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Google Sues SerpApi Over Scraping and Reselling Search Data(2025-12-20 00:00:09)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Search Engine Land: Google said today that it is suing SerpApi, accusing the company of bypassing security protections to scrape, harvest, and resell copyrighted content from Google Search results. The allegations: Google said SerpApi: -Circumvented Google'...
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Ten Mistakes Marred Firewall Upgrade At Australian Telco, Contributing To Two Deaths(2025-12-19 20:00:08)

An independent review found that at least ten technical and process failures during a routine firewall upgrade at Australia's Optus prevented emergency calls from reaching Triple Zero for 14 hours, during which 455 calls failed and two callers died. The Register reports: On Thursday, Optus published...
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FTC: Instacart To Refund $60M Over Deceptive Subscription Tactics(2025-12-19 15:00:04)

alternative_right writes: Grocery delivery service Instacart will refund $60 million to settle FTC claims that it misled customers with false advertising and unlawfully enrolled them in paid subscriptions. Instacart partners with over 1,800 retailers to provide online shopping, delivery, and pickup ...
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Apple Becomes a Debt Collector With Its New Developer Agreement(2025-12-19 10:00:12)

Apple released an updated developer license agreement this week that gives the company permission to recoup unpaid funds, such as commissions or any other fees, by deducting them from in-app purchases it processes on developers' behalf, among other methods. From a report: The change will impact deve...
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Trump's Social Media Business Is Merging With a Nuclear Fusion Company(2025-12-19 05:00:04)

Tony Isaac shares a report from CNN: President Donald Trump's social media and crypto company is making a huge bet on a far different industry -- nuclear fusion, a potentially lucrative albeit commercially unproven energy technology that could help power a suddenly electricity-starved economy. Trump...
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