Companies Behaving Badly

Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle a California lawsuit alleging that Google Assistant recorded private conversations without being prompted — capturing audio from millions of homes and devices across…

Wyze Labs has recalled approximately 321,360 Solar Cam Pan security cameras in the United States after incorrect installation instructions caused users to accidentally pierce the lithium-ion battery’s metal casing. The…

Meta collected biometric data from hundreds of millions of Facebook users without their consent, building a facial recognition database that ran quietly for years. A class action lawsuit forced a…

On June 6, Target issued a nationwide recall of two varieties of its Up & Up store-brand baby wipes after the FDA confirmed potential contamination with bacteria capable of causing…

Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit accusing UnitedHealthcare of manipulating health assessments to fraudulently extract over $100 million from the state’s Medicaid program. The alleged scheme involved inflating seniors’ health conditions…

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company knowingly prioritized profits over user safety in the AI “arms race.” The complaint…

Hackers breached 23andMe accounts and exposed genetic data from 6.9 million users who never had weak passwords. The company paid a $400,000 cryptocurrency ransom while publicly downplaying the breach. If…

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Meta’s appeal, allowing Vermont’s lawsuit alleging Instagram was designed to addict teens to proceed. Meta argued Vermont courts had no jurisdiction since Instagram…