Making the local and national news this last week, was the $25 Billion dollar fine on Meta that a court awarded in New Mexico.
One of the largest fines ever awarded, it became possible when New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez refused to join other states in a lawsuit, which was settled for “only” $18B. Ars Technica, my favorite science and technology news site, has published a good (always) piece about this. Here’s the full link:
A note about the headline and URI: Ars Technica does “A/B Testing” of headlines, ultimately settling on the one that seems to draw the most interest, or is deemed most appropriate. This sometimes results in selection of a headline that doesn’t seem to match the URI, as is the case here. But anyway…