Alexa Flash Briefings

Morning Alexa Flash Briefings of April 12th

Hello everyone. These are your top headlines from Cheddar News, Pacific gas and electric agreeing to pay more than 55 million to avoid criminal prosecution. That for the two biggest wildfires in California's history, the Dixie fire and the Kincade fire. And the utility company is thought to be responsible for some 30 wildfires since 2017. Still, they're not admitting any wrongdoing. Meanwhile, the FDA has granted Fitbit approval for their 1/5 detection algorithm. A 2020 study found that the tech had a 98% efficacy rate. Fitbit says it affects more than 33 million people worldwide. There's no official release date yet for that new technology and Epic Games has raised $2 billion in funding thanks to Sony and Kirkby. That's the firm behind lego. The Fortnite creator is now valued at 31 a half billion dollars, rivaling publicly traded video game companies. Epic says the funding will support the company's steps to build out its metaverse and that's your cheddar news update. I'm baker machado coming to you from cheddar studios in lower Manhattan