The Ninth Circuit rules that California’s sexual harassment law covers “armchair cast” situations where there is an “inherent power imbalance.” Harvey Weinstein will have to face a sexual harassment claim from Ashley Judd despite the fact that the actress was never employed by the disgraced movie magnate. On Wednesday, the …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook compares competition to lure developers into a ‘street fight for market share’ in the smartphone business
Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies today at an antitrust hearing with the United States House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, where he was questioned about Apple’s App Store policies. Cook received complaints from developers that the committee has spoken to. Apple was accused of making its “App Store” rules unavailable to developers, …
Read More »Antitrust questions from Apple’s App Store will be awkward for Valve
Steam launched in 2003, five years before the debut of the App Store. Valve tried to streamline the process of updating its own games, especially Counter-Strike – with a pipeline for software solutions integrated directly into the client. Valve made Steam mandatory with the release of Half-Life 2 in 2004, …
Read More »Joseph Kernan, Vietnam POW and Indiana Governor, dies at 74
He sought a full term in 2004, but lost to Republican Mitch Daniels and returned to private life. He taught political science at Notre Dame and was president and managing investor of South Bend Silver Hawks, then a farm club for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was instrumental in keeping the …
Read More »Guy Benson criticizes the ‘clown team’ Lincoln project for ad calling Susan Collins ‘Trump Stooge’
Fox News contributor Guy Benson responded on Twitter on Wednesday to a new announcement from The Lincoln Project, a group of Republican political consultants, who described Sen. Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, as a “traitor” supporter of the President. Trump. “[T]the notion that * Susan driving Collins crazy * is …
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