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Google agrees to pay $700M and make certain changes to its app store to settle a 2021 antitrust lawsuit brought by 36 US states and the District of Columbia (Ben Glickman/Wall Street Journal) 19-12-2023

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal: Google agrees to pay $700M and make certain changes to its app store to settle a 2021 antitrust lawsuit brought by 36 US states and the District of Columbia  —  Agreement with coalition of states resolves antitrust litigation related to app store  —  Google parent Alphabet agreed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Iran says a cyberattack disrupted services at ~70% of gas stations nationwide; a hacking group that Iran accuses of having links to Israel claims responsibility (Reuters) 19-12-2023

Reuters: Iran says a cyberattack disrupted services at ~70% of gas stations nationwide; a hacking group that Iran accuses of having links to Israel claims responsibility  —  Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji on Monday confirmed that a nationwide disruption to petrol stations was caused by a cyberattack. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Apple is working on a software fix to avoid an Apple Watch ban in the US over Masimo's blood oxygen patents; Masimo says “the hardware needs to change” (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) 19-12-2023

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is working on a software fix to avoid an Apple Watch ban in the US over Masimo’s blood oxygen patents; Masimo says “the hardware needs to change”  —  – Company submitting software workaround to customs agency  — Apple engineers are racing to develop fixes for patent issue Lees verder op Tech Meme

Electric Coin, Zcash's main developer, says that Zooko Wilcox, the project's creator, will step down as CEO, and names former SVP of Growth Josh Swihart as CEO (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk) 19-12-2023

Bradley Keoun / CoinDesk: Electric Coin, Zcash’s main developer, says that Zooko Wilcox, the project’s creator, will step down as CEO, and names former SVP of Growth Josh Swihart as CEO  —  The overseeing board of Zcash, known for its privacy-oriented “shielded” addresses or “z-addresses,” credited Wilcox with delivery of … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Appin co-founder Rajat Khare used law firms to threaten US, UK, Swiss, Indian, and Luxembourg outlets to kill stories about the hack-for-hire industry (Lachlan Cartwright/The Daily Beast) 19-12-2023

Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast: Sources: Appin co-founder Rajat Khare used law firms to threaten US, UK, Swiss, Indian, and Luxembourg outlets to kill stories about the hack-for-hire industry  —  A tech guru is waging a war on major media outlets across three continents, hiring a “media assassin” law firm to kill stories connecting him to … Lees verder op Tech Meme