Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store

Apple is asking a federal judge to allow it to charge commissions of up to 15% on purchases made through external links in iOS apps.

Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup

The plaintiffs say they invested nearly $1.2 million in the company, and are accusing Gomez of failing to build and market the startup.

Aptoide becomes the first rival app store to return to Google Play in the US

Aptoide has brought its games store back to Google Play after more than a decade, as court-ordered changes open Android to competing app stores.

OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case

Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an Apple manager to access a former engineer’s iCloud account after he left the com…

Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI

Apple says its trade secrets investigation into OpenAI has widened. In a new court filing, Apple claims additional former staff may have retained or accessed confidential information.

MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea

Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup’s MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.

Tesla partly settles racism lawsuit as hundreds of workers press on
Tesla partly settles racism lawsuit as hundreds of workers press on

Tesla has confidentially settled with three of the five named plaintiffs in the racism lawsuit that has been hanging over its Fremont factory since 2017.
That doesn’t end much. Up to 580 Black workers are still suing over conditions at the same plant, …

Social media addiction lawsuit against Meta is dropped

A closely watched social media addiction lawsuit that had been set to go to trial next week has been dropped after the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his claims against Meta, leaving none of the major tech companies facing trial in the case.

After TikTok, Snap settles social media addiction case

TikTok recently settled its portion of the case with the plaintiff ahead of a jury trial that starts next week in Los Angeles. YouTube has also reached a deal, leaving Meta as the only remaining defendant.

Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers

Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers allege that Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without the necessary permissions.