LEGAL Vercel escapes contempt rap after admitting it botched FBI warrant response Files sought by feds were sitting in a deletion queue, not gone for good
legal Start spreading the news: Datacenters may face one-year ban in NY The bill awaits Gov. Hochul's signature after passing the state legislature
Legal Citation, please! UK regulator slaps Google with new publishing rules for search Action follows Chocolate Factory's changes to AI search results
Legal 23andMe inherits lawsuit over 'disturbing' DNA data breach California AG claims genetics biz downplayed 2023 mega-leak while paying ransom to attacker
Legal Google engineer accused of turning Year in Search secrets into Polymarket payday Feds say insider used confidential search trend data to score $1.2M in prediction market profits
Legal Media giant settles for $930k with FTC over allegations it lied about eavesdropping on conversations through smart devices Cox Media Group allegedly sold a bogus AI-powered snoopfest service
AI + ML Frustrated franchisee sues Pizza Hut over crappy kitchen AI The group claims $100M in losses from flubby system
Legal GameStop CEO's eBay account reinstated following takeover PR stunt Ryan Cohen briefly banned after bootstrapping cash ostensibly to buy the auction site
Legal Viva la revolución: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb GDPR Article 15 doesn't care if you want to make money by selling users' data back to them
Legal Just in time for Labour Day, China makes it illegal to fire humans if AI takes their jobs PLUS: Samsung cashes in on RAM prices; Booze from space fetches huge price; China's hyperscalers surge
Legal Databricks can't seem to shake authors' copyright claim that could result in 'extraordinary' damages Authors say it acquired an LLM that was trained on their copyrighted data, and judge keeps asking for more info
Legal Cloudera had US candidates send resumes to a fake email address, DoJ charges PERM filings require employers to show American workers had a fair shot at the role
Legal Australia threatens tech companies with 2.25 percent tax if they don’t pay publishers Last time an idea like this came up, Meta packed up its toys and went home
Legal China blocks Zuck’s acquisition of AI outfit Manus Back to the drawing board for Meta's AI ambitions
AI + ML South Africa yanks AI policy after AI-assisted drafting invents citations Eish shame man! Maybe you shouldn't ask AI to set the rules for AI use?
PaaS + IaaS UK tribunal sends £2B claim accusing Microsoft of overcharging for licensing to trial Legal action claims tech giant charges more for Windows Server when it's not on Azure
Personal Tech England's school phone ban gets teeth, just in time to bite no one 90% of schools already compliant, but at least now there's paperwork
Legal Americans who masterminded Nork IT worker fraud sentenced to 200 months behind bars Fortune 500 companies and one US defense contractor got taken for $5m in four-year scam
Legal Indian government investigating TCS after police sting finds sexual harassment Services giant’s staff accused of assaults, inappropriate religious practices
Legal California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, EFF says Proposed law could lock down open source tools and give vendors fresh reasons to inspect print files
Legal IBM becomes first company to pay up under Trump administration's diversity blitz Didn't admit liability, will cough $17M, still fighting age discrimination cases
Legal Surprise! Big Tech has been a bit rubbish at enforcing Australia’s kids social media ban Regulator ‘moving into an enforcement stance’ and investigating Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat as millions continue to doomscroll
Legal China's not thrilled its AI experts want to leave the country Urges scientists to avoid major conference, and looks unkindly on Meta's Manus acquisition
Legal FBI director leaves open the possibility that it's buying location data again Kash Patel says the FBI uses all the tools it has to accomplish its mission - even if those tools are questionable
Legal ChatGPT advised exec on how to fire Subnautica founders to avoid payout, court ruling says The law is the law, no matter who tells you to break it
Security EU legal eagle says banks should refund cybercrime victims first, argue later Advocate General urges rethink of PSD2 to speed compensation after scams
Legal Lenovo, Nintendo sue US government seeking tariff refunds Tech-adjacent Dyson, Epson, and Whoop also have a crack
Legal Google embraces third party app stores and payments to put Epic Games case behind it Lower app store fees are on the way, plus an on-ramp for third party digital bazaars
Legal China’s ‘The US hacks itself to make us look bad’ theorists return with a crypto conspiracy Apparently Uncle Sam busted Binance to shore up the dollar, balance the budget, and achieve world domination
Legal Microsoft 'cooperating' with Japanese antitrust probe It looks like the same cloudy software licenses that offend Europe may be in play – along with a cute little monster
Legal ICE watchers say agents used software to threaten and follow them home 'This is a warning. We know you live right here'
Legal SerpApi says Google is the pot calling the kettle black when it comes to scraping 'The DMCA was not designed to create walled gardens for tech giants'
Personal Tech Qualcomm set to triumph in UK smartphone ‘patent tax’ case Consumer group Which? brought the case and now plans to bail after court indicated it would lose
Security Infosec exec sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, says DoJ PLUS: Fake ransomware group exposed; EC blesses Google's big Wiz deal; Alleged sewage hacker cuffed; And more
Networks Starlink speeds past terrestrial networks – and regulators Low-earth orbit broadband is a no-brainer for remote area connectivity, but a brain teaser for lawmakers and networkers
Legal Indian police commissioner wants ID cards for AI agents PLUS: China broadens cryptocurrency crackdown; Australian facial recognition privacy revisited; Singapore debuts electric VTOL; and more!
Legal Ghost gun legislation casts shadow over 3D printing Proposed bills in New York and elsewhere threaten makers, Adafruit says
Legal UK to properly probe xAI to test if its revolting robo-smut generator broke the law As Spain announces stern laws for social media, and Elon Musk’s response shows regulators keep looking his way
Legal Ex-Googler nailed for stealing AI secrets for Chinese startups Network access from China and side hustle as AI upstart CEO aroused suspicion
Legal Nudify app proliferation shows naked ambition of Apple and Google Researchers with the Tech Transparency Project found all sorts of apps that let users create fake non-consensual nudes of real people
Legal Ofcom probes Meta over WhatsApp info it was legally required to provide UK watchdog investigates accuracy of data handed over for SMS market review
Security Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages Its very own Snooper’s Charter comes a month after proposed biometric tech expansion
Legal UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about its struggle to spot illegal ads Labels Zuck’s ad library ‘a window into criminality’ and the Social Network as ‘happy to turn a blind eye’
Legal Akamai CEO wants help to defeat piracy, reckons he can handle edge AI alone OG CDN boss says fighting illegal streams is about stopping criminals cashing in, not free speech
Security CrowdStrike shareholders lose battle to recoup losses from 2024 outage Investors didn't present a valid claim, says judge, but they're welcome to try again
Legal Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine Labels Rome's comms regulator ‘a quasi-judicial body’ that works on behalf of ‘shadowy, European media cabal’
Legal Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut PLUS: Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more!
Cyber-crime UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence Ministers promise equivalent standards just without the legal obligation
Cyber-crime Ministry of Justice splurged £50M on security – still missed Legal Aid Agency cyberattack High-risk system compromised long before intrusion was finally spotted
Legal EU won't scrap tech regs just because Washington dislikes them US trade body threatens software and services market access unless European approach changes
Legal X sues to protect Twitter brand Musk has been trying to kill Lawsuit concedes the bird is still the word for many
Networks Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy Minister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech
Legal Reddit sues Australia to exempt itself from kids social media ban Forum site says it’s potentially more harmful to users who don’t log in
Legal Crypto-crasher Do Kwon jailed for 15 years over $40bn UST bust Judge said his fraud was on 'epic, generational scale'
Legal European cloud trade group says EU should have blocked VMware-Broadcom merger Org argues that the approval process was flawed and regulators should have known better
Cyber-crime Users report chaos as Legal Aid Agency stumbles back online after cyberattack Workers frustrated with security-first changes to workflows and teething issues
Legal Australia bans teens from social media, but nobody thinks it'll really work Still, the ban has reset expectations and may reduce harm, and that’s kind of enough
Legal Care leavers mired in red tape trying to get their own records UK data watchdog demands public sector improves subject access request processing
Legal ICE-tracking app developer sues Trump admin after Apple spikes the software Suit argues forcing Apple to remove app, and threatening dev with legal action is a First Amendment violation
Legal Judge hints Vizio TV buyers may have rights to source code licensed under GPL Tentative ruling signals a potential win for SFC’s copyleft enforcement push
Legal EU metes out first-ever Digital Services Act fine, dings X for blue check deception TikTok, by contrast, satisfied DSA concerns over its ad repository transparency
Legal Lawyer's 6-year-old son uses AI to build copyright infringement generator Rights holders had better buckle up for years of legal wrangling, IP lawyer tells The Reg
Legal Soup king Campbell’s parts ways with IT VP after ‘3D-printed chicken’ remarks ‘Our soup’s not toxic but this chap’s behavior was’ is the gist of the defense
Legal TSMC lawsuit claims former exec is probably leaking secrets to Intel Chipzilla can certainly use foundry smarts, but denies the allegation
Applications Lawsuit seeks to probe Uncle Sam's role in ICE-tracking app takedowns EFF wants to know if citizens had their First Amendment rights violated
Legal AI nudification site fined £55K for skipping age checks Decision marks second penalty issued under the UK's Online Safety Act
Legal Senators propose to let users sue tech giants for harmful algos The latest attack on Section 230 is likely to face the same fate as many previous efforts
Offbeat Dutch turbine engineer tried to turn wind into crypto, ends up generating community service Techie wired cryptominers into Nordex's network while company reeled from cyberattack
Legal Bitcoin bandit's £5B bubble bursts as cops wrap seven-year chase Metropolitan Police lands lengthy sentence following 'complex' investigation
Legal EU's reforms of GDPR, AI slated by privacy activists for 'playing into Big Tech’s hands' Lobbying efforts gain ground as proposals carve myriad holes into regulations
Legal FBI prevails over convicted fraudster in $345M destroyed Bitcoin dispute Counterfeiter failed to conjure a credible claim, appeals court rules
Legal UK judge delivers a 'damp squib' in Getty AI training case, no clear precedent set Experts disagree about what the ruling means for AI training on copyrighted material
AI + ML Google yanks Gemma after US senator says model ‘hallucinated’ her committing crimes Still available via API, the developer-facing AI isn't even really designed to answer general-purpose questions
Legal Clearview AI faces criminal heat for ignoring EU data fines Noyb says New York-based facial recognition biz flouted GDPR orders and kept scraping anyway
Legal Twist in Tesco vs. VMware case as Computacenter files claim against Broadcom, Dell As negotiations stalled, Broadcom feared Tesco no longer saw it as a long-term partner
Legal Automattic accuses rival WordPress outfit WP Engine of ‘false advertising, and deceptive business practices’ FOSS feud re-ignites with massive counter-claim
Legal Australia sues Microsoft for misleading M365 users about Copilot subscription options PLUS: China demotes tech self-sufficiency goal; Alibaba Cloud quietly quits VMware; India demands deepfake labels; and more!
Legal Reddit to Perplexity: Get your filthy hands off our forums Social media site continues legal campaign against those who take its content without a license
AI + ML Thou shalt not let AI run amok: Vatican wants global rules 'AI is a tool', Pope tells attendees
Legal Chamber of Commerce sues over Trump's $100K H-1B paywall US biz lobby claims president overstepped his authority with proclamation demanding hefty visa fee
Legal Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media surveillance Sharing views POTUS doesn't like? Say goodbye to that visa, First Amendment be damned
Databases Clearview AI sees red as UK tribunal sides with regulator over $10M GDPR fine Court says ICO can chase US outfit for unlawfully hoovering up Brits' selfies
Legal The price is wrong! California goes Bob Barker on algorithmic price rigging When sellers collude through a computer algorithm, that doesn't make it right
Legal College student went on a destructive rampage, then confessed to ChatGPT, cops say Police say they found the evidence on his phone
Legal £5.5B Bitcoin fraudster pleads guilty after years on the run Zhimin Qian recruited takeaway worker to launder funds through property overseas
Legal YouTube coughs up $24.5 million to make Trump 'censorship' case go away Alphabet's vid-streamer will fund construction of a ballroom The Donald adores
Legal California cops confused after trying to give ticket to self-driving car Don't tell Elon, he'd have Tesla's Robotaxis going ludicrous speed
Legal Whitebridge AI created false and alarming reputation reports, complaint alleges Privacy group Noyb wants Lithuania to throw the GDPR book at 'em
Legal Apple, Google tell Europe its Digital Markets Act isn't working for them – or consumers They would say that, wouldn’t they?
Legal Amazon will refund $1.5B to 35M customers allegedly duped into paying for Prime Former FTC chair Khan not happy her legal wrath ended in settlement worth just 14% of Amazon's quarterly net
Legal Is GitHub a social network that endangers children? Australia wants to know As ban on under-16s using some sites looms, cyber-safety regulator sends Microsoft’s code locker a letter
Legal Google is very sorry for pulling down COVID misinfo and pledges never to use outside fact-checkers It's all Biden's fault, Chocolate Factory claims
Cyber-crime Uncle Sam seeks time in tower dump data grab case after judge calls it 'unconstitutional'
Legal Regulator sues product comparison site alleged to only compare products on which it earned commission
Cyber-crime US medical org pays $50M+ to settle case after crims raided data and threatened to swat cancer patients
Security Judge allows Delta's lawsuit against CrowdStrike to proceed with millions in damages on the line
Cyber-crime Capital One cracker could be sent back to prison after judges rule she got off too lightly
Bootnotes As Elon Musk makes thousands of federal workers jobless, tycoon pushes for $56B Tesla pay deal
Security Healthcare outfit that served military personnel settles allegations it faked infosec compliance for $11M
Personal Tech Call of Duty studio co-founder pleads guilty to crashing drone into firefighting aircraft
Legal US adds Chinese RISC-V player that TSMC suspected of helping build Huawei GPUs to risky company register
