Apple changes key App Store rules in response to class action lawsuit from developers

Karissa Bell

Apple has agreed to change several rules for its app store as part of a settlement with developers who filed a class action lawsuit against the company. The main change is that Apple is “making it clear” that developers can send emails to users “using payment methods outside of their iOS app.” The company has … Read more

Biotech firm Athira Pharma hit by class action lawsuits following image manipulation claims

Biotech firm Athira Pharma hit by class action lawsuits following image manipulation claims

Leen Kawas, CEO of Athira Pharma, went on leave earlier this month. (Athira Pharma photo) The lawsuits have started. Less than a week after the CEO of Athira Pharma was given a temporary leave of absence on allegations of altered images in the scientific papers she wrote, three class action lawsuits were filed on behalf … Read more

Jeff Bezos will reportedly join the billionaire boating class with a $500M luxury sailing superyacht

Jeff Bezos will reportedly join the billionaire boating class with a $500M luxury sailing superyacht

Jeff Bezos in Seattle in 2016. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) It’s not exactly the type of ship that would frolic near the shores of Amazon’s South Lake Union campus in Seattle, but Jeff Bezos reportedly plans to set sail on his own boat. But at Bezos’ level of prosperity, boats are actually referred … Read more