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Former Uber CSO sentenced to probation for data breach cover-up

Former Uber Technologies chief security officer (CSO) Joseph Sullivan was sentenced to probation Thursday for trying to cover up a 2016 data breach and theft of tens of millions of customer records, the Associated Press said.  Convicted last October by a jury of hiding the incident from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Sullivan was sentenced

Former Uber Chief Security Officer sentenced to probation

Former Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan has been sentenced to three years probation and 200 hours of community service for his part in...

Google has to pay Quebec man $500,000 for not deleting link to defamatory article

In a key part of the ruling the judge said Google is a curator of content, not a mere carrier of i

Meta wins antitrust case over WhatsApp and Instagram acquisitions

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of an antitrust suit against Meta, the social media giant that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The...

U.S. Supreme Court rejects AI-generated patent appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal to the US Patent and Trademark Office's decision to deny patents for inventions created by artificial...

GlobalFoundries files lawsuit against IBM over trade secrets, intellectual property

GlobalFoundries has sued IBM, accusing it of disclosing private intellectual property and trade secrets to other parties. GlobalFoundries claims that IBM illegally divulged to Rapidus,...

Facebook offers $725 Million settlement to users affected by Cambridge Analytica scandal

As part of a settlement relating to the Cambridge Analytica incident, Meta, Facebook's parent company, is compensating anyone who had active Facebook accounts between...

Uber driver successfully challenge automated decision-making in court

Alexandru Iftimie, a Romanian national who has been driving for Uber in the U.K. for seven years, found himself on the verge of being...

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