FCC Imposes Nearly $200 Million in Fines on US Wireless Carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon) for Illegal Location Data Sharing (neuters.de)
The carriers sold “real-time location information to data aggregators, allowing this highly sensitive data to wind up in the hands of bail-bond companies, bounty hunters, and other shady actors,” FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement....
Waymo arson in San Francisco sparks new debate on self-driving cars (neuters.de)
Threats to US federal judges double since 2021 (neuters.de)
Half of Americans think Biden got special treatment in document probe (neuters.de)
Thousands of Indian teachers set to lose jobs as Muslim school funding ends (neuters.de)
India's most populous state has stopped paying some 21,000 teachers of subjects including mathematics and science in Muslim religious schools, or madrasas, an official said on Thursday, and they could lose their jobs altogether.
Britain detects first human case of flu strain similar to pig virus (neuters.de)
Germany reaches deal on electricity price support for industry (neuters.de)
The German government has reached a five-year agreement on a package of measures to support industry in the face of high electricity prices, as it steps up efforts to stop firms relocating to countries with lower production costs.
GM delays EV truck production at Michigan plant by year (neuters.de)
Google fails to end $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit (neuters.de)
Google fails to end $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit (neuters.de)
Gold Coast offers to host 2026 Commonwealth Games after Victoria withdrawal (neuters.de)
Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate said on Thursday the city could step in to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games after Victoria placed the future of the quadrennial multi-sport event in doubt by pulling out due to projected cost overruns.