U.S. Army Financial Counselor Charged with Defrauding Gold Star Families
A Monmouth County, New Jersey, financial counselor with the U.S. Army and major in the U.S. Army Reserves who allegedly defrauded two dozen Gold Star families has been indicted.
Foreign National Indicted for International Drug Trafficking
A Mexican national made his initial appearance in the District of Columbia today to face international cocaine and marijuana trafficking charges.
National Grid Agrees to Pay $5.38 Million For Natural Resource Damages
National Grid has agreed to pay $5.38 million to federal and state natural resource trustees to resolve claims for natural resource damages from releases of hazardous chemicals connected to the former Gloucester Gas Light Company located in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Texas Man Gets 90 Life Sentences for El Paso Walmart Shooting
A Monmouth County, New Jersey, financial counselor with the U.S. Army and major in the U.S. Army Reserves who allegedly defrauded two dozen Gold Star families has been indicted.
MrBeast Becomes First To Get 1 Million Followers On Threads
American YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson aka 'MrBeast' has become the first person to hit one million followers on Threads.
Threads To Soon Feature Twitter-Like ‘Following’ Tab
Meta's Twitter rival, Threads, will soon feature a Twitter-like 'Following' tab.
Amazon Plans To Unveil New Devices In September
Amazon Devices & Services is planning to unveil its new products on September 20 at its second headquarters, also known as HQ2, in the US.
Thumbs-up Emoji Over Text Message Amounts To Contractual Agreement: Judge
A judge in Canada has said that a thumbs-up emoji can amount to a contractual agreement while ordering a farmer to pay over $82,000 for not delivering a product to a grain buyer after he responded with a thumbs-up image over text.
Mastodon Back After Brief Server Outage
Decentralized social media platform Mastodon on Friday announced that its server is now back online after an outage caused due to domain suspension.
YouTube Testing New Lock Screen Feature
YouTube has announced that it is testing a new lock screen feature, which will allow users to disable touch input while watching a video.
EU Opens In-Depth Probe Into Amazon’s $1.7 Billion IRobot Acquisition
The European Union (EU) regulators have launched an in-depth probe into Amazon’s $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot, the company which designs and builds consumer robots, including robot vacuum cleaners sold under the 'Roomba' brand.
TikTok Launches Subscription-Based Music Service To Take On Spotify, Apple
TikTok has launched a subscription-based music streaming service to take on market leaders Apple and Spotify.
OpenAI Announces General Availability Of GPT-4 Model
OpenAI has announced the general availability of its latest text-generating model GPT-4, through its API (Application Programming Interface).
Google Removes Two File Management Apps for Collecting Excessive User Data
The apps, File Recovery and Data Recovery, and File Manager, were both published by the same developer and collected excessive user data without the user's knowledge or consent. The data was then sent to servers in China.
Threads Reaches 50 Million Users
Just after a day of launch, Twitter-rival Threads has now over 50 million users.
Twitter Threatens to Sue Meta Over New Threads App
Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over its new Threads app.
Court Orders Maryland Pharmacy to Pay $120,000 Penalty in Case Alleging Unlawful Opioid Distribution
A federal court enjoined a Cumberland, Maryland, pharmacy and its owner and pharmacist from dispensing controlled substances, including opioids, without taking specific steps to help ensure the drugs will not be abused or diverted, and ordered them to pay a $120,000 civil penalty.
Shipping Company Fined $1.5 Million for Oil Record Book Offense
Clipper Shipping A.S. was convicted of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and sentenced to pay a fine of $1.5 million. Clipper admitted that oily bilge water was discharged from the Motor Tanker (M/T) Clipper Saturn and the discharges were omitted from the...
Snap-Owned GIF Hub Gfycat To Shut On September 1
Gfycat, the Snap-owned GIF-hosting platform, has announced that it will be shutting down the service on September 1.
iPhone 15 May Enter Mass Production In August: Report
Apple's upcoming iPhone 15 series is expected to enter mass production in August, with approximately 84 million units produced for the second half of 2023, media reports said.
