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Between September 2022 and January 2023, Google has settled a series of sweeping privacy lawsuits, resulting in nearly $600 million in historic settlement payouts to states and affected users. So what happened with each lawsuit, and what can you expect if Google violated your privacy? Google’s Ilinois settlement: $100M On September 28th, a Cook County, Illinois judge approved a final $100M settlement in a lawsuit (opens in new tab) alleging Google’s face grouping tool, which sorts faces on… Source link

Google just indefinitely postponed construction of a $600 million data center facility in Beck, Minn., according to reporting by the Minnesota Star Tribune. Just last week, Meta stopped data center expansion in Denmark and declared a moratorium on future builds. And it paused construction on projects in Alabama and Texas, putting 11 projects into a redesign to focus more on supporting AI workloads. With today’s news from Google, some may see… Source link

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Google has agreed to pay Agence France-Presse for news content following a nasty legal and regulatory battle that saw the tech giant fined nearly $600 million by French authorities.  The deal comes after years of complaints by news publishers around the world about Google and Facebook using stories in search results without paying them. Some advertisers that used to support newspapers and magazines have also increasingly gravitated toward the tech giants,… Source link

The $600m hack saw an about turn on Wednesday morning in London. Photo: Getty Hackers have started to return part of a $610m haul of stolen cryptocurrencies, in what appears to be a stunning reversal of one of the biggest ever crypto heists. News broke on Tuesday that hackers had stolen around $610m from Poly Network, a blockchain protocol which helps link blockchains together. About $267m of ethereum (ETH-USD), $252m of Binance coin (BNB-USD) and roughly $85m in USDC tokens were taken,… Source link

Google has announced it will invest $600 million in expanding its data center footprint in Loudoun, according to the Loudoun Department of Economic Development, adding to its $1.2 billion investment in Loudoun so far. “I’m thankful to Google for choosing to do business in Loudoun,” stated Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge). “Their investment is mutually beneficial as it helps keep taxes low for our residents while ensuring a high quality of life for their employees…. Source link

The NCAA experienced a $600 million drop in revenue for the 2020 fiscal year, new documents acquired by USA Today Sports show. It’s due largely in part to the cancelation of the 2020 Division I men’s basketball tournament and shows why the NCAA is pushing forward with the tournament this year. It’s a drop of more than 50 percent in revenue compared to the 2019 numbers. Why did NCAA lose $600 million? Though it had $270 million from event cancelation insurance and spent about $473 million… Source link