Microsoft faces heavy fines after EU investigation into unfair Teams bundles
Microsoft just can't stop gobbling up the market
European Commission finds Apple violated the DMA, threatens huge $38 billion fine
A second investigation may lead to another $76 billion fine
Clearview AI wants to pay Americans pennies in company equity for violating their privacy
WTF?! The endlessly beleaguered facial recognition company Clearview AI is making news again. However, it's not over the startup's image scraping practices, which are questionable at best. This time, the company is attempting to keep itself out of bankruptcy by offering millions of plaintiffs in a privacy class action a stake in the company worth about 30 cents per claimant after lawyer fees.
Disgruntled ex-employee deletes 180 test servers, costing company nearly $680,000
Go to jail, go directly to jail
DEA busts the head of $100M drug-selling platform Incognito Market
Narcotics marketplace dealt everything you can think of, including fentanyl
International cybercrime taskforce places $10 million bounty on the head of LockBit leader
The Russian hacker profited more than $100 million in ransom from US and European firms
FBI and NCA spoofed Lockbit's seized site for some reason
Some guess law enforcement is poking fun at the group, but the bigger burn is how fast LockBit got up and running again
Courts sentence scammer to 6 years for operating a billion-dollar Cisco counterfeiting ring
In a nutshell: A judge has sentenced the CEO of 19 fraudulent tech firms to six years in prison on conspiracy and fraud charges. The Florida man headed up a scam that sold counterfeit Cisco networking equipment. Authorities estimate the criminal enterprise sold more than a billion dollars worth of gear.
Police arrest high school athletic director for deepfaking principal's voice
The move was allegedly retaliation for being let go
California considers "right to disconnect" bill to prevent bosses contacting workers out of hours
Californians could soon have a better work-life balance
Apple "Find My" app led a Missouri SWAT team to raid an innocent family's home, lawsuit pending
"Find My is not that accurate," says family lawyer
TSA fail: Man arrested for stealing boarding pass QR codes with his phone's camera
Used picture of one passenger's pass to get through TSA and another to board the plane
EU enacts landmark AI law to protect citizens' rights and prevent risky uses of artificial intelligence
It is the world's first-ever legal framework on AI
Apple will officially implement sideloading in Europe this spring
More changes indicate Apple wasn't ready for DMA compliance and is making it up as it goes
Lawyers who stopped Elon Musk's "excessive" $56 billion Tesla pay ask for $6 billion fee
To be paid in Tesla stock
SBF lawyers plead for 5-7 year sentence calling possibility of 100 years "grotesque"
WTF?! Sam Bankman-Fried was living the high life in a private villa in the Bahamas, sipping on piña coladas, and rubbing elbows with celebrities and other billionaires. But his lawyers say poor old Sam was miserable that whole time. The courts should take pity because he has a "condition" that no regular person has heard of that makes him incapable of enjoying anything. No. Really. You can't make this up. Read on.
Judge cuts law firm's legal bill in half after it used ChatGPT to calculate "excessive" amount
ChatGPT thinks lawyers don't get paid enough, apparently
Supreme Court set to decide major First Amendment cases for online speech
Monday will be a big day for people and platforms alike
In context: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases involving opposing state-level rulings regarding censorship of online speech. The hearing raises critical First Amendment issues, and the high court's decision could radically change the future of online discourse.
Google voices support for Oregon's proposed right-to-repair law
The R2R movement continues to flip its biggest opponents
OpenAI to regulators: Training AI models without copyrighted material is "impossible"
Can companies use publicly available data to train LLMs?
Vizio will pay $3 million in class action for falsely advertising 60Hz TVs as 120Hz
If you bought a Vizio TV in the last 10 years in California, you may be eligible for a payout
UK Supreme Court rules AI cannot be recognized as an inventor in patent case
Neural networks must be considered tools, not agents of creation
Apple will stop selling Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the US due to the ITC's Christmas import ban
Procrastinators have until Thursday to get the wearable under their tree
Utah Supreme Court says suspects can refuse to hand over phone passwords to the police
Other state Supreme Courts disagree and the case would wind up before the US Supreme Court
Court mandates Epic and Google to settlement talks before concluding antitrust lawsuit
Judge surprised that parties had not even attempted to settle; says, "This is solvable"