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Jonathan Majors' former girlfriend sued him Tuesday on civil allegations including assault, battery, defamation and infliction of emotional distress, three months after the actor was convicted in a criminal trial of assaulting her in New York City. HT Image Grace Jabbari, a 31-year-old British dancer, filed the action in federal court in Manhattan, claiming Majors subjected her to escalating incidents of physical and verbal abuse from 2021 to 2023. Hindustan Times - your fastest source for breaking news!…

Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, of betraying its foundational mission by putting the pursuit of profit ahead of the benefit of humanity.The world’s richest man, a founding board member of the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, claimed Altman had “set aflame” OpenAI’s founding agreement by signing an investment deal with Microsoft.The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco on Thursday, claims OpenAI is now developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) – a…

If you open TikTok and start to scroll through your For You page you will no doubt notice that many of the videos you see feature music. In fact, music is a key part of how TikTok works with creators filming their videos with songs in the background, lipsyncing them, and more. But that music doesn't come free, and one of the companies that represents some of the biggest artists in the world says that TikTok is playing hardball over how much it's willing to pay to license that music.In fact, Universal Music Group says…

No one is safe from former President Donald Trump’s accusations of election fraud, not even his fellow Republicans — specifically Florida governor and 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis.  While Trump’s baseless accusations of election fraud tend to focus on President Joe Biden, ahead of the anniversary of Jan. 6 Trump’s campaign mailed out flyers accusing DeSantis of “trying to rig the Iowa Caucus,” which is set to take place on Jan. 15. NBC News confirmed the mailer’s authenticity and its connection to the…

Parking can really sour your day. Finding a blocked car is more than inconvenient; it’s frustrating. Especially when you’re in a hurry. It angers people so much that, for example, one in three drivers in the UK admits they have written a passive-aggressive note to neighbors about it and left it on their vehicle. Some of these cases even end up in heated arguments.Recently, redditor u/2ndbreakfastfan was drawn into such a quarrel without even owning a car. After leaving the grocery store and making his way back home, a…

Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: US federal prosecutors charge Tingo Group founder Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye with securities fraud in New York, accusing him of massively inflating Tingo's finances — - Criminal charges follow SEC lawsuit against Dozy Mmobuosi — Mmobuosi is still ‘at large,’ federal prosecutors in NY said Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: US federal prosecutors charge Tingo Group founder Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye with securities fraud in New York, accusing him of…

In 2020, Google was hit with a lawsuit that accused it of tracking Chrome users' activities even when they were using Incognito mode. Now, after a failed attempt to get it dismissed, the company has agreed to settle the complaint that originally sought $5 billion in damages. According to Reuters and The Washington Post, neither side has made the details of the settlement public, but they've already agreed to the terms that they're presenting to the court for approval in February.When the plaintiffs filed the lawsuit, they…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeCuba Gooding Jr has been hit with two lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault.In the suits, the Jerry Maguire actor is accused of groping two women in two separate incidents at New York restaurants in 2018 and 2019.The lawsuits were filed on Wednesday in New York Supreme Court ahead of the expiration of the state’s Adult Survivors Act on Friday.The measure, passed last year, created a…

Too Long; Didn't ReadFormer OpenAI employees express deep concerns over alleged misconduct by Sam Altman, revealing a troubling pattern of deceit and manipulation. The letter calls on the Board of Directors to expand investigations, protect whistleblowers, and address issues like discriminatory behavior and misuse of resources. The employees assert that OpenAI's mission is compromised by profit-driven interests, urging a commitment to ethical leadership and transparency to safeguard the future of artificial intelligence.…

A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year.US District Judge Susan Illston on Tuesday said the plaintiff in the proposed class action, John Zeman, had provided enough evidence that the mass layoffs had a greater impact on older employees to continue pursuing the case.Zeman, for example, claims that X laid off 60 percent of workers who were 50 or older…