Hall says when she has access to an interpreter, they are rotated throughout the week, forcing her to repeatedly explain some technical concepts. “Google is going the cheap route,” Hall claims, saying her interpreters in university were more literate in tech jargon. Kathy Kaufman, director of coordinating services at DSPA, says it pays above market rates, dedicates a small pool to each company so the vocabulary becomes familiar, hires tech specialists, and trains those who are not…. Source link
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Read More »Why New York state is suing Trump instead of charging him with crimes
After a three-year investigation, New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a civil lawsuit against Donald Trump, three of his children and his real-estate company, claiming they “engaged in numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation” for at least a decade. The suit claims the Trumps knowingly and consistently overstated the value of at least 23 commercial properties, for the purpose of getting lower interest rates and cheaper insurance. James wants the family and the company… Source link
Read More »District of Columbia Suing MicroStrategy Founder Michael Saylor for Tax Fraud
The District of Columbia is suing MicroStrategy (MSTR) founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor for allegedly never paying any income taxes in the district in the more than 10 years he has lived there, Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced in a tweet on Wednesday. In addition, Racine tweeted that his office is suing MicroStrategy “for conspiring to help him evade taxes he legally owes on hundreds of millions of dollars he’s earned while living” in Washington. In a follow-up Source link
Read More »Google is suing Sonos over patent infringement once again – TechCrunch
Google is suing Sonos (again) over patent infringement in what seems to be an unending legal fight series between two tech companies. The two new lawsuits filed Monday center around various patents involving keyword detection, charging using “technologies invented by Google” and determining what speaker from a group should respond to the keyword. A post from Bloomberg Law noted that both these lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern… Source link
Read More »Why Amazon is suing the heads of 10,000 Facebook groups instead of Meta
Amazon (AMZN) has been fighting fake reviews on its e-commerce platform for years, and now it’s taking the battle to court. On Tuesday, the tech giant announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the administrators of some 10,000 Facebook groups it claims are dedicated to fake review scams. The move is meant to tamp down on fake review brokers and the individuals who participate in such schemes. The reason for such a concerted effort? Protecting both consumers who purchase products based… Source link
Read More »Match Group is suing Google over Android’s in-app payment monopoly
Match Group, the company behind popular dating apps such as Tinder, Match, and OkCupid, is suing Google over its restrictive billing policies on the Play Store. In its complaint, Match Group claims Google “illegally monopolized the market for distributing apps” on Android by forcing apps to use Google’s own billing system and then taking a cut of the payments. Match Group’s complaint plays off an earlier lawsuit Epic Games filed against Apple in 2020, alleging that Apple engaged… Source link
Read More »Restaurants are suing Google for creating digital storefronts
A group of restaurants is suing Alphabet Inc’s Google for intellectual property right infringement in a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the tech giant uses “deceptive online ordering practices” to list restaurants in digital storefronts without their consent. According to the lawsuit, the restaurants claim that Google is using the businesses’ names, logos and trademarked images to redirect users to these popup storefronts, which… Source link
Read More »Indiana AG Rokita among bipartisan group suing Google over location tracking
INDIANAPOLIS – A bipartisan group of attorneys general is suing Google, claiming the tech giant can track your location even when you believe that setting is turned off in your account. “When you carry your smartphone around or you interact with Google, you are giving up a tremendous amount of your privacy,” said Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, who is among those taking legal action. The lawsuits allege Google misled its users between at least 2014 and 2019. They… Source link
Read More »PUBG’s developer is suing Apple, Google, and the developer of lucrative PUBG lookalike Free Fire
PUBG-maker Krafton filed a big lawsuit Monday: it’s suing the developer of two mobile games that it accuses of copying PUBG: Battlegrounds, the hit PC battle royale shooter, and it’s suing Apple and Google for distributing those games on their app stores. Krafton even accuses Google of hosting YouTube videos with gameplay of the two games in question, as well as “numerous posts containing a feature-length Chinese film that is nothing more than a blatantly infringing live-action… Source link
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