Neowin News Feed for: Compensation

If your new Xbox controller was missing batteries, Microsoft is offering compensations

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:02:01 +0000

The standard Xbox Wireless Controller always ships with a couple of AA batteries to get into wireless gaming straight away, but it looks like there has been a mix-up recently. Read more...

FCC launches investigation into AT&T nationwide outage that cut off emergency services

Martin Hodás — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 11:14:01 +0000

The Federal Communications Commission announced that it plans to take a closer look at AT&T's hours-long network disruption, which caused trouble for millions of customers in late February. Read more...

Apple bleeds hundreds of millions as it finally compensates iPhone owners for Batterygate

Martin Hodás — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 06:30:01 +0000

The infamous Batterygate has finally come to a conclusion for those who owned the affected devices and submitted a claim for a payment in late 2020, following a class-action lawsuit against Apple. Read more...

YouTube reveals its plans for compensating artists for AI music

Steve Bennett — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 16:22:02 +0000

YouTube has announced how it plans to work with and reimburse both artists and rights holders for the presence and use of AI music across its platform, in a post on its official blog today. Read more...

The EU is making it easier to sue for damages when it comes to AI systems

Usama Jawad — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:58:01 +0000

The European Union is set to announce the AI Liability Directive that will make it easier for individuals to sue the manufacturer of an AI product or its user through "presumption of causality". Read more...

Arm sues Qualcomm and Nuvia for alleged breach of license agreement

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:30:01 +0000

Arm has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm and its subsidiary Nuvia for allegedly breaching license agreements and trademark infringements. Arm wants Qualcomm to destroy certain Nuvia designs as well. Read more...

Ofcom compensation rules go live for broadband and landline customers

Paul Hill — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:52:01 +0000

Ofcom has revealed new rules coming into effect today which will see that customers are "fairly" compensated by ISPs if there are any faults with their broadband or landline service. Read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook got $102 million in 2017; told to take private jets

John Keefer — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 16:28:01 +0000

There is a lot of work involved in being the top dog at a major tech company. But that responsibility can offer some great rewards. Cook received salary, an incentive bonus, and an equity payout. Read more...

BT liable for £22m in interest to competitors in latest appeal to 2012 overcharging case

Boyd Chan — Fri, 05 May 2017 10:16:01 +0000

After having been ordered by Ofcom to pay £95m to rivals in late 2012 for backhaul overcharging, BT has failed in its latest attempt to avoid having to pay up. However, the saga may not yet be over. Read more...

BT cops £42m fine for underpaying compensation to rivals for delayed Ethernet installations

Boyd Chan — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 07:32:01 +0000

Just a fortnight after it had been spun out into its own company, BT's Openreach has received a record £42 million fine over Ethernet installation delays and shortchanging its rivals due compensation. Read more...

Aussies take mobile network to the brink in second free data day

Matt Blowes — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 08:00:01 +0000

For the second time in two months, customers of the Australian mobile network Telstra have taken advantage of a free data day. Despite collectively using 2,686 terabytes of data, not all were happy. Read more...

Aussies chow through 1,841 terabytes on Telstra's free day of data

Steven Parker — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:24:01 +0000

On Sunday, Telstra lifted data caps for the entire day for all of its mobile users, and as expected, the network saw increased usage, doubling any normal day of the week, as users took advantage. Read more...

Satya Nadella tops the pay chart for new CEOs in 2014

Brad Sams — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 20:54:01 +0000

Satya Nadella, who took over last year for Steve Ballmer, was the highest paid new CEO and 2nd highest paid CEO when considering all CEOs; he delivered a 24.3% for shareholders. Read more...

Microsoft must pay, says Nokia, after Mexico court ruling on faulty handsets

Andy Weir — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 09:42:01 +0000

Nokia says that Microsoft is now liable to pay compensation to customers who bought faulty handsets from the Finnish company, after a court ordered that Nokia Mexico pay damages to those customers. Read more...

Nokia Mexico ordered to pay damages to customers over faulty handsets

Andy Weir — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:46:01 +0000

A Mexcian court has ordered Nokia to pay damages to customers who purchased handsets that were later found to be defective - and owners of these faulty devices can still register for compensation. Read more...

Issues with GTA Online? Rockstar is giving you $500,000 in compensation

Andy Weir — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:02:53 +0000

If you've had problems trying to play GTA Online, Rockstar would like to make it up to you by giving you half a million dollars. Sadly, that's in-game currency, but it's still worth $10 in real money. Read more...

Telstra cancels Nokia Lumia 1020 pre-orders; gives customers free Lumia 520

Andy Weir — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:11:18 +0000

Australian network Telstra has cancelled pre-orders for Nokia's flagship Lumia 1020 citing "Nokia software issues", but hopes that its customers will accept a free Lumia 520 by way of apology. Read more...

Sun Microsystems CEO Gets $7.7 Million in Compensation

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:56:28 +0000

According to Associated Press calculations, Sun Microsystems Inc. Chief Executive Jonathan Schwartz received a compensation package which the company valued at $7.7 million for beating financial goals. The new CEO helped the server and software... Read more...

The Pirate Bay Threatens Compensation Claim

Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:46:42 +0000

Sweden's self confessed daddy of BitTorrent has revealed that if the findings of an ongoing legal fiasco deem The Pirate Bay legal, the site's owners can claim compensation from the Swedish state. The popular tracker... Read more...