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Quotes My thoughts It’s good that Apple has been held accountable hopefully this trend continues. Concerning the payouts, I wonder how much paperwork will be necessary to receive the cash. Will a receipt of having bought the phone be needed or will Apple be asked to provide their selling data. Realistically, I think it’ll be a long form and process to actually receive the cash. Sources https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/6/24028162/apple-batterygate-payments-issued-class-action-lawsuit
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Summary Investors from a consortium of Facebook shareholders are suing the company over its unlawful gain in market power in a large lawsuit that was filed in Delaware. Some of the allegations are that FB had failed its 2012 consent decree, removed apps from its platform that didn't give it data, knew about the Cambridge Analytical Scandal but did nothing, paid the FTC $4.9B to protect the Zuck personally, insider trading occurred, among others. Quotes My thoughts If everything alleged to happen is true it would seem that everyone is now after Facebook and it is only a matter of time before heavy regulation is brought in and Zuck is ousted like Elon was at Tesla. Sources https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1440304941428473857 https://rfob.medium.com/exclusive-facebook-executives-sued-over-cambridge-analytica-scandal-254b1cbf6b3f -
AMD claims LG and Vizio are violating its graphics patents
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seems like AMD feels like LG and Vizio are copying what is essentially there architecture and the ITG has agreed to investigate this also looks to be a stab at ARM , in a proxy war fashion a lot more words and detail to be found at the source http://www.anandtech.com/show/11101/amd-files-patent-complaint-against-mediatek-lg-vizio and a more easy to understand re-hash https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/19/amd-itc-complaint-vs-lg-and-vizio/ -
source: https://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2017/03/14/wevibe-fined-2-million-cad-shipping-insecure-smart-vibrators/ so ... smart vibrators, eh
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source: https://www.vg247.com/2017/02/01/zenimax-awarded-half-billion-dollar-judgment-in-oculus-lawsuit/ the lawsuit that started in August 2016 with ZeniMax accusing Oculus that John Carmack broke the NDA he signed with the company when the left to join Oculus the judge awarded ZeniMax 500 million USD I said it couple of times, Oculus Rift was built on lies, theft and deception --- even Oculus founder, Luckey, is accused by his former employer (Total Recall Technologies) of using trade secrets in the Rift http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2015cv02281/287721/179/
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Vizio will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it collected customers’ TV-watching habits without their permission. The lawsuit was filed by the Federal Trade Commission and the state of New Jersey. It alleged that, in 2014, Vizio began using software built into over 11 million smart TVs to capture “highly-specific, second-by-second information about television viewing.” Vizio was then said to have worked with another company to associate demographic information with each household, so that viewing habits could be paired with information like a viewer’s “sex, age, income, marital status,” and more. ... http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/6/14522582/vizio-ftc-lawsuit-tv-viewing-habits-tracking-privacy -
Link: https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/11/15255318/qualcomm-sues-apple-iphone-countersue-intel I already didn't like Apple, this just makes it worse. In January of this year, Apple filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm. They claimed that Qualcomm was charging Apple too much to use their patents. This past Monday (4/10/17), Qualcomm filed a counter-suit against Apple which stated that Apple was hindering performance on Qualcomm chipset-equipped iPhone 7's. They also claim that Apple "threatened" them into keeping thier mouths shut about the superior performance of their Qualcomm iPhone 7's versus the Intel-equipped models. Depending on how it plays out, it's possible that Apple could put out an OTA update for Qualcomm-equipped iPhones that could unlock extra performance for some lucky users. Anyone else have thoughts on how this might play out? -
source: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/galaxy-note-7-class-action-lawsuit + https://www.scribd.com/document/328033611/Samsung-Complaint#download via: http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-note-7-lawsuit-723080/ if you thought it was because of the "exploding" batteries, you'd be quite wrong hmm, this makes wonder ... where did the plaintiffs purchased the phones? the court documents are quite vague in this regard - I know that Amazon offered full refunds of the product and also didn't want the phones back; maybe they got it from other retailer!? if they purchased from one of the carriers, it's the carrier's fault they didn't provide the plaintiffs with adequate replacements, not Samsung's -
PCPITSTOP source article I think this is greedy people who wants some of malwarebytes money. Start Quote////// Enigma files complaint against Malwarebytes after PUP classifications… BleepingComputer isn’t the only one with a target on their back. Enigma is also bringing legal action against Malwarebytes. According to PRLeap, Enigma’s suit claims their competitor used false advertising, unfair competition, and tortious interference with contractual relations when they categorized Enigma’s SpyHunter and RegHunter as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP). Enigma has reported that in the last eight years, Malwarebytes has never classified their programs as PUPs. So why now? Theorist suggests there are two motives. First, is financial. If Malwarebytes classifies their competitor’s anti-malware program, SpyHunter as a PUP, Enigma will see a dip in their bottom line. Another theory suggests Malwarebytes is using this as a pressure technique. According to PRLeap, BleepingComputer, who also is in litigation with Enigma, is one of Malwarebytes largest affiliates. Since BleepingComputer’s suit is still pending, this could pressure Enigma to settle. What do you think? Is Malwarebytes pushing the envelope to help BleepingComputer in anyway they can? Or do you believe Malwarebytes believes these two programs are PUPs and are simply protecting users’ PCs? The full complaint can be found here. ///////end quote
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I guess Qualcomm didn't take too kindly to Apple leaving them in the dust for Intel. At this rate, anyone is throwing around lawsuits left right and center but it'll be cool to see where this actually goes and how far. Sauce: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-lawsuit-qualcomm/qualcomm-sues-apple-for-breach-of-software-license-contract-idUSKBN1D22HA
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This has to be one of the more humorous articles that I've read today... The Psychic Network has decided that the Auntie Poulet character from GTA: Vice City (released in 2002) is a copyright infringement on the Miss Cleo persona that they created and therefore Rockstar owes them money. https://www.techspot.com/news/70419-rockstar-sued-psychic-network-over-gta-vice-city.html So this is a very frivolous lawsuit, but who knows, maybe the Psychic Network received some message or information that they would win this... I however, would not place bets on this as I'm fairly sure there is a statute of limitations on copyright suits that has long since expired.
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Not to long ago, there was a Pokemon Go even held in Chicago, where there were about 20,000 attendees. All of them were not able to sign on to the Pokemon Go servers in order to play the game, so all they did was went there for nothing. Now one dude has filed a class action lawsuit in California, for unspecified amount of damages. PDF https://arstechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Pokemon-Go-Complaint.pdf Article https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/pokemon-go-fests-blunders-result-in-class-action-lawsuit/
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First news post, hope I did it correctly . Article link ----> https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/6/15930928/qualcomm-requests-iphone-import-ban This is interesting really, I don't follow these things usually but this caught my attention. The two companies seem to be in a legal battle regarding anti-competitive practices. The article is short so im going to find some other sources in the mean time. Edit/addition: A video if you are the type of person that likes watching the news and a longer article that gives more information on the topic: ----> http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/06/qualcomm-sues-over-alleged-apple-iphone-patent-infringement.html
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source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-toshiba-accounting-lawsuit-idUSKBN19J0GU Toshiba had an offer from a consortium composed of japanese investors and a US private equity firm, Bain Capital - the sum is rumored to be around 18bil USD but Western Digital meddling in the transaction has thrown a rock in the dealing and Toshiba missed the deadline Western Digital who runs a joint venture with Toshiba's memory plant claims that Toshiba is breaching the joint venture contract and actively seeks a US court injunction to prevent the sale Western Digital wants the plant for themselves and issued a bit, Toshiba turned them down claiming they pose an anti-trust issue and the bid being too low furthermore, Toshiba is said to terminate all access for Western Digital's employees to all the systems in fear that they will continue to interfere one other problem seems to be that Bain Capital is doing business with SK Hynix and some Toshiba's board members and Western Digital are not keen to sell their secretes Western Digital is said to take further legal action of SK Hynix participates in the sale
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A couple have sued Apple after their car was rearended by an SUV driven by someone using the FaceTime app. A feature like this is very difficult to do properly and would annoy the hell out of people using it in the passenger seats, similar to Pokemon Go. However it is an important issue that needs to be properly considered. Original Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38496174
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Source: Tom's Hardware Source 2: The Register Update (Aug 28, 2019): Source 3: AnandTech PDF of lawsuit agreement: https://regmedia.co.uk/2019/08/27/amd-eight-core-settlement.pdf I think this would be a reasonable payout since it has been 8 years since the first Bulldozer CPU came out. The lawsuit itself regarding the marketing of the CPU cores mainly in the FX 8xxx lineup of having 8-cores I believe is kind of a false advertisement; it would be like buying a really nice car that featured air conditioning but you can not use it when the car is moving. I still have my FX-8350 and it runs pretty okay, but performance is not really great for the amount of heat generated and power consumed. With Ryzen, it seems AMD changed their way of marketing without trying to really say anything that would comeback and hit them.
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Apple is being sued by customers for unlawfully selling information about their iTunes purchases as well as personal data. This data allegedly was sold to 3rd parties, which resulted in the plaintiffs getting "a barrage of unwanted junk mail at their home addresses and e-mail inboxes" According to the court document, 3rd parties can buy the data for $136 per 1000 users, so little under 14 cent per user. Source 1 : Bloomberg Source 2 : 9 to 5 Mac Source 3 : The Register My 13.6 cents: If these allegations turn out to be true, that's going to leave a long-lasting mark on their brand. Either way, what do you think the odds are of them saying that only a very small percentage of users were affected by this?
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The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (with the infamous Brett Kavanaugh being the deciding vote) today to allow the Anti-Trust case against the Apple App Store to go through. The Lawsuit accuses Apple of holding a monopoly over iOS Apps on iOS. The "Honorable" Justice Brett Kavanaugh claims that rising prices on the App Store are because of Apple, rather than developers who are moving to subscription models more and more frequently. Apple claims (imo correctly claims) that increasing prices are in-fact due to developers asking more from the platform that spends 2x as much on Apps as do users of competing App Stores. This is true, Apple only sets the percent cut that they make from every sale. Apple does not control what price developers charge for their applications. The US Justice Department attempted to help Apple by explaining this to the Supreme Court, but it did not persuade any of the Justices. If Apple were to lose this case they could be forced to allow 3rd party App Stores on iOS. Personally I can't subscribe to the idea that a company who built an entire ecosystem from the ground up should be forced to allow competition from 3rd parties on their platform. Imagine building your own home and being told that you have to let some moocher squat in it because it's not fair to the people who don't have homes? That's what is at risk of happening here. Developers are more than welcome to develop for Android if they want to get their Apps out there. There are far more Android users than iOS users and Google allows for nearly anything to be installed on phones that run Android. What do you think? Should Apple be forced to allow competing app stores on their platform? Do you view this as similar to how Windows and macOS have their own respective app stores but can still install applications from the Internet? Here is the ruling from the Supreme Court: https://www.scribd.com/document/409790734/Supreme-Court-App-Store-Apple-Ruling#download&from_embed Source: https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/05/13/us-supreme-court-greenlights-lawsuit-over-app-store-monopoly -
Well within 2 days of uploading a reaction to Apple's new Apple Card product and Apple's legal team did not waste a minute to send a 'Cease and Desist' letter to the author - Youtuber Graham Stephan to pull his opinionated Youtube video down. Right after the author did not comply they followed with a Defamation lawsuit. The Youtuber is defending himself with the 1A and Fair use, which is, IMO, totally right in doing so. The Youtuber was pointing out in his original video a shady history of Apple's partner in crime - Goldman Sachs, which was in the centre of 2008 financial crisis and explaining the not-so-great deal from Apple Card with chargeback of 2% when using Apple Pay instead of Apple Card where you will get only 1% back. The original video, that caused the uproar in Cupertino linked below. -
AMD is currently on the negative end of a class action lawsuit due to their FX processors. AMD advertised their FX processor as having 8 cores, but now the courts must decide what a "core" actually is. Unlike Ryzen, AMD's FX series had a different architecture and they have even said that with this design, they have approximately 80% of the performance of "true" 8-core processors. The argument then, is that people didn't pay for the performance of a 6-core, they paid for an 8-core. This all having been said, I personally don't think there is a whole lot to this lawsuit and I think it should be dropped. That having been said, I didn't buy one of AMD's top-of-the-line processors in 2015. What do you guys think? Links and photos below. https://www.extremetech.com/computing/284335-the-garbage-class-action-lawsuit-against-amds-bulldozer-is-headed-to-trial https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-fx-processors-lawsuit-continues,38486.html
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SOURCES: PCGamer Article Second PCGamer Article AMD Class Action Lawsuit Site A Class Action Lawsuit from 2015 against AMD over the misleading labeling of their FX CPUs as 8-Core Chips is finally accepting claims for a proposed settlement In August, AMD Agreed to come to a settlement over the lawsuit regarding misleadingly advertising the FX Chips as 8-Core CPUs when architecturally they could be classified as 4-Core CPUs However one of the caveats to the settlement is that only customers who purchased an FX CPU while residing in California, or purchased it on AMD's website, are eligible for a claim. If you live in California and purchased an AMD FX CPU, or you purchased an AMD FX CPU on AMD's website, you have until January 3, 2020 to file a claim- 29 replies
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Epic Games sued for not warning parents that "Fortnite" is allegedly as addictive as cocaine. Are video games as addictive as drugs? One parental unit in Montreal claims so, and says they have a study to back it up. Source 1: https://myfox8.com/2019/10/07/addictive-as-cocaine-parents-sue-fortnite-creators/ Source 2: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/10/07/fortnite-producer-epic-games-lawsuit-says-addictive-as-cocaine/3900236002/ I really want to hear from Linus on this one, as a parent figure. If they're claiming it boosts Dopamine levels, wouldn't any type of "Social Media" also fall under this category? (eg; Like/Dislike/Love "Reaction" options)
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So it turns out that ingonito mode isn't that incognito, sort of. From what I gather you can retroactively link cookies to your Google account by signing in whilst inside the incognito mode. Quote from Readers Digest Article This would be a big no no as Google states it won't save cookies or data when browsing in incognito mode (below screenshot). Here's a response form Google in the BBC article I haven't found all the reasons for the lawsuit so any other articles or information would be helpful. Below are the two articles I found and quoted. https://www.rd.com/culture/truth-google-incognito-mode/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52887340
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Summary A Texas federal jury has ruled that Apple owes PanOptis and its sister companies a total of $506.2 million for patent infringement. PanOptis and its sister companies currently hold 7 patents relating to LTE technology. They are all non-operational companies and their sole source of income is through patent litigation. In other words, they are patent trolls. PanOptis said that they had tried to offer Apple a global license before the lawsuit, but they had never made it past negotiations. The jury ruled in favor of PanOptics saying that, Apple had failed to prove they did not infringe on PanOptics patents. It is expected that Apple will appeal this decision. Quotes My thoughts I have to say, I think Apple should have won this one. I find it weird that Apple had to prove that they didn't infringe on the patent instead of PanOptics having to prove that they did. That said, even if they did infringe on the patents, I dont think companies should be able to just register a bunch of patents and then sue a bunch of major companies to make money. Sources law360 Bloomberg MacRumors 9to5Mac
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Source: Engadget Tom's Guide TL;DR: Vizio TVs will be displaying notifications of a class action lawsuit against the company on affected SmartTVs. Quotes/Excerpts: My Thoughts: An interesting new way to inform users of a class action lawsuit. Generally you'd get a letter in the mail if you had registered the product, now potentially everyone who owns the TV will likely be entering into it. Having been in a couple class action lawsuits myself, it's likely they'll get 1/100th the potential damages per user.
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