). Launched in 2017, the suit focused on the advertised claims of durability, sweat-resistance and b...

Airbnb agrees to hand over hosts’ data to settle its NYC lawsuit

Posted on 15/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

For two years, Airbnb has been battling a New York City bill that would force short-term rental services to hand over data about hosts. Friday, Airbnb agreed to share that data. The two sides reached a settlement with compromises that Airbnb says pro...

Apple gets early approval for $500 million iPhone throttling settlement

Posted on 16/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Apple is one step closer to compensating customers for its initial approach to iPhone processor throttling. Federal District Judge Edward Davila has given preliminary approval (via MacRumors) for a maximum $500 milllion settlement addressing complain...

Facebook will pay content moderators $52 million in PTSD settlement

Posted on 12/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook has agreed to pay current and former content moderators in the US at least $1,000 each as part of a $52 million settlement, The Verge reports. The 11,250 moderators, who are based in the US, will receive the payments as compensation for ment...

Self-driving startup Zoox settles with Tesla over trade secret theft

Posted on 15/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Tesla has prevailed in a key lawsuit over trade secret theft. Self-driving car startup Zoox has settled with Tesla and acknowledged that some of its new logistics recruits “were in possession of Tesla documents” that covered shipping and warehouse pr...

California ends opposition to T-Mobile and Sprint merger

Posted on 11/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

New York isn't the only big state dropping its fight against T-Mobile's merger with Sprint. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has dropped the state's challenge against the merger after reaching a settlement that theoretically addresses obje...

Facebook says it will tighten account security following 2018 hack

Posted on 08/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook is promising to bolster its security processes in the wake of a 2018 hack that exposed data for 29 million users. The social network has proposed a settlement in a lawsuit over the breach that would see the company check more often for susp...

Facebook settles lawsuit over its use facial recognition for $550 million

Posted on 30/01/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

After years of wrangling in courts, Facebook has settled a lawsuit over its use of facial recognition. Last year it agreed to stop turning on the tech to scan photos by default, which built a template of your facial data, and automatically suggested...

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