Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $6 million in social media addiction trial
jurors concluded that Meta and Google should pay the woman $3 million in compensatory damages and an additional $3 million in punitive damages, with Meta on the hook for 70% of that amount.
#socialmedia #meta #instagram #facebook #google #legal #technology #tech
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5746125/meta-youtube-social-media-trial-verdict
Tesla's Robotaxi Ambition Faces A New Threat: A 50,000-Vehicle Alliance
Rivian and Uber say they plan to roll out up to 50,000 R2 robotaxis across 25 cities spanning the U.S., Canada, and Europe by 2031.
#Rivian #Uber #tesla #cybercab #robotaxi #automotive #auto #cars #transportation
Stryker attack wiped tens of thousands of devices, no malware needed
Last week's cyberattack on medical technology giant Stryker was limited to its internal Microsoft environment and remotely wiped tens of thousands of employee devices.
#stryker #Microsoft #medical #medtech #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked
Meta Ordered To Pay $375M In New Mexico Social Media Verdict; L.A. Jury Still Deliberating After A Week
Following a day of deliberations, the New Mexico jury declared today that meta violated the state’s consumer protection laws and was negligent in protecting minors from predators on its various platforms.
The verdict will cost up to $375 million in penalties, the jury determined.
#socialmedia #meta #facebook #instagram #legal #technology #tech
https://deadline.com/2026/03/meta-trial-verdict-new-mexico-1236764743/
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving is on the cusp of a recall
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is now conducting an engineering analysis, which is the second and final phase of an investigation before a possible recall, to investigate whether the degradation detection system performs as advertised following numerous safety incidents
#NHTSA #tesla #adas #fsd #automotive #auto #cars #transportation
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/897303/tesla-full-self-driving-nhtsa-probe-march-2026
Identity protection company Aura suffers massive 900,000 person data breach: customer information exposed
Aura, an identity protection company, released a statement this week confirming a data breach that exposed nearly 900,000 customer records. Those records contained names and email addresses
#aura #identityprotection #phishing #databreach #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked
Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents
An AI agent went rogue at Meta, exposing sensitive company and user data to employees who did not have permission to access it
#privacy #data #bigdata #meta #artificialintelligence #ai #technology #tech
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/meta-is-having-trouble-with-rogue-ai-agents/
Tesla Cybertruck Nearly Flew Off Overpass on FSD, Driver Sues for $1M
A Tesla Cybertruck owner from Houston, Texas is suing the automaker for $1 million after a terrifying incident that she claims put her and her infant’s lives in danger.
#tesla #cybertruck #safety #automotive #auto #cars #trucks #transportation #legal
https://www.autoblog.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-nearly-flew-off-overpass-on-fsd-driver-sues-for-1m
New details released after cyberattack paralyzes Bay Area city
The ransomware attack was first detected early Thursday morning and has effectively shut down nearly all government services for Foster City.
Both emergency and non-emergency lines for the Foster City Police Department were briefly offline.
#FosterCity #California #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-cyberattack-22087396.php
The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse
Meta lost roughly $80 billion on its endeavor
Meta said that it would continue to support some existing VR apps in Horizon Worlds, but that it would not add new ones starting on June 15.
#meta #horizonworlds #virtualreality #VR #business #technology #tech
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/technology/mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-vr-horizon-worlds.html
