Meta agrees to pay up to $18 billion to end trial over Instagram, Facebook child addiction claims
Two-hour daily caps, forced "pauses," and a midnight lockout are coming to teen accounts. Skeptics say it doesn't go far enough
Meta goes to trial over Facebook and Instagram's impact on young users
The company could face $193 billion in penalties as states put its social media design on trial
Police departments are told to call license plate readers "county resources" instead of naming them
Roughly 50 communities have dropped the cameras since early last year amid mounting backlash
X settles with advertising group after accusing it of coordinating a boycott
The agreement ends years of litigation and brings a brand safety program to a permanent close
A missing underscore in a username sent an innocent man to prison for 18 months
Investigators found no evidence linking him to the case, but he was convicted anyway
Hugging Face's CEO isn't suing OpenAI over the AI hack, he wants $100 million in compute instead
He also argues the incident should be treated as an industry-wide problem, not a single company's failure
UChicago Law bans laptops and phones for first-year students, mandates in-class exams starting this fall
The goal is to protect critical thinking skills as AI reshapes legal education
New York becomes the first state to ban smart glasses in courtrooms
The blanket ban goes into effect July 20
The Supreme Court just ruled that police need a warrant to use phone location data
A 6-3 ruling says geofence warrants require constitutional protections
Google just lost its final appeal over Android, $4.7 billion EU fine stands
The EU's top court found Google forced phone makers to bundle Search and Chrome to access the Play Store
The video game industry just told lawmakers Minecraft and Call of Duty private servers are illegal piracy
A California Act which would have required refunds or offline modes for shuttered games, fell three votes short in the state Senate
Meta wants a child safety bill rewritten to shield it from lawsuits over harm to kids
Meta and Google already lost their first child safety trial this year, with $6 million in damages
Signal, DuckDuckGo, and NordVPN threaten to exit Canada if metadata surveillance law passes
Canada's metadata retention bill is the latest government attempt to build surveillance into the internet's infrastructure
People without lawyers are using AI to flood courts with lawsuits
Judges say chatbot-generated filings are adding new strain to an already overloaded system
Amazon blocks sales of e-bikes that exceed legal speed limits
The move follows an investigation into listings for models capable of topping 40 mph
A government used AI to write its AI regulations. It did not go well
South Africa officials withdrew the draft after discovering it cited at least six academic papers that don't exist
A Chinese court just ruled companies can't fire workers simply because AI can replace them
AI automation is a business choice, not a legal excuse for firing staff
Musk vs. OpenAI trial begins with internal emails, AGI governance, and billions in potential damages at stake
Musk and Altman poised to clash in court over who should control advanced AI
NZXT to pay $3.45 million in class-action settlement over "predatory" Flex PC rental scheme
Nearly 20,000 class members have been identified
USPTO rejects Nintendo's "summon and fight" Pokémon patent as Palworld battle continues
The non-final ruling rejects all 26 claims in Nintendo's controversial gameplay patent
Judge blocks Pentagon from labeling Anthropic a national security risk
Ruling finds Defense Department likely retaliated against the AI firm for criticizing military use of its technology
Elon Musk wants judge recused for liking LinkedIn post mocking $2 billion verdict
Musk says the judge's LinkedIn activity shows bias in a Tesla lawsuit
California bill targeting Big Tech self-preferencing gains industry support as Apple faces scrutiny
Tech executives are backing a new antitrust bill that could reshape Big Tech
Court says continued use of tracking app counts as consent, even if users never read the new TOS
Even though the TOS amendment wound up in a spam-folder, it is still valid in Tile stalking suit
Nintendo sues the US government over "unlawful" Trump-era tariffs
Dozens of companies are suing for nearly $200 billion in tariff refunds, with interest