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Apple Inc. lost a class-action in the U.K. after a court ruled that it abused its dominant position to charge excessive commission from app developers. The Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled on Thursday that Apple failed to justify its conduct and …
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Lyft and its insurers are largely protected from negligence and vicarious liability lawsuits in accidents, thanks to Florida’s 2017 statute governing app-based ride networks, a state appeals court decided Wednesday. The ruling by Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeals nails …
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The recent wave of cyberattacks against Japanese businesses has exposed critical weaknesses in the country's corporate digital defenses, fueling fears of further disruption to sales and supply chains.
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Avallon, a builder of artificial intelligence agents that automate repetitive insurance claims tasks, has secured $4.6 million in seed funding led by Frontline Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, 1984, Liquid2 and Booom. The capital will be used to hire …
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Early in the morning on Oct. 20, 2025, Amazon Web Services experienced an outage that lasted more than 12 hours. The impact of this outage was felt by websites, apps and other web-based platforms as well as well-known companies like …
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Tesla is recalling 12,963 vehicles in the U.S. due to a defect in a battery pack component that could lead to a sudden loss of drive power, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday. The issue in …
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In its relentless drive to bring everyday items to customers faster, Amazon has shifted expectations from two-day delivery to same-day and even within an hour. Now, with robots, artificial intelligence and even eyewear, it is working to pare seconds off …
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Reddit Inc. sued Perplexity AI Inc. and three other companies over alleged data scraping from the discussion site without permission, a sign of the growing demand and value of original data in the burgeoning AI industry. Three data scraping companies …
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The U.S. saw more than $101 billion in losses from severe storms and fires in the first half of 2025, setting a record. That’s according to a database of billion-dollar disasters that a nonprofit has re-launched since the Trump administration …
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The hack of Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India’s Tata Motors , cost the British economy an estimated 1.9 billion pounds ($2.55 billion) and affected over 5,000 organizations, an independent cybersecurity body said in a report published on Wednesday. The …
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