Apple Agrees to $95 Million Settlement in Siri Privacy Lawsuit

Posted by Damian Pan. Apple has reached a settlement agreement to pay $95 million in response to a lawsuit alleging that its Siri voice assistant recorded private conversations without consent from its users. The lawsuit accused Apple of secretly gathering audio data through Siri, which was shared with third parties such as advertisers. Users were …

Chegg vs. Google: AI Lawsuit

Posted by Sophia Miceli. Chegg is an online learning platform that helps students with homework and tutoring and provides textbook rentals. Chegg is provided through Google, the most popular search engine in the world. On Monday, February 24th, Chegg filed suit in federal district court against Google. Chegg is claiming that AI summaries from Google …

New Jersey School Segregation Case – Key Points

Posted by Marley Havercome. A union of families and advocates sued New Jersey, claiming that the public school system is racially and socioeconomically segregated due to the so-called “Home Rule” statute which ties school enrollment to municipal boundaries. Judge Robert T. Loughy a Judge in the state of New Jersey’s Superior Court had a mixed …

DoorDash’s $17M Lesson: What Went Wrong?

Posted by Melissa Guerbi. DoorDash, a food delivery platform that is used worldwide, has agreed to pay nearly $17 million in a settlement after it was found to have used customer tips to subsidize delivery workers’ wages instead of paying them directly. According to New York Attorney General Letitia James, “Between May 2017 and September …

President Trump Seeks to Keep TikTok Alive Through Negotiations with China

Posted by Lynette Grajales. In recent developments, President Donald Trump has expressed his intention to engage in discussions with China to ensure the continued operation of the popular social media app TikTok in the United States despite past concerns over its Chinese ownership. While the Biden administration has pushed for a potential ban or forced …

The AI Data Center Boom: Kuok Meng Wei’s $10 Billion Bet

Posted by Dylan Espineli. In Southeast Asia, billionaire Kuok Meng Wei is leading a rise in demand for data storage due to the growth of artificial intelligence (AI). A recent Forbes story reports that Kuok Meng Wei, the grandson of business magnate Robert Kuok, is leading K2 Strategic’s $10 billion data center project. He is …

One of the Biggest Corporations in the US known as “TikTok” struggles to uphold its platform

Posted by Nina Davis. TikTok a multimillionaire corporation which is known for its large social media presences and widespread audience is struggling to uphold their case to continue in the United States. Concerns over whether or not this app is safe for US citizens data have been raised for a couple of years now and …

The Downside of Social Media Platforms

Posted by Olivia Beauvois. When examining the article, both the Gonzalez v. Google LLC and Twitter v. Taamneh cases highlight the more extreme instances of risk factors involving social media. The case Gonzalez v. Google LLC was brought to the court by the family of Nohemi Gonzalez, who was unfortunately killed in the November 2015 …