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Google pays $700 million and makes minor changes to app store to settle with 50 states

The biggest change: If this settlement is approved, Google will have to allow developers to block consumers from the Google Play Store for several years. You can read the full 68-page comparison yourself at the end of this story, but here’s the TL;DR about what’s in it: Does that sound like a lot? When you … [Read more…]

Activision Blizzard will pay around $54 million to settle major gender discrimination lawsuit

More than two years after the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) filed a high-profile lawsuit against Activision Blizzard accusing the company of widespread gender discrimination and pay inequality, the two parties have reached a settlement for approximately $54 million. The Wall Street Journal first reported the agreement on Friday, and the CRD published a statement … [Read more…]