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Today in Apple history: iPhone 4 owners get Antennagate payout
2025-04-22 13:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
By Luke Dormehl 6:15 am, March 29, 2025 Apple history March 29, 2012: Apple settles its Antennagate controversy by giving affected iPhone 4 owners the chance to claim a whopping $15 payout. The settlement covers customers who experienced problems with the phone dropping calls due to its cutting-edge design, but were unable to return their handsets (or didnt want a free bumper from Apple to mitigate against the problem).While its arguable whether a $15 payout was worth filing all the paperwork necessary to claim the cash, the Antennagate story and the resulting class-action lawsuit generated big headlines at the time.Antennagate: A uniquely Apple controversyAntennagate referred to the tendency of the iPhone 4 to occasionally drop calls when held a certain way. The problem proved particularly vexing when a user held the phone in their left hand so that their palm covered the devices tiny antenna gap.A bit like 2014s Bendgate controversy with the iPhone 6 Plus, Antennagate...
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Facebook whistleblower, Careless People author says companys arbitration demand is keeping her from speaking to Congress | CNN Business
2025-04-22 12:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
A sign at Meta headquarters pictured on February 02, 2023 in Menlo Park, California. New York CNN Former Facebook executive-turned-whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says Meta is blocking her from speaking to Congress about her experiences at the company. This arises from arbitration proceedings with the company after Wynn-Williams published her memoir Careless People, detailing her time at the social media giant, earlier this month. Meta moved quickly to stop her from promoting or discussing the book, which it claimed contained out-of-date claims and false accusations. On the day of the books publication, the company filed an arbitration demand stating that the claims in the book violate a voluntary non-disparagement agreement she signed upon leaving the company. A day later, the arbitrator temporarily ordered her not to make any disparaging, critical or otherwise detrimental comments related to Meta and to stop promoting the book. That order is now preventing Wynn-Williams...
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Cheapest Cybertruck RWD arrives with the longest range but cloth seats and no light bar
2025-04-22 12:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Tesla has launched the long awaited single-motor Cybertruck that is eligible for the federal tax credit. It has cut many options and features corners to reach the cheapest Cybertruck price, though.Daniel Zlatev, Published 04/11/2025 ...E-MobilityThe mystery RWD Cybertruck that has been sitting in the IRS tax credit database for a while is now official as a base trim with the longest, up to 363 miles range.Before the Cybertruck launched, it had a huge reservations list that featured tri-, dual- and single-motor variants. As usual, Tesla released its first electric pickup with the most expensive Foundation Series and AWD trims.Just as Elon Musk advised, it took about 18 months for Tesla to ramp up Cybertruck production sufficiently and be ready to release the cheapest RWD version that just became official.Cybertruck RWD price and release date$62,490 after tax creditJune 2025Tesla, however, has cut so many corners to reach the cheapest RWD Cybertruck price tag, that it is probably n...
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