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Mindgeek, the parent company behind Pornhub now rebranded as Aylo, has agreed to pay one hundred twenty million dollars to settle two class action lawsuits alleging its platforms profited from child sexual abuse material. The cases, filed in California and Alabama back in two thousand twenty one, mark a significant legal reckoning for one of the internet's largest adult content networks.
Shifting gears, the AI workflow automation startup Relay is shutting its doors next month after failing to find a sustainable path forward. Its chief executive and a portion of the team aren't going far, though — they're heading to Google, where they'll work on the Chrome browser. It's a familiar story in the startup world: the product ends, but the talent finds a new home.
And on the browser front, Firefox is rolling out a built-in ad blocker for its iOS app, a move that could finally give Safari some real competition on iPhone. Firefox has long dominated desktop browsing for privacy-conscious users, but Apple's ecosystem has kept many of them tethered to Safari on mobile. This could change that calculation.
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