Welcome to the TechMean Right Home for Wednesday, May 7th, 2025. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Meta wins a case against that NSO group in its spyware allegations.

Netflix is completely revamping its design for the first time in years.

Amazon has a new robot that can do 70% of the work in its warehouses,

and a big chip breakthrough that might bring about the chat GPT moment for quantum computing.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

A U.S. jury has awarded meta nearly $168 million in damages from Israeli spyware maker

NSO group in connection with the 2019 spyware attack on more than 1,400 WhatsApp users' phones,

quoting something called Courthouse News Service.

An eight-person jury awarded the Silicon Valley Giant $44,719 in compensatory damages, the monetary cost for

meta for fixing the attack, and over $167 million in punitive damages meant to deter any similar

actions by NSO in the future. The damages award also represents a major win for privacy advocates

and human rights organizations who have repeatedly criticized

NSO for licensing its Pegasus, a powerful surveillance software that allows its users to remotely

gain control over a device's microphone and camera, listen to phone calls in real time, and

download nearly all user data from a target's phone, among other capabilities.

Today's verdict in the WhatsApp case is an important

step forward for privacy and security as the first victory against the development and use of

illegal spyware that threatens the safety and privacy of everyone, Meta said in a statement

celebrating the win. After its loss in court, NSO reaffirmed its commitment to Pegasus as a valuable

tool in anti-terror operations around the world. Quote, we firmly believe that our technology plays a critical role in preventing serious crime and terrorism

and is deployed responsibly by authorized government agencies,

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