Google faces £7 bn claim on behalf of UK consumers

A claim has been filed in the UK accusing Google of breaching competition law. Google is facing a new lawsuit in Britain, which accuses the US tech giant of stifling…

Musk threatens to sue anti-defamation group for falling revenue

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, said the site is considering suing the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) over accusations of anti-Semitism, which…

Youthful, gaming-obsessed Saudi seeks homegrown hit

Saudi trainees attend a training course at the Saudi Esport Academy in Riyadh. Young Saudis wander through a museum of video game history stretching from the original Pac-Man to PlayStation…

Consumers as likely to buy products advertised by AI-influencer models as those advertised by humans, research says

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Consumers are as likely to buy products advertised online by AI-created models as by humans, new research says. The study, presented at the British Academy of…

Amazon is raising free-shipping minimums for some customers who don’t have Prime memberships

Packages pass through a scanner at an Amazon fulfillment center, Aug. 3, 2017, in Baltimore. Amazon has been quietly raising the amount some customers need to spend on its site…

Meta faces backlash over Canada news block as wildfires rage

Meta is facing a backlash in Canada over its decision to block news sharing on its Facebook platform despite an ongoing wildfire crisis. Meta is being accused of endangering lives…

Early Apple computer that helped launch $3T company sells at auction for $223,000

This photo provided by RR Auction shows a vintage Apple computer built in the 1970s and signed by company co-founder Steve Wozniak. The computer sold at auction for more than…

Amazon fined again by WA safety regulators over warehouse work

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries has cited a fourth Amazon warehouse, accusing the company of knowingly putting workers at risk of injury. L&I issued $85,800…

Musk says X will scrap ‘block’ feature

Musk has repeatedly cited a desire for free speech as motivating his changes. Elon Musk said Friday his social media company X would scrap a feature that allows users to…

Is it time for limits on artificial intelligence and the news?

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain If you’re like most people, when you saw an update to the terms and conditions to use the New York Times’ website last week, you just…