The European Union fines Apple 500 million euros and Meta 200 million in separate digital cases
By KELVIN CHAN, Associated Press Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros Wednesday as they stepped up enforcement of the…
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EU Fines Apple and Meta Total of $800 Million in First Use of Digital Competition Law
European Union regulators on Wednesday said Apple and Meta were the first companies to be penalized for violating a new law intended to increase competition in the digital economy, the…
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Gavin Newsom, Chris Van Hollen and the news cycle no Democrat wanted
Gov. Gavin Newsom made news Friday for his comments about wrongfully deported Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia, when he was trying to make news about tariffs. Speaking at a Central…
Read More »Trump Raised $239 Million for Inauguration, More Than Doubling His Own Record
The staggering amount, disclosed in a filing with the Federal Election Commission, was driven by corporate America’s eagerness to win the president’s favor. Source link
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L.A. Sheriff’s Department spent $458 million in overtime. Here’s why.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spent $458 million on overtime during the last fiscal year, a ballooning figure that department officials say is driven by rising vacancy rates, increasing…
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Texas company fined $18 million for oil work on California coast
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — In an action cheered by state environmentalists, the California Coastal Commission has voted to fine a Texas-based oil firm $18 million for failing to obtain necessary permits and…
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Chevron Must Pay $745 Million for Coastal Damages, Louisiana Jury Rules
A jury in Louisiana has ruled that Chevron must pay a parish government about $745 million to help restore wetlands that the jury said the energy company had harmed for…
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Meet the 23-Year-Old Student Who Raised $25 Million in Democratic Losses
After the Democratic candidates in Florida’s special elections burned through millions and millions of dollars on the way to double-digit losses this week, some Democrats are asking where that money…
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Law Insider Announces Low-Cost and Free AI-Powered Contract Tools for 1.2 Million Legal Users
Legal technology platform Law Insider announced today the launch of its AI-powered contract drafting, review and redlining tools for its global community of 1.2 million registered legal users. The new…
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Tennessee Man Convicted in $2 Million Ponzi Scheme
Alcides Roman, a 66-year-old man from Lebanon, Tennessee, has been convicted for operating a large-scale Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims across the United States and Canada. Roman, who pleaded guilty…
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Japanese Court Awards $1.4 Million to Exonerated Man
A Japanese court awarded $1.4 million to a man who spent 44 years on death row for a murder conviction that was later overturned, the country’s national broadcaster said. A…
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New fire maps increase hazard zones in L.A. and SoCal by 3.5 million acres
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released updated fire-hazard severity-zone maps for Los Angeles County for the first time in over a decade on Monday, adding more than…
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Family of man slain by deputy is awarded $30.5 million
The family of a man shot to death by a Kern County sheriff’s deputy was awarded $30.5 million by a federal jury Wednesday in one of California’s largest police shooting…
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Russian zero-day seller is offering up to $4 million for Telegram exploits
Operation Zero, a company that acquires and sells zero-days exclusively to the Russian government and local Russian companies, announced on Thursday that it’s looking for exploits for the popular messaging…
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Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users
A consumer-grade spyware operation called SpyX was hit by a data breach last year, TechCrunch has learned. The breach reveals that SpyX and two other related mobile apps had records…
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Photo calorie app Cal AI, downloaded over a million times, was built by two teenagers
In a world filled with “vibe coding,” Zach Yadegari, teen founder of Cal AI, stands in ironic, old-fashioned contrast. Ironic because Yadegari and his co-founder, Henry Langmack, are both just 18…
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L.A. man scalded by tea at Starbucks awarded $50 million
A Los Angeles County jury says Starbucks is liable for injuries of a customer burned during a botched drive-through drink handoff — to the tune of $50 million. L.A. resident…
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IRS wants to reimburse Calif. taxpayers $92 million. Do you qualify?
A trove of cash could be forfeited if Californians fail to complete their 2021 tax returns by next month, according to the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS is currently sitting…
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Bristol Myers Squibb Acquires 2seventy bio for $286 Million
Bristol Myers Squibb Acquires 2seventy bio for $286 Million to Strengthen Cancer Portfolio. Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has announced its acquisition of 2seventy bio for $286 million, marking the end…
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DHS expedites process to award two Republican-linked firms part of its $200 million ad campaign
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security skipped a fully competitive bidding process to give two Republican-linked firms the first part of a $200 million television ad campaign that lauds President…
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