The Web Industry New York sues Polymarket over unlicensed gambling operation just as it did rival Kalshi Prediction markets keep dodging the "is this gambling" question, New York just answered it twice By Kishalaya Kundu, September 26, 2026, 9:12 AM
Gaming Security Nintendo wins $4.5 million piracy judgment after former Reddit moderator fails to defend himself in court The former SwitchPirates moderator must also shut down piracy shops and stop distributing unauthorized Nintendo games By Rob Thubron, September 25, 2026, 7:52 AM
AI Security British Columbia says OpenAI could have stopped a school shooting, and is suing over it The province says OpenAI failed to alert police despite internal safety concerns By Rob Thubron, September 22, 2026, 8:47 AM
AI Industry Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceXAI face lawsuit claiming AI slowdown harms subscribers and violates antitrust laws Paying subscribers say coordinated restraint would leave them getting less for their money By Rob Thubron, September 21, 2026, 7:51 AM 11 comments
AI Microsoft Microsoft exec says AI training might be the "largest labor theft in human history" OpenAI executive Greg Brockman admitted ChatGPT can complete sentences from NYT articles verbatim By Daniel Sims, September 18, 2026, 9:51 AM 17 comments
Gaming Industry Sony says gamers don't own their digital purchases, but 44 examples of its own wording suggest otherwise A consumer rights wiki has collected Sony's ownership claims from support pages, store listings, and official blog posts By Rob Thubron, September 14, 2026, 9:43 AM 22 comments
AI The Web Elon Musk's xAI loses second bid to block Minnesota's AI nudify-app ban Grok drew scrutiny earlier this year for generating thousands of "undressing" deepfakes hourly By Rob Thubron, September 7, 2026, 9:03 AM 29 comments
Tech Culture Electronics Man uses robot vacuum to catch cheating wife, wins $16,000 affair case, then gets jailed for secretly filming her The husband's unusual evidence won the case, but also led to a fine and five months behind bars By Rob Thubron, August 31, 2026, 7:47 AM 42 comments
The Web Security A federal court just ruled Kalshi's sports markets are basically sports betting The decision could strengthen similar challenges across Western states By Skye Jacobs, August 31, 2026, 7:03 AM 14 comments
Tech Culture AI Your ChatGPT conversations could end up in court, and they're not protected Chatbot conversations lack the legal privilege covering communications with lawyers, doctors, and therapists By Skye Jacobs, August 30, 2026, 2:36 PM 26 comments
Apple Software Russian tech giant VK wants Apple to pay $696,000 every day until its apps return to the App Store The daily penalties would add up to around $252 million per year By Rob Thubron, August 25, 2026, 7:33 AM 7 comments
Wearable Tech Electronics Oura is facing a lawsuit over whether its $300 ring can actually track sleep The lawsuit alleges Oura's sleep-stage estimates have "a coin flip's chance of being correct" By Skye Jacobs, August 22, 2026, 11:34 AM 10 comments
Hardware The Web G.Skill starts paying buyers $20 to $25 from $2.4 million settlement over misleading RAM speeds The company also agreed to warn that advertised speeds require overclocking or BIOS adjustments By Rob Thubron, August 20, 2026, 10:50 AM 13 comments
The Web Industry Amazon makes it harder for customers to sue as new terms block class actions and force arbitration The company abandoned a similar clause five years ago after receiving 75,000 individual Alexa claims By Rob Thubron, August 17, 2026, 7:51 AM 9 comments
The Web Security Nine PBS lost access to 50TB of archives after its cloud storage provider vanished A failed cloud vendor left 70 years of broadcasting history stranded inside a Denver data center By Daniel Sims, August 14, 2026, 8:42 AM 9 comments
The Web Tech Culture Meta's child-safety failures will cost it another $567 million The company must also limit screen time, restrict notifications, and strengthen age checks By Rob Thubron, August 7, 2026, 6:29 AM 13 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Mexico's "Gamer Congresswoman" takes Sony to court over physical game disc shutdown Sony plans to stop making physical PlayStation game discs by January 2028 By Kishalaya Kundu, August 6, 2026, 1:34 PM 13 comments
AI Industry OpenAI to pay $3.2 million over allegations it favored visa holders and discouraged US job applicants The DOJ says the company hid job listings, required paper applications, and used late-night radio ads By Rob Thubron, August 5, 2026, 11:34 AM 12 comments
The Web Tech Culture TikTok settles three addiction lawsuits as new case blames social media for teen suicides Meta, Snapchat, and YouTube are also named as defendants in the new lawsuit By Kishalaya Kundu, August 4, 2026, 11:26 AM
The Web Tech Culture New York is suing prediction market Kalshi, calling it an illegal gambling operation At least 13 other states have filed similar lawsuits against Kalshi and Polymarket By Kishalaya Kundu, August 1, 2026, 10:42 AM 16 comments
AI The Web Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over law banning nudify apps Who else? By Rob Thubron, July 29, 2026, 6:56 AM 15 comments
AI Tech Culture An artist is suing an AI meme generator for selling his viral comic as ad templates The "Running Away Balloon" comic went viral for its simplicity, making it easy for others to remix and share By Skye Jacobs, July 28, 2026, 6:58 AM
AI The Web Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors wins final court approval The deal covers nearly 500,000 books obtained from pirate libraries By Rob Thubron, July 21, 2026, 6:34 AM 7 comments
Industry 12 states sue to block Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. deal, warning of a "media behemoth" The suit argues the merger would mean pricier movie tickets, cable bills, and streaming subscriptions By Rob Thubron, July 14, 2026, 6:15 AM 9 comments
Gaming The Web This gamer had to sue Microsoft to get his hijacked Xbox account back Microsoft ordered to restore account and pay $400 in damages By Daniel Sims, July 12, 2026, 11:38 AM