Patrick Stewart Agrees His Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Cameo Was Truly Awkward

Screenshot: Marvel/Disney+ Of all the weird moments and choices in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the Illuminati scene might be the one that most made us wonder “wait… what just happened?” Patrick Stewart, Professor X himself, brought the X-Men into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Sam Raimi’s 2022 sequel, but filming his cameo … Read more

Vizio agrees to pay $3 million for alleged ‘false’ refresh rate claims

If you bought a Vizio TV in California after April 30th, 2014, Vizio may owe you some money. The company has agreed to pay out $3 million after a 2018 class action lawsuit alleged that its marketing of 120Hz and 240Hz “effective” refresh rates was “false and deceptive.” Vizio denies that it did anything wrong, … Read more

Google agrees to settle $5 billion lawsuit accusing it of tracking Incognito users

In 2020, Google was hit with a lawsuit that accused it of tracking Chrome users’ activities even when they were using Incognito mode. Now, after a failed attempt to get it dismissed, the company has agreed to settle the complaint that originally sought $5 billion in damages. According to Reuters and The Washington Post, neither … Read more

YouTuber Ruby Franke Pleads Guilty To Child Abuse, Agrees To Testify Against Therapist Jodi Hildebrandt

A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse charges and will go to prison for trying to convince her two youngest children they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent. Ruby Franke was originally charged with six counts of child abuse in September, … Read more

King Charles finally agrees to meet Prince Harry under one condition after olive branch

Kate Middleton reached out to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on the request of King Charles King Charles finally agrees to meet Prince Harry under one condition Britain’s King Charles has finally agreed to meet his estranged younger son Prince Harry and has allegedly put forward a demand for the meeting, it is claimed. The … Read more

Mining company agrees with court decision ordering Guatemala to grant property rights to community

MEXICO CITY — Solway Investment Group, a Switzerland-based mining company with interests in Guatemala, said Monday it agreed with a regional court’s decision requiring the Guatemalan government to recognize the property rights of an Indigenous community. The company, which was not a party to the case, stressed that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights decision … Read more

Activision Blizzard agrees to settle California sex discrimination case

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick speaks at the CNBC Evolve conference November 19th in Los Angeles. Jesse Grant | CNBC Microsoft-owned Activision Blizzard has agreed to settle a case from a California state agency that alleged the video game publisher discriminated against women, including denying them promotion opportunities and paying them less. California’s Civil Rights … Read more

Apple agrees to pay out $25 million to settle lawsuit over Family Sharing

Apple has agreed to pay out $25 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its Family Sharing feature, which lets users and up to five of their family members share access to apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books that they purchase. The lawsuit, which was first filed in 2019, alleged that “Apple misrepresented … Read more

World Finally Agrees to ‘Transition Away’ From Fossil Fuels

The COP28 climate talks in Dubai ended in a deal that saw a commitment to transition away from all fossil fuels for the first time. The president of this year’s U.N.-sponsored summit, the UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber, brokered an agreement that was strong enough for the U.S. and European Union on the need to dramatically … Read more

EU agrees to landmark rules governing AI after ChatGPT takes off

A photo taken on November 23, 2023 shows the logo of the ChatGPT application developed by US artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI on a smartphone screen (left) and the letters AI on a laptop screen in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images The European Union on Friday agreed to … Read more