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Apple sued by Which? over iCloud use – with potential payout for 40 million UK customers | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Consumer rights group Which? is suing Apple for £3bn over the way it deploys the iCloud. If the lawsuit succeeds, around 40 million Apple customers in the UK could be entitled to a payout. The lawsuit claims Apple, which controls iOS operating systems, has breached UK competition law by giving its iCloud storage preferential treatment,…
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BT fined £2.8m over failures affecting 1.1 million EE and PlusNet customers | Science & Tech News
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BT has been fined £2.8m after EE and Plusnet failed to provide clear and simple contract information to more than a million customers. Since June 2022, BT’s EE and Plusnet businesses made more than 1.3 million sales without providing customers with a contract summary and information documents, which affected at least 1.1 million customers, according…
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Sam Bankman-Fried: Disgraced ‘crypto king’ jailed for 25 years after stealing billions of dollars from FTX customers | Business News
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Disgraced crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of stealing billions of dollars from his customers. He was the chief executive of FTX, which suddenly went bankrupt in November 2022 – leaving millions of users frozen out of their accounts and unable to make withdrawals. The 32-year-old…
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Mobile phone customers face ‘lose-lose’ situation as bills go up | Business News
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Mobile phone customers face either a “huge” mid-contract price rise or a “crippling” exit fee from April, according to a watchdog. Which? says Virgin Media and O2 are expected to hike prices by up to 8.8% in April – the highest increase in percentage terms among major providers. The alternative is a potentially “exorbitant” exit…
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Google to pay compensation to millions of US customers after Play Store court case | Science & Tech News
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Google will pay out $700m (£550m) and allow more competition on its Play Store after it was accused of using illegal restrictions and overcharging consumers when they buy items in apps. It forms part of an antitrust settlement in the US, ahead of a legal battle with Fortnite maker Epic Games, which accused Google of…
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UK’s largest mobile firms sued for £3bn – amid claims they overcharged loyal customers | UK News
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Vodafone, EE, Three and O2 are facing a “£3bn-plus” class action claim that alleges they used their market dominance to overcharge on up to 28.2 million UK mobile phone contracts. The four largest network operators are accused of penalising loyal customers – meaning they paid more than new customers for the same services. Many contracts…
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Booking.com customers warned of ‘well-designed scam’ putting details for sale on dark web | Science & Tech News
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Booking.com customers have been warned of a “well-designed scam” that has seen account details sold on the dark web. Cybersecurity firm Secureworks said criminals are targeting the website’s partner hotels to steal user details. They then send phishing emails to the customers, claiming their reservation will be cancelled if they do not provide payment information…
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Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of defrauding FTX crypto customers out of billions of dollars | US News
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Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty of defrauding customers of his cryptocurrency exchange out of billions of dollars. The 31-year-old could be sentenced to more than 100 years in prison after stealing money from clients of FTX. A Manhattan jury convicted him on all seven counts after a month-long trial. FTX collapsed last November, shocking…
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Sam Bankman-Fried trial: FTX boss stole over $10bn from customers in ’empire built on lies’, jury told | US News
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The trial of embattled crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried has begun – with prosecutors claiming he stole more than $10bn (£8.2bn) from unsuspecting customers. Almost a year after FTX spectacularly collapsed, leaving millions of people out of pocket, a court heard that the 31-year-old’s multibillion-dollar empire was “built on lies”. Bankman-Fried has been accused of using…
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Customers warned of ‘text pest’ delivery drivers asking for dates and sex | UK News
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Young people are falling victim to “text pest” delivery drivers who ask for romantic dates and sexual favours after getting their number for work reasons. The findings come from research commissioned by the UK’s data protection watchdog, which said nearly a third of those aged between 18 and 34 received inappropriate, unwanted contact after handing…