Anthropic, the Amazon-backed artificial intelligence startup, on Monday, was hit with a class-action lawsuit in California federal court over alleged copyright infringement. Three authors said in the filing that Anthropic “built a multibillion-dollar business by stealing hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books,” including their own, CNBC reported. Anthropic, which was...

The suit filed in June of 2020 sought US$5bn in damages.

It is an antitrust settlement made public recently.

US Securities and Exchange Commission did not specify how many of Binance's US customers are affected, nor the value represented by these funds. Earlier this month the SEC charged the crypto giant with securities law violations that it said amounted to "an extensive web of deception" and "calculated evasion of...

New York, United States--US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday proposed an $8.9 billion settlement to resolve years-old lawsuits claiming that its talcum powder products caused cancer. The New Jersey-based company said the proposed settlement, which still needs the approval of a bankruptcy court, "will equitably and efficiently resolve all...

Facebook, since the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, has removed access to its data from thousands of apps suspected of abusing it, restricted the amount of information available to developers, and made it easier for users to calibrate restrictions on personal data sharing.

The court battle between Elon Musk and Twitter heats up as the billionaire Tesla boss accuses it of fraud, alleging the social media platform misled him about key aspects of its business before he agreed to a $44 billion buyout. The entrepreneur said he has been deceived by the company.

A judge has ordered a five-day trial over Twitter's lawsuit against Musk to begin on October 17.

Just days before the first court hearing in Twitter's lawsuit seeking to force the Tesla boss to close the $44 billion deal, the firm is stuck in limbo.

Google said on Sunday that it was "very pleased" to be settling, without admission of wrongdoing, a class-action lawsuit that argued it underpaid female employees and assigned them lower-ranking positions. The $118 million settlement covers about 15,500 female employees who have worked for the company in California.

At the heart of the issue is how much internet companies should know about people's online lives, which is key to how much Big Tech makes on ads.

If the search giant loses this lawsuit, it could have to pay back a significant portion of the revenue it generated through advertisements.

A probe into the Beirut port explosion has exposed the extent of such interference, with top officials mounting court challenges to obstruct the work of lead investigator Tarek Bitar.

The case was dismissed by a US federal judge two months ago.