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The decision was an important victory for labor activists in the U.S. and Europe who are pushing for better wages and stronger protections for gig economy workers.

Cho Joo-bin was convicted of blackmailing young women into making sexually explicit video clips that he sold online.

Fortnite’s parent company, Epic Games, had broken its contract with Apple, a federal judge found. The case goes to trial next year.

The two companies argued in federal court over Apple’s power over apps, as their fight heads to trial next year.

A federal judge’s preliminary injunction means the app stores can continue offering the video app for downloads for now.

The companies, under legal pressure to reclassify their California drivers as employees, said they would halt rides before an appeals court gave them permission to continue.

A three-judge panel reversed a 2019 ruling that found that Qualcomm had abused its monopoly position in wireless chips.

The ruling is the latest twist in a campaign by privacy-rights activists in Europe to prevent personal information from being transferred to countries with looser protections.

In a closely watched case, Facebook lost an appeal related to charges that it has violated competition laws by abusing its dominance in social media.

The Ponzi scheme mastermind will probably die in prison after a judge rejected his request, which he made after learning he has kidney disease.

A Dutch court ruled a woman violated Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation after refusing to take down photos of her grandchildren from social media.

The Chinese telecom equipment maker had sought to invalidate a law that restricted its ability to do business with U.S. agencies and their contractors.

The judge ordered work to stop on a cloud-computing contract for the Pentagon until Amazon’s legal challenge was resolved.

It was another black mark on the privacy record of the social network, which also reported its quarterly earnings.

The city, stepping into a debate over privacy, says it will use real-time facial recognition technology “to tackle serious crime.”