Elon Musk’s X first to be fined under EU’s Digital Services Act
The biggest changes Musk made to Twitter trigger a $140 million fine under DSA.
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Policy // Civilization & Discontents
ChatGPT hyped up violent stalker who believed he was “God’s assassin,” DOJ says
Podcaster faces up to 70 years and a $3.5 million fine for ChatGPT-linked stalking.
Ashley Belanger
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Republicans drop Trump-ordered block on state AI laws from defense bill
“Widespread and powerful movement” keeps Trump from blocking state AI laws.
Ashley Belanger
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FCC boss Brendan Carr claims another victory over DEI as AT&T drops programs
AT&T accused of “financial play to curry favor” with Trump administration.
Jon Brodkin
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India orders device makers to put government-run security app on all phones
Apple will refuse to preload state-run “snooping” app on iPhones, report says.
Jon Brodkin
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Supreme Court hears case that could trigger big crackdown on Internet piracy
Justices want Cox to crack down on piracy, but question Sony’s strict demands.
Jon Brodkin
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OpenAI desperate to avoid explaining why it deleted pirated book datasets
OpenAI risks increased fines after deleting pirated books datasets.
Ashley Belanger
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OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide
OpenAI’s response to teen suicide case is “disturbing,” lawyer says.
Ashley Belanger
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Most Read
Tech firm’s new CTO gets indicted; company then claims he was never CTO
Corvex named Brian Raymond as CTO days before indictment for illegal chip exports.
Jon Brodkin
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Landlords’ go-to tool to set rent prices to be gutted under RealPage settlement
RealPage agrees to settle suit over DOJ claims software raised rents across the US.
Ashley Belanger
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DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts
Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated.
Ashley Belanger
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Tech company CTO and others indicted for exporting Nvidia chips to China
Four arrested and charged with illegal exports, smuggling, and money laundering.
Jon Brodkin
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Keep your receipts: Tech firms told to prepare for possible tariff refunds
Tech firms dare to dream chip tariffs may go away amid rumors of delays.
Ashley Belanger
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Pornhub is urging tech giants to enact device-based age verification
The company is pushing for an alternative way to keep minors from viewing porn.
WIRED
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Trump revives unpopular Ted Cruz plan to punish states that impose AI laws
Cruz plan to block broadband funding lost 99-1, but now it’s back—in Trump form.
Jon Brodkin
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Massive Cloudflare outage was triggered by file that suddenly doubled in size
“I worry this is the big botnet flexing,” CEO said. But outage was self-inflicted.
Jon Brodkin
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He got sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement
Librarian vows to stop invasive ed tech after ending lawsuit with Proctorio.
Ashley Belanger
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GOP overhaul of broadband permit laws: Cities hate it, cable companies love it
Cities and counties call congressional plan an “unprecedented federal intrusion.”
Jon Brodkin
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Faced with naked man, DoorDasher demands police action; they arrest her for illegal surveillance
Two felony charges for filming man inside his house.
Nate Anderson
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Meta wins monopoly trial, convinces judge that social networking is dead
People are “bored” by their friends’ content, judge ruled, siding with Meta.
Ashley Belanger
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Widespread Cloudflare outage blamed on mysterious traffic spike
Cloudflare is down, causing many websites and big platforms to go dark.
Ashley Belanger
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60
UCLA faculty gets big win in suit against Trump’s university attacks
Government can’t use funding threats to override the First Amendment.
John Timmer
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US may owe $1 trillion in refunds if SCOTUS cancels Trump tariffs
Tech industry primed for big refunds if SCOTUS rules against Trump tariffs.
Ashley Belanger
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“How about no”: FCC boss Brendan Carr says he won’t end news distortion probes
Carr rejects criticism from four former FCC chairs, including three Republicans.
Jon Brodkin
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US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
It seems US didn’t coordinate Starshield’s unusual spectrum use with other countries.
Jon Brodkin
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Google claims win for everyone as text scammers lost their cloud server
Text scam ringleader warned operations were disrupted on Telegram, Google says.
Ashley Belanger
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OpenAI slams court order that lets NYT read 20 million complete user chats
OpenAI: NYT wants evidence of ChatGPT users trying to get around news paywall.
Jon Brodkin
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Google vows to stop scam E-Z Pass and USPS texts plaguing Americans
“Phishing for dummies” kits make it easier to scam millions, Google alleged.
Ashley Belanger
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Ryanair tries forcing app downloads by eliminating paper boarding passes
Ryanair CEO admits “there’ll be some teething problems.”
Scharon Harding
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Reddit mod jailed for sharing movie sex scenes in rare “moral rights” verdict
Redditor confessed to violating actresses’ “moral rights” in landmark ruling.
Ashley Belanger
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US states could lose $21 billion of broadband grants after Trump overhaul
Ernst bill would send broadband grant money to Treasury for deficit reduction.
Jon Brodkin
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You won’t believe the excuses lawyers have after getting busted for using AI
I got hacked; I lost my login; it was a rough draft; toggling windows is hard.
Ashley Belanger
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FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site
Tucows subpoenaed in criminal probe for info on “customer behind archive.today.”
Jon Brodkin
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Oddest ChatGPT leaks yet: Cringey chat logs found in Google analytics tool
ChatGPT leaks seem to confirm OpenAI scrapes Google, expert says.
Ashley Belanger
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Mark Zuckerberg’s illegal school drove his neighbors crazy
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic.
WIRED
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Elon Musk wins $1 trillion Tesla pay vote despite “part-time CEO” criticism
Tesla investors back Musk pay despite his busy schedule running other companies.
Jon Brodkin
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