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In Mamdani's War on Delivery Apps, New Yorkers Are the Collateral Damage

New York City's own past policies are to blame for much of the gig economy drama, which Mayor Mamdani will further exacerbate.

Reason · Feb 14

A years-long scam that began with fake Windows pop-ups ends with PayPal payments

The Federal Trade Commission will pay more than $25.5 million to Windows users deceived by a scam that convinced them to buy so-called “computer repair” software.

Laptop · Mar 12, 2025

'Genshin Impact' Dev Cognosphere Ordered To Pay $20 Million in Relation to FTC Charges

Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere agreed to pay a $20 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over a number of charges.

Player One · Jan 20, 2025

Amazon must pay over $30 million over claims it invaded privacy with Ring and Alexa

The Federal Trade Commission has accused the online retailer of harboring children's data even when parents request it to be deleted, as well giving its Ring employees access to users' videos.

WEKU · Jun 1, 2023

Amazon to pay out $30.8m over alleged spying on customers

Tech giant agrees to settlement after employee allegedly spied on women using Ring cameras in bedrooms and bathrooms.

Al Jazeera · Jun 1, 2023

A fertility app with lots of leaks

The agency says the fertility app Premom deceived users about their data.

Fortune · May 18, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: The FTC sues TurboTax for trying to keep you from filing your taxes for free

For what seems like forever, Americans have been asking why it's so damn hard — and expensive — to file their taxes.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 29, 2022