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Google and app developer Flo Health will pay $56 million to settle a class action claiming they violated the privacy of millions of Flo app users by collecting information about their menstrual health cycles and using it for targeted advertising. …
Via: Claims Journal
Toyota Motor Corp. opened the doors to the first phase of Woven City, its experimental town meant to act as an incubator for technologies from autonomous driving to artificial intelligence. Woven City aims to serve as a testbed for the …
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A federal judge in California on Thursday preliminarily approved a landmark settlement of a copyright class action brought by a group of authors against artificial intelligence company Anthropic over the use of their work in its AI training, according to …
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Families appealing the dismissal of their lawsuits alleging that Kenvue’s Tylenol or generic versions of the pain-relief medication caused their children’s autism are asking an appeals court to consider President Donald Trump’s new advice that pregnant women avoid the pain …
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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has sued rival OpenAI in California federal court for allegedly stealing its trade secrets to gain an unfair advantage in the race to develop AI technology. The lawsuit filed Wednesday said that OpenAI was …
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About six months after Congress passed a short-term reauthorization, the National Flood Insurance Program will soon expire—a prospect that could cause coverage lapses for policyholders with expiring contracts at the traditional height of hurricane season, and major problems for real …
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Amazon.com agreed to pay $2.5 billion in penalties and refunds and change its process for how to cancel its Prime subscription to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit.
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This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has so far lagged behind long-term trends, generated oddities and left seasoned forecasters scratching their heads. But now it’s finally shaking off the doldrums and spinning up storms. Tropical Storm Humberto formed Wednesday north of …
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Homeowners in some of the biggest U.S. metros are paying up to 7% of their monthly home ownership costs for insurance, according to a new study. Roughly $146 of the typical $2,077 monthly housing bill is dedicated to property insurance, …
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A North Carolina judge has ordered $50 million be paid to the family of a Charlotte TV station meteorologist who was killed in a helicopter crash three years ago after finding the companies that owned and operated the aircraft liable …
Via: Claims Journal