The attorneys general of the US states of Texas, Indiana and Washington are taking Google to court. The tech giant allegedly obtained location data from users through deceptive tactics in order to be able to advertise more specifically, the indictment says. The unauthorized data collection would have taken place between 2014 and 2019. It concerns smartphones with Google’s operating system …

Instagram and Snapchat sued after Selena’s 11-year-old suicide in the US. Instagram and Snapchat have been sued in the United States by the mother of a girl who committed suicide at the age of 11. Selena Rodriguez would have been extremely addicted to the social media for two years and that would have led her to take her own life. …

The United States reported 1.13 million new corona infections on Monday. No country previously recorded so many new cases in one day. The previous record was 1.03 million new infections a week earlier, including in the US. On Monday, a higher number of infections are often reported in the US, as many states do not provide data on weekends. On …

Three white Americans have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in the US State of Georgia in early 2020. The trio chased Arbery in pickups and shot him at close range with a shotgun. The case led to a lot of fuss in the United States after images of it appeared on social …

The United States recorded a day record of over a million positive COVID tests on Monday. It is the largest number of infections in a single day in any country since the start of the pandemic. According to figures from Johns Hopkins University, this is almost double the previous global day record (590,000). It was also registered in the US …

The Chinese tax authorities have once again issued a hefty fine to an influencer for tax evasion. The Chinese ‘Queen of livestreaming’ Viya has received a mega fine of 1.34 billion yuan (about 200 million dollars). The 36-year-old influencer Sells in live streams on Taobao, the Chinese online marketplace of internet giant Alibaba, for billions of yuan of products. Viya-real …

The highly contagious Omikron variant of the coronavirus dominates all new coronavirus cases in the United States, the American Health Service CDC has informed. In the north-east of the country, where very many new infections have been detected, it is again mandatory to wear a mask. Omikron is now estimated to be responsible for more than 70 percent of new …

An American University has received a mysterious box with $ 180,000 in cash. An anonymous lender sent the substantial amount of money to the Faculty of physics at the City College in New York, writes The New York Times. It was intended for ailing students, but could not be used immediately because its origin was unclear. The box was sent …

At least five people were killed when a car crashed on a Christmas Parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. More than 40 people were injured, including children. Police have apprehended a suspect. The Christmas procession was not the target of the perpetrator, authorities conclude. Darrell Brooks (39) ran through the city in his SUV after ‘domestic violence’, police said. A video …

The US is about to introduce a law requiring car manufacturers to install sensors that can detect if the driver is drunk. The bill in question has already been passed by the US Congress, and therefore only needs to be signed by president Biden to enter into force. The measure is part of a massive $ 1 trillion investment Biden …