Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
The court acknowledges AI search comes with consequences, but it’s not an antitrust issue.
Ryan Whitwam
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Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Florida cops say they don’t know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras
Floridians alarmed by 14 mysterious Flock cameras; 11 have no clear owner.
Ashley Belanger
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Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.
Reminder: The “border exemption” to your rights is real.
Cyrus Farivar
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Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves
Trump gets dozens of AI firms to agree to voluntary safety tests.
Ashley Belanger
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“An AI did it” is no defense, says nonprofit suing OpenAI over Hugging Face hack
OpenAI makes others suffer “the harms of its unsafe decision-making,” nonprofit says.
Jon Brodkin
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Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.
Jon Brodkin
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Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
Ashley Belanger
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Experts worry about Nvidia’s AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump
China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.
Ashley Belanger
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Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development
State says LLMs threaten civilization as “the greatest public nuisance ever created.”
Kyle Orland
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Kalshi loses again as judges rule prediction markets must obey gambling laws
Kalshi’s defiance of state gambling laws may be headed to Supreme Court.
Jon Brodkin
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Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs
“Microsoft claims to want to be a good neighbor, but the jury is still out.”
Ashley Belanger
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How the Smithsonian became the latest front in Trump’s culture war
The Smithsonian has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration.
ProPublica
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Court rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features
“Overly constrained AI models” could cause military operations to fail, judges say.
Jon Brodkin
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Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public “virtually nothing,” judge is told
US judge reviews deal with California, says it must not be result of collusion.
Jon Brodkin
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Trump administration takes Musk’s side in fight over EU tech rules
Washington says Brussels overreached when it fined X €120 million under the DSA.
Financial Times
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New York defies Trump admin, asks court to shut down Polymarket gambling
New York sues Polymarket as Trump admin tries to override state gambling laws.
Jon Brodkin
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New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators
Million-dollar fines won’t end billionaires’ data center pollution, neighbors fear.
Ashley Belanger
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FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real
It’s unclear what will happen if FBI misses ShinyHunters’ deadline.
Ashley Belanger
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Trump’s China rivalry and “AI race” delusion may endanger US, experts say
Trump focus on winning “AI race” may deter China from sharing safety intel.
Ashley Belanger
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Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash
Discord will try to automatically estimate ages, require verification when it can’t.
Jon Brodkin
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Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules
Cities defend permit requirements, say ISPs aren’t building networks fast enough.
Jon Brodkin
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Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting
British Columbia sues OpenAI, demands Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT logs.
Ashley Belanger
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Trump’s sneaky plan to gut Endangered Species Act draws from 1995 Scalia dissent
Trump adopts Scalia’s ire for feds protecting populations of endangered animals.
Ashley Belanger
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Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants
Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.
John Timmer
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California settles lawsuit against Paramount/Warner merger, angering advocates
State AGs had “very strong” case that merger is illegal, Lina Khan says.
Jon Brodkin
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FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
Jon Brodkin
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US government website used Chinese model the FBI called “malicious”
The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.
Ashley Belanger
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Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”
Microsoft, OpenAI emails reveal fear of AI “doom loop” killing news orgs.
Ashley Belanger
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Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites
Bill would help rightsholders obtain court orders to block foreign piracy sites.
Jon Brodkin
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EPA immediately sued over plans to repeal climate rules for power plants
Public health groups warn EPA rule will cost Americans billions in health bills.
Ashley Belanger
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Epstein had huge cache of child sex pics; victims sue to find out who’s in them
Survivors appalled nobody will tell them if they’re in Epstein’s CSAM collection.
Ashley Belanger
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California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin demand
Trump admin broadband grants forbid states from enforcing net neutrality laws.
Jon Brodkin
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It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight
Man wins fight to block ICE threat over off-the-cuff angry email.
Ashley Belanger
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Lawmakers target Flock cameras with a threat to highway funding
A bipartisan bill would restrict Flock cameras to a handful of public safety uses.
WIRED
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“Filmmaker” suing PassThePopcorn may be banned user out for revenge
Allegedly fake filmmaker targeted trackers like PassThePopcorn, BroadcasTheNet, and HDBits.
Ashley Belanger
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Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract
City: Flock enabled “nationwide lookup” despite contract requiring it to be disabled.
Jon Brodkin
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