Tag Archives: Paid

Murder suspect paid $120,000 to his lawyer who relied on Google during trial

Murder suspect paid $120,000 to his lawyer who relied on Google during trial

The judge’s decision was stunning, but so were the allegations. After the 2014 murder trial of a New York man accused of killing his wife, the judge wrote that the defendant’s lawyer was so unprepared and inexperienced that he relied on Google for help with forensics and pulled questions directly from an Australian web page, “DNA for Defence Lawyers.”        On Oct. 6, 2022, the judge overturned the conviction of Ganesh Ramsaran, 48, and ordered a new trial, citing the defense… Source link

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Google Bard Advanced Tipped to Arrive as Paid Subscription, Might Be Linked to Google One

Google Bard Advanced Tipped to Arrive as Paid Subscription, Might Be Linked to Google One

Google’s Bard Advanced chatbot — a more powerful version of the service that competes with Microsoft’s Copilot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT — might not be free to use, according to details spotted by a developer. Google does not have a very good record when it comes to keeping details of its upcoming products a secret, and now some additional details related the advanced version of its Bard AI chatbot have surfaced online that suggest users will have to eventually pay to access Bard… Source link

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Minister Dominic Johnson paid almost £500,000 by firm that invested in Russian search engine Yandex

Minister Dominic Johnson paid almost £500,000 by firm that invested in Russian search engine Yandex

A Government trade minister was paid almost £500,000 last year by the investment firm he co-founded, which continues to hold shares in the firm widely described as “Russia’s Google” despite the war in Ukraine. Dominic Johnson – Lord Johnson of Lainston, who was made a peer when he took up his ministerial post last October – received £471,842 in March last year as part of a £6.49m payout to partners and directors of Somerset Capital Management LLP (SCM). At the time of the payout,… Source link

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TikTok users paid over privacy violations — Google, Snap could be next

TikTok users paid over privacy violations — Google, Snap could be next

This week, TikTok users across the country who created videos on the app before September 30, 2021, began receiving payments between $27.84 and $167.04 following a $92 million class-action data privacy settlement with the social media platform. The largest checks went to short- and long-term residents of Illinois, where TikTok was sued for violating the state’s strict biometric data laws by collecting and implementing facial recognition data into its algorithms without user consent. Not… Source link

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Russell Wilson is 2nd-highest paid player per year in NFL after Broncos extension

Russell Wilson is 2nd-highest paid player per year in NFL after Broncos extension

The Denver Broncos are all-in on quarterback Russell Wilson. Denver traded for Wilson and a few months later, just before Wilson takes his first snaps with his new team, the Broncos paid him a fortune. Denver and Wilson agreed to an extension worth $245 million in new money, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The extension is for five years and includes $165 million guaranteed. In total, the Broncos will be paying Wilson $296 million over the next seven years. Wilson will turn 34 on November… Source link

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Meta to set up new group for more paid features on Instagram, Facebook

Meta to set up new group for more paid features on Instagram, Facebook

DUBAI: The Dubai Business Women Council organized the “Women in Media” forum in collaboration with MBC Group, to discuss the role that media organizations can play in increasing the representation and accountability of women in media. The event is part of the council’s #DBWCFORUMS initiative, which includes a series of talks that aim to raise awareness about the challenges and opportunities for women in different industries.  During the event, MBC Group and DBWC signed a… Source link

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A 34-year-old accountant who paid off $100,000 in private student loans says they deserve relief too

A 34-year-old accountant who paid off $100,000 in private student loans says they deserve relief too

Ash, a 34-year-old accountant from Connecticut, graduated from college in 2009 year with more than $100,000 in private loans, she says. Still, she thinks of herself as relatively lucky. With the help of her husband, who didn’t have his own student loans, they managed to pay them off in March 2022, after 12 years of making sacrifices so they could afford the monthly loan payments. Even if Ash, who asked Fortune not to share her last name to protect her privacy, hadn’t completely paid off her… Source link

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WWE’s Vince McMahon reportedly paid $12 million to cover up misconduct allegations

WWE’s Vince McMahon reportedly paid $12 million to cover up misconduct allegations

(Warning: This story contains allegations of sexual misconduct.) Vince McMahon, the longtime CEO of WWE who stepped down in June, paid four women at least $12 million total over the past 16 years to hide numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. McMahon was also being investigated by the WWE’s board after was discovered in April he paid $3 million to cover up an affair with a former employee. This new report indicates McMahon covered up… Source link

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