Google’s $135 Million Android Data Settlement: What Really Happened, Why It Matters, and What Comes Next

Google recently agreed to pay $135 million to settle a major class-action lawsuit claiming it collected Android users’ cellular data without proper consent — even when users thought they had opted out. Beyond the headline number lies a deeper story about how data flows through your phone, why regulators and courts are watching closely, and what this could mean for user privacy and the broader tech industry.

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Flapping Airplanes: The New AI Lab Taking a Contrarian Flight Path in the AI Race

A fresh contender has entered the AI arena with a big, bold idea: forget the brute-force, GPU-maxed approach that dominates today’s generative-AI battles and focus instead on smarter, more efficient models. The startup Flapping Airplanes has just raised a hefty seed round and is positioning itself as a research-first alternative that could shake up how AI is built and scaled.

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