August 06, 2024 Citigroup whistleblower is not entitled to a share of a $400 million fine, court rules Miller sued under the federal False Claims Act, which lets whistleblowers sue on behalf of the government and share in recoveries, typically 15% to 30%. BY Reuters A federal appeals court on Tuesday said a Citigroup vice president … Continue reading Citigroup whistleblower is not entitled to a share of a $400 million fine, court rules
Google ‘is a monopolist’ in search, US judge rules in antitrust case The ruling stems from a 2020 DOJ lawsuit against the company. kris holt Updated Mon, Aug 5, 2024 ASSOCIATED PRESS Google is in deep trouble after a federal judge ruled that the company illegally abused a monopoly over the … Continue reading Google ‘is a monopolist’ in search, US judge rules in antitrust case
Google illegally monopolized search and search advertising markets especially by paying $20 billion annually for default search status on iPhones. Anu Adegbola on August 5, 2024 A federal judge ruled that Google maintained an illegal monopoly in search and advertising markets, marking a significant victory for the Department of Justice. This is the first major … Continue reading Federal judge rules Google violated antitrust law
Websites accuse AI startup Anthropic of bypassing their anti-scraping rules and protocol iFixit and Freelancer said Anthropic’s bot aggressively crawled their websites. mariella moon Sat, Jul 27, 2024 Anthropic Freelancer has accused Anthropic, the AI startup behind the Claude large language models, of ignoring its “do not crawl” robots.txt protocol to scrape its … Continue reading Websites accuse AI startup Anthropic of bypassing their anti-scraping rules and protocol
July 10, 2024 Elon Musk doesn’t owe ex-Twitter employees $500 million in severance, court rules The lawsuit alleged that Twitter paid laid-off employees less severance than they were contractually promised. BY Jessica Bursztynsky In a win for Elon Musk, a judge dismissed a lawsuit claiming that the billionaire owed former Twitter employees upwards of $500 million … Continue reading Elon Musk doesn’t owe ex-Twitter employees $500 million in severance, the court rules
May 24, 2024 Loewe and On’s new hybrid logo proves brand rules are meant to be broken The luxury brands collaborated on a new capsule collection, cleverly creating a novel logo in the process. BY Hunter Schwarz A brand’s logo is a precious thing, not to be twisted, put against the wrong backdrop, or altered in … Continue reading Loewe and On’s new hybrid logo proves brand rules are meant to be broken
April 24, 2024 Airlines were just put on notice over ‘surprise junk fees’: 4 new rules they will have to follow Disclosing fees and curbing sly sales tactics that leave travelers paying more are among guidelines laid out by the Department of Transportation. BY Sam Becker The Biden administration’s war against junk fees has taken to … Continue reading Airlines were just put on notice over ‘surprise junk fees’: 4 new rules they will have to follow
The ‘bad guys’ won’t be deterred. The ‘good guys’ will be injured. Marc Sirkin on March 4, 2024 New Google and Yahoo rules governing sending email will lead to an arms race pitting email providers against spammers. Conscientious emailers, caught in the crossfire, will be collateral damage. Authentication of outgoing emails, limiting user-reported spam rates … Continue reading New email sender rules: Legitimate mailers will be collateral damage
Maybe one step in the right direction would be ensuring that AI content generators properly cite their sources. Scott Gillum on January 19, 2024 “Students in Europe are just now writing research papers versus students in the U.K. and U.S. who start writing them in high school.” This comment was made by a British professor … Continue reading Why can’t AI content generators just follow the rules?
New EU gig worker rules would see millions receive employment benefits Rachael Davis / Last Updated: Dec 14, 2023 The European Union (EU) has provisionally approved rules to improve protections and benefits for gig economy workers, largely aimed at those who deliver food and offer rides through apps. Those who work for apps like … Continue reading New EU gig worker rules would see millions receive employment benefits
