Record Industry Rolls On With Lawsuits: First Kim Dotcom, Now Pandora

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Iran is trying to ‘stoke discord’ ahead of the election. The U. S. Justice Department on Friday charged three Iranian operatives with hacking former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in what the agency said was an attempt to interfere with the election in November.

The former president in a post on Truth Social that if the Department of Justice does not prosecute Google, he will do it himself. Former President Donald Trump called for the criminal prosecution of Google over what he said was the tech giant’s bias toward his presidential opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, in online search results.

The laws entitle child influencers to a percentage of earnings based on how often they appear on video blogs or online content that generates at least 10 cents per view. Parents in California who profit from social media posts featuring their children will be required to set aside some earnings for their minor influencers under a pair of measures signed Thursday by Governor Gavin Newsom.

U. S. Treasury alleges that Sergey Ivanov has laundered hundreds of millions of dollars worth of virtual currency for cyber criminals and darknet marketplace vendors for the past 20 years. A network of people and virtual currency exchanges associated with harboring Russian cybercrime were hit with sanctions on Thursday, in a government-wide crackdown on cybercrime that could assist Russia ahead of President Joe Biden‘s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

While H&M sells many cheap evergreen basics, the CEO said it’s shifting to a bigger share of trendy pieces that people will buy no matter the weather. Swedish fashion retailer H&M is banking on lower prices and a wider range of trendy clothing compared to basics to drive sales among cautious consumers in the crucial shopping months leading up to the end of the year.

Home Depot’s 12-foot skeleton is affectionately known by fans across the internet and globe as ‘Skelly.’ Home Depot was about to launch something big — really big — when the pandemic hit in the spring of 2020: a 12-foot skeleton.