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Apple could be subject to criminal charges in France over phone slowdowns

sudshr47 December 28, 2017

Things are getting more serious for Apple over the revelations that the company purposely slows down older phones. They could face criminal charges in France under a recently passed obsolescence law.

A report from French outlet The Local (via The Verge) detailed efforts by Halte à l’Obsolescence Programmée (HOP, translated as “Stop Planned Obsolescence”), a group dedicated to “raise awareness and influence for sustainable and repairable products.”

HOP filed a complaint in a French court on Wednesday, setting itself apart from lawsuits filed in the U.S. and Israel by making it a criminal complaint, citing a violation of an “energy transition” law enacted in 2015. Read more…

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Here come the first Apple lawsuits over the slowing down of iPhones

sudshr47 December 22, 2017

It’s only been a few days since the world learned Apple was purposely slowing down older iPhones in an effort, as they say, to save battery life. And already we have our first series of class-action lawsuits against the tech giant.

While some have suggested it’s not a big deal, others have responded with outrage. Now there are two lawsuits, one filed in Illinois and another in California, calling shenanigans on the whole thing.

The Illinois lawsuit, filed by five people — a pair in Chicago with other plaintiffs from Ohio, Indiana, and North Carolina — calls the practice “deceptive, immoral, and unethical” and says the iOS updates Apple has been rolling out to slow old phones down “were engineered to purposefully slow down or ‘throttle down’ the performance speeds.” Read more…

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Top HBO executive sues TV Academy for nasty fall on the Emmys red carpet

sudshr47 November 22, 2017

The latest HBO drama may not have dragons, but it sure has a big budget.

Nancy Lesser, a high-ranking HBO executive, has filed a $1 million civil lawsuit over a nasty fall she took on the 2016 Emmys Red Carpet.

Worst of all? She’s suing the TV Academy (as well as the City of Los Angeles and Anshultz Entertainment Group), an organization staffed by peers and friends who honored many of the network’s shows that very night. While that doesn’t reach Red Wedding levels by any means, there’s plenty of sticks and stones (and broken bones) in the lawsuit, obtained by Mashable.

Lesser’s claim, filed Nov. 15 in Los Angeles Superior Court, tells of a night filled with glamor and stars “dressed for the fashion of the day, including women with high heels, and some with extremely high heels.” But all of it came crashing down when the conditions of the red carpet (from the Microsoft Theater to the Governor’s Ball at Gilbert Lindsay Plaza) led to her stepping a dirt hole in the concrete and smashing her hip on the sidewalk. Read more…

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