Federal judge rules that social media platforms are not required to filter content for children
Online child safety remains a cause for concern
Hewlett Packard to continue lawsuit against tech mogul Mike Lynch's estate despite his recent death
Lynch and his daughter died when his yacht sank last month
A hot potato: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) says it intends to continue its claim for up to $4 billion in damages against the estate of tech mogul Mike Lynch, who recently died when his yacht was caught in a storm and sank off the coast of Sicily.
Yelp accuses Google of antitrust violations in fresh lawsuit
The crowd-sourced search engine wants to level the playing field for vertical search
Work-life balance wins as Australia embraces "right to disconnect" legislation
Some exceptions are made for emergencies and when communication is legally required
Judge dismisses lawsuit accusing X of discrimination over return-to-office policy
The plaintiff can file an amended suit
Disney backpedals in effort to dismiss wrongful death case citing streaming service agreement
The insensitive legal move sparked too much negative PR
California law for AI safety has been sugar-coated to please corporations
The law will still have "real teeth" against AI abuse, draft authors assure
Disney seeks to dismiss wrongful death case over streaming service's trial TOS
Widower is only seeking $50,000 or about one one-thousandth of Disney's estimated daily revenue
Valve banned The Verge from its secret Deadlock playtest for leaking information on the game
The publication claims it is under no legal obligation to pull its story
San Francisco bans "rent-fixing" software used by landlord cartels
Private data sets were exploited to fix rent prices, and that's definitely illegal
Warrantless phone searches by customs agents violate the Fourth Amendment, judge rules
"The best approximation government officials have for mindreading"
A hot potato: A New York federal judge has ruled that warrantless searches of American citizens' phones by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are a violation of the Fourth Amendment. The ruling stated that searching through someone's phone is an invasion of a traveler's privacy and "the best approximation government officials have for mindreading."
Los Angeles thieves are using Wi-Fi jammers to defeat home security systems
Wireless home security is much easier to defeat than a wired system
Apple, Nvidia, and others trained their AI on YouTube content without user consent or knowledge
Just another case in a long line of IP theft by Big AI
US Senate introduces ground-breaking bill to setup legal framework for ethical AI development
Government is finally concerned now that deepfakes aren't just exes and actresses anymore
Florida pulls the plug on digital ID app, surprising the few who used it
A 2025 relaunch is planned
Airbnb continues to have a serious hidden camera problem
Banning all indoor cameras has done little to nothing to prevent hosts from illegally recording guests
Court to decide on $7.6 billion legal fee for lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay
About $370,000 for every hour worked
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
