AT&T Inc. agreed to pay a $6.25 million penalty to settle an unusual lawsuit by federal regulators claiming its executives selectively disclosed nonpublic information about the company’s finances to Wall Street analysts.

Meta Platforms Inc. collected sensitive taxpayer financial information from major US electronic tax-filing services that shared it without consent, according to a proposed class action in California federal court.

A group of Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers have voluntarily withdrawn their federal lawsuit that had sought to use New York state laws to force the retailer to provide more protections for workers from Covid-19 infections.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said US officials are still discussing how to address national-security concerns posed by TikTok, in comments that suggested a deal to keep the video-sharing app operating in the US isn’t a sure thing.

Big tech companies are pushing the energy industry to bring more renewable power projects online, reporter Daniel Moore says, and they’re also hiring energy lobbyists to achieve these goals in Washington. Moore joins our environmental policy podcast, Parts Per Billion, to talk about where the tech industry wants the country’s electric grid to go and what that means for both utilities and ratepayers.

California courts, counsel, and clients benefited from remote access technology that was ramped up during pandemic-prompted shutdowns, and that access should be expanded, a report sent to lawmakers Friday said.