Trump to sign law forcing platforms to remove revenge porn in 48 hours
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Meta hypes AI friends as social media’s future, but users want real connections
Meta declined to comment further on the company’s vision for social media’s future. In a statement, a Meta…
Verizon tries to get out of merger condition requiring it to unlock phones
Verizon also said that after it bought TracFone, there was “a sharp increase in the number of TracFone…
Did Google lie about building a deadly chatbot? Judge finds it plausible.
Judge not ready to rule on whether AI outputs are speech Google and Character Technologies also moved to…
Trump threatens Apple with 25% tariff to force iPhone manufacturing into US
Donald Trump woke up Friday morning and threatened Apple with a 25 percent tariff on any iPhones sold…
AT&T has $6 billion deal to buy CenturyLink fiber broadband business
AT&T has struck a deal to buy CenturyLink’s consumer fiber broadband division for $5.75 billion, giving the Internet…
Musk’s DOGE used Meta’s Llama 2—not Grok—for gov’t slashing, report says
Why didn’t DOGE use Grok? It seems that Grok, Musk’s AI model, wasn’t available for DOGE’s task because…
RFK Jr. calls WHO “moribund” amid US withdrawal; China pledges to give $500M
“WHO’s priorities have increasingly reflected the biases and interests of corporate medicine,” Kennedy said, alluding to his anti-vaccine…
Trump admin tells Supreme Court: DOGE needs to do its work in secret
Judge: DOGE is not just an advisor DOGE then asked the district court for a summary judgment in…
FCC chairman celebrates court loss in case over Biden-era diversity rule
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr celebrated an FCC court loss yesterday after a ruling that struck down…
Trump’s trade war risks splintering the Internet, experts warn
Bertin Martens, a senior fellow at a European economics-focused think tank called Bruegel, broke down in April how…
Labor dispute erupts over AI-voiced Darth Vader in Fortnite
For voice actors who previously portrayed Darth Vader in video games, the Fortnite feature starkly illustrates how AI…
Biotech company Regeneron to buy bankrupt 23andMe for $256M
Biotechnology company Regeneron will acquire 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million, with a plan to keep the…
Apple: “Hundreds of millions to billions” lost without App Store commissions
Many horses, including Spotify and Amazon’s Kindle Store, have already left the barn. But Apple is moving quickly…
Copyright Office head fired after reporting AI training isn’t always fair use
Copyright Office seemingly opposes Meta’s torrenting Also among those “general observations,” the Copyright Office wrote that “making commercial…
Report: Terrorists seem to be paying X to generate propaganda with Grok
Back in February, Elon Musk skewered the Treasury Department for lacking “basic controls” to stop payments to terrorist…
Spotify caught hosting hundreds of fake podcasts that advertise selling drugs
This week, Spotify rushed to remove hundreds of obviously fake podcasts found to be marketing prescription drugs in…
Meta argues enshittification isn’t real in bid to toss FTC monopoly trial
Further, Meta argued that the FTC did not show evidence that users sharing friends-and-family content were shown more…
Telegram bans $35B black markets used to sell stolen data, launder crypto
On Thursday, Telegram announced it had removed two huge black markets estimated to have generated more than $35…
Trump has “a little problem” with Apple’s plan to ship iPhones from India
Analysts estimate it would cost tens of billions of dollars and take years for Apple to increase iPhone…
Judge admits nearly being persuaded by AI hallucinations in court filing
Wilner wasn’t fully satisfied with the firm’s response that the two errors were “inadvertently included” in the brief…
Meta is making users who opted out of AI training opt out again, watchdog says
Noyb has requested a response from Meta by May 21, but it seems unlikely that Meta will quickly…
FCC threatens EchoStar licenses for spectrum that SpaceX wants to use
“If SpaceX had done a basic search of public filings, it would know that EchoStar extensively utilizes the…
GOP sneaks decade-long AI regulation ban into spending bill
The reconciliation bill primarily focuses on cuts to Medicaid access and increased health care fees for millions of…
FCC commissioner writes op-ed titled, “It’s time for Trump to DOGE the FCC“
In addition to cutting Universal Service, Simington proposed a broad streamlining of the FCC licensing process. Manual processing…
US and China pause tariffs for 90 days as Trump claims “historic trade win”
The deal announced today “did not address what would happen to low-value ‘de minimis’ ecommerce packages shipped from…
Report: DOGE supercharges mass-layoff software, renames it to sound less dystopian
“It is not clear how AutoRIF has been modified or whether AI is involved in the RIF mandate…
Senate passes “cruel” Republican plan to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolkids
Blumenthal pointed out that under a joint resolution of disapproval, the FCC is forbidden to adopt a similar…
Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years for “unbank yourself” scam
As the case dragged on, Mashinsky and his family appeared unremorseful, victims said, even while facing threats of…
Industry groups are not happy about the imminent demise of Energy Star
One of Bush’s “points of light” Energy Star was first established under President George H.W. Bush’s administration in…
Trump kills broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal”
President Donald Trump said he is killing a broadband grant program that was authorized by Congress, claiming that…
Trump just made it much harder to track the nation’s worst weather disasters
The Trump administration’s steep staff cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) triggered shutdowns of several…
DOGE software engineer’s computer infected by info-stealing malware
Login credentials belonging to an employee at both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of…
Trump admin to roll back Biden’s AI chip restrictions
The changing face of chip export controls The Biden-era chip restriction framework, which we covered in January, established…
Starlink: Here’s a free satellite dish—if you pay $120 a month instead of $90
There are 15 US states in which Residential Lite is offered: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Montana, North Dakota,…
Trump and DOJ try to spring former county clerk Tina Peters from prison
President Donald Trump is demanding the release of Tina Peters, a former election official who parroted Trump’s 2020…
Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users
A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based…
Largest deepfake porn site shuts down forever
The shuttering of Mr. Deepfakes won’t solve the problem of deepfakes, though. In 2022, the number of deepfakes…
After two court losses, DOGE asks Supreme Court for Social Security data access
The Trump administration filed an emergency application on Friday asking the Supreme Court to restore DOGE’s access to…
First Amendment doesn’t just protect human speech, chatbot maker argues
Although Character Technologies argues that it’s common to update safety practices over time, Garcia’s team alleged these updates…
Tesla denies trying to replace Elon Musk as CEO
Tensions had been mounting at the company. Sales and profits were deteriorating rapidly. Musk was spending much of…
A DOGE recruiter is staffing a project to deploy AI agents across the US government
“We want our government to be something that we can rely on, as opposed to something that is…
“Blatantly unlawful”: Trump slammed for trying to defund PBS, NPR
“CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the president’s authority,” Harrison said. “Congress directly authorized and…
Judge on Meta’s AI training: “I just don’t understand how that can be fair use”
Determined to probe this key question, Chhabria pushed authors’ attorney, David Boies, to point to specific evidence of…
DOJ confirms it wants to break up Google’s ad business
In the trial, Google will paint this demand as a severe overreach, claiming that few, if any, companies…
DOGE put a college student in charge of using AI to rewrite regulations
Sweet did not respond to requests for comment regarding his work. In response to a request to clarify…
Don’t watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
Being a model citizen and a person of taste, you probably don’t need this reminder, but some others…
CBS owner Paramount reportedly intends to settle Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit
“ Board members are cognizant that a huge settlement could be viewed as something of a payoff to…
Fortnite will return to iOS as court slams Apple’s “interference“ and ”cover-up“
In a statement provided to Ars Technica, an Apple spokesperson said, “We strongly disagree with the decision. We…
Redditor accidentally reinvents discarded ’90s tool to escape today’s age gates
Not sharing Johnson’s optimism, Goldman wrote that “there is no ‘preferred’ or ‘ideal’ way to do online age…
FCC urges courts to ignore 5th Circuit ruling that agency can’t issue fines
“The Fifth Circuit concluded that the FCC’s enforcement proceeding leading to a monetary forfeiture order violated AT&T’s Seventh…
DOGE could help Musk firms avoid $2.3B in government penalties, Democrats say
Elon Musk’s companies could avoid over $2.3 billion in potential fines and other liabilities thanks to Musk’s unusual…
Trump’s hasty Take It Down Act has “gaping flaws” that threaten encryption
While the tech law is expected to achieve the rare feat of getting through Congress at what experts…
Massive power outage in Spain, Portugal leaves millions in dark
National grid operators in Spain and Portugal confirm that a massive electrical blackout has hit the Iberian Peninsula…
New Android spyware is targeting Russian military personnel on the front lines
Russian military personnel are being targeted with recently discovered Android malware that steals their contacts and tracks their…
Report: TP-Link’s low router prices probed in criminal antitrust investigation
The report of a criminal antitrust investigation follows a report in December that US authorities were investigating whether…
Thermal imaging shows xAI lied about supercomputer pollution, group says
xAI’s submission claimed that each of the 15 turbines “is equipped with Solar’s Dry Low Emission (DLE)/SoLoNOx control…
FBI offers $10 million for information about Salt Typhoon members
The FBI is offering $10 million for information about the China-state hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon and…
Mike Lindell’s lawyers used AI to write brief—judge finds nearly 30 mistakes
A lawyer representing MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell in a defamation case admitted using artificial intelligence in…
Trump orders Ed Dept to make AI a national priority while plotting agency’s death
Trump pushes for industry involvement It seems clear that Trump’s executive order was a reaction to China’s announcement…
Comcast president bemoans broadband customer losses: “We are not winning”
Comcast executives apparently realized something that customers have known and complained about for years: The Internet provider’s prices…
AI secretly helped write California bar exam, sparking uproar
On Monday, the State Bar of California revealed that it used AI to develop a portion of multiple-choice…
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FCC Democrat slams chairman for aiding Trump’s “campaign of censorship”
The first event is scheduled for Thursday and will be hosted by the Center for Democracy and Technology.…
Harvard sues to block government funding cuts
The suit also claims that the funding hold, made in retaliation for Harvard’s letter announcing its refusal to…
Taxes and fees not included: T-Mobile’s latest price lock is nearly meaningless
Besides the five-year price guarantee, there’s at least one more notable pricing detail. T-Mobile’s previous plans had “taxes…
FTC sues Uber over difficulty of canceling subscriptions, “false” claims
Several tech executives attended the president’s inauguration ceremony, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg…
White House plagued by Signal controversy as Pentagon in “full-blown meltdown”
“Given that, it’s hard to see Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remaining in his role for much longer,” Ullyot…
Trump threatens to spike chipmakers’ costs by billions as China mulls exemptions
However, it is clear that these groups are sharing their concerns with lawmakers. Last week, SEMI, a global…
Government IT whistleblower calls out DOGE, says he was threatened at home
NLRB denies breach Berulis’ disclosure said that several days before receiving this threat, he had been instructed to…
14 reasons why Trump’s tariffs won’t bring manufacturing back
The tariffs have frozen business activity because no one wants to take a big risk dependent on a…
Google loses ad tech monopoly trial, faces additional breakups
Ultimately, Brinkema found that Google’s anticompetitive acts substantially harmed “Google’s publisher customers, the competitive process, and, ultimately, consumers…
Chris Krebs, who debunked 2020 election lies, vows full-time fight against Trump
SentinelOne updated that post yesterday with copies of the email sent by Krebs and an email from Weingarten…
Trump’s tariffs trigger price hikes at large online retailers
It’s unclear how high prices on Temu and Shein could go, but neither company is willing to wait…
Trump’s FCC chair threatens Comcast, demands changes to NBC news coverage
Victor Martinez-Hernandez was convicted of killing Rachel Morin earlier this week. The White House has attempted to link…
At monopoly trial, Zuckerberg redefined social media as texting with friends
If Meta can convince the court that the FTC’s market definition is wrong and that TikTok is Meta’s…
Disgruntled users roast X for killing Support account
After X (formerly Twitter) announced it would be killing its “Support” account, disgruntled users quickly roasted the social…
AP: Trump admin to kill IRS free tax-filing service that Intuit lobbied against
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) criticized Intuit’s lobbying against Direct File and told the AP that Trump and Musk…
Feds charge New Mexico man for allegedly torching Tesla dealership
Wagner was first identified as a suspect due to an unspecified “investigative lead developed by law enforcement through…
White House calls NPR and PBS a “grift,” will ask Congress to rescind funding
We also contacted the CPB and NPR today and will update this article if they provide any comments.…
FCC head Brendan Carr tells Europe to get on board with Starlink
He also accused the European Commission of “protectionism” and an “anti-American” attitude. “If Europe has its own satellite…
After Harvard says no to feds, $2.2 billion of research funding put on hold
The Trump administration has been using federal research funding as a cudgel. The government has blocked billions of…
DOGE gearing up for hackathon at IRS, wants easier access to taxpayer data
DOGE has already slashed and burned modernization projects at other agencies, replacing them with smaller teams and tighter…
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Meta secretly helped China advance AI, ex-Facebooker will tell Congress
Later today, a former Facebook employee, Sarah Wynn-Williams, will testify to Congress that Meta executives “repeatedly” sought to…
Elon Musk wants to be “AGI dictator,” OpenAI tells court
OpenAI also alleges that this is when Musk began intensifying his attacks on OpenAI while attempting to poach…
After market tumult, Trump exempts smartphones from massive new tariffs
Shares in the US tech giant were one of Wall Street’s biggest casualties in the days immediately after…
FTC now has three Republicans and no Democrats instead of the typical 3-2 split
After declaring the FTC to be under White House control, Trump fired both Democratic members despite a US…
Apple silent as Trump promises “impossible” US-made iPhones
During Trump’s last term, Cook raised a successful “charm offensive” that secured tariff exemptions without caving to Trump’s…
Amazon’s Chinese sellers to raise prices or quit US market as tariffs hit 145%
Jassy said Amazon is “doing everything we can to try and keep prices the way they’ve been for…
Google takes advantage of federal cost-cutting with steep Workspace discount
Google has long been on the lookout for ways to break Microsoft’s stranglehold on US government office software,…
Trump boosts China tariffs to 125%, pauses tariff hikes on other countries
On Wednesday, Donald Trump, once again, took to Truth Social to abruptly shift US trade policy, announcing a…
Take It Down Act nears passage; critics warn Trump could use it against enemies
Free speech concerns The Electronic Frontier Foundation has been speaking out against the bill, saying “it could be…
Victory for DOGE as appeals court reinstates access to personal data
A US appeals court ruled yesterday that DOGE can access personal data held by the US Department of…
Twitch makes deal to escape Elon Musk suit alleging X ad boycott conspiracy
Instead, it appears that X decided to sue Twitch after discovering that Twitch was among advertisers who directly…
White House figures out how it texted secret bombing plans to a reporter
We contacted the White House today and will update this article if it provides any comment. Waltz: “It…
Trump gives China one day to end retaliations or face extra 50% tariffs
Last week, Politico reported that some top Republicans are pushing to reassert Congress’ power over tariffs as the…
The speech police: Chairman Brendan Carr and the FCC’s news distortion policy
“The number of reported decisions drops off dramatically after 1976, and there is only one finding of distortion…
France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking
A typical ATT pop-up asks a user whether to allow an app “to track your activity across other…
DOGE staffer’s YouTube nickname accidentally revealed his teen hacking activity
A SpaceX and X engineer, Christopher Stanley—currently serving as a senior advisor in the Deputy Attorney General’s office…
NJ teen wins fight to put nudify app users in prison, impose fines up to $30K
On LinkedIn, her mother, Dorota Mani—who has been working with the governor’s office on a commission to protect…
EU may “make an example of X” by issuing $1 billion fine to Musk’s social network
European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against X, including a fine that could exceed $1 billion, according…
Judge calls out OpenAI’s “straw man” argument in New York Times copyright suit
“Taken as true, these facts give rise to a plausible inference that defendants at a minimum had reason…
Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says
The expert sample is not representative of the AI field, as Bender points out to Ars that AI…
Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots
Rumors claim Trump consulted chatbots On social media, rumors swirled that the Trump administration got these supposedly fake…
Not just Signal: Michael Waltz reportedly used Gmail for government messages
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and a senior aide used personal Gmail accounts for government communications, according to…
Vast pedophile network shut down in Europol’s largest CSAM operation
Europol has shut down one of the largest dark web pedophile networks in the world, prompting dozens of…
FTC: 23andMe buyer must honor firm’s privacy promises for genetic data
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he’s keeping an eye on 23andMe’s bankruptcy proceeding and the company’s…
“Chaos” at state health agencies after US illegally axed grants, lawsuit says
Nearly half of US states sued the federal government and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.…
Even Trump may not be able to save Elon Musk from his old tweets
A loss in the investors’ and SEC’s suits could force Musk to disgorge any ill-gotten gains from the…
DOGE accesses federal payroll system and punishes employees who objected
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gained access “to a payroll system that processes salaries for…
TSMC’s $100 billion pledge won’t resurrect US chipmaking, says Intel’s ex-CEO
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s pledge to spend an extra $100 billion on advanced manufacturing plants in the US…
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has…
EU will go easy with Apple, Facebook punishment to avoid Trump’s wrath
The EU is set to impose minimal fines on Apple and Facebook-owner Meta next week under its Digital…
What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.
Like many legacy government IT systems, SSA systems contain code written in COBOL, a programming language created in…
Ex-FCC chairs from both parties say CBS news distortion investigation is bogus
The Federal Communications Commission’s news distortion investigation into CBS drew a public rebuke from a bipartisan group of…
Elon Musk’s X has a new owner—Elon Musk’s xAI
Elon Musk today said he has merged X and xAI in a deal that values the social network…
Elon Musk and Trump win fight to keep DOGE’s work secret
Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) don’t have to turn over information related to their…
Trump can’t fire us, FTC Democrats tell court after being ejected from office
Two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission who were fired by President Trump sued him today, saying…
Anti-diversity lawsuits likely to hurt the scientific community, say scholars
The Scholars Program has provided funding for around 3,500 students to support their studies in scientific fields. With…
The Atlantic publishes texts showing Trump admin sent bombing plan to reporter
White House didn’t want texts released Prior to running its follow-up article, The Atlantic asked Trump administration officials…
Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line
Apple has suffered a blow in its efforts to salvage its lucrative search placement deal with Google. A…
FBI probes arson of Tesla cars and facilities, says “this is domestic terrorism”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday launched a task force “to try to nail the criminals setting fire…
Current SEC chair cast only vote against suing Elon Musk, report says
A new report says that when the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Elon Musk less than a week…
Trump administration accidentally texted secret bombing plans to a reporter
Using Signal in this way may have violated US law, Goldberg wrote. “Conceivably, Waltz, by coordinating a national-security-related…
Mom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide
Moutier told Ars that chatbots encouraging suicidal ideation don’t just present risks for people with acute issues. They…
Cybertrucks’ faulty trim prompts biggest recall yet, stokes Tesla investor panic
Every Tesla Cybertruck ever sold is being recalled so Tesla can fix an exterior panel that could potentially…
Trump administration’s blockchain plan for USAID is a real head-scratcher
Giulio Coppi, a senior humanitarian officer at the nonprofit Access Now who has researched the use of blockchain…
Judge orders Musk and DOGE to delete personal data taken from Social Security
The lawsuit was filed by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; the Alliance for Retired…
Italy demands Google poison DNS under strict Piracy Shield law
Spotted by TorrentFreak, AGCOM Commissioner Massimiliano Capitanio took to LinkedIn to celebrate the ruling, as well as the…
California bill would force ISPs to offer 100Mbps plans for $15 a month
Several states consider price requirements While the California proposal will face opposition from ISPs and is not guaranteed…
FCC chairman Brendan Carr starts granting telecom lobby’s wish list
In July 2024, AT&T became the first carrier to apply for a technology transition discontinuance “under the Adequate…
After “glitter bomb,” cops arrested former cop who criticized current cops online
The police claimed that “the fraudulent Facebook pages posted comments on Village of Orland Park social media sites…
Dad demands OpenAI delete ChatGPT’s false claim that he murdered his kids
Currently, ChatGPT does not repeat these horrible false claims about Holmen in outputs. A more recent update apparently…
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US tries to keep DOGE and Musk work secret in appeal of court-ordered discovery
The petition argues that discovery is unnecessary to assess the plaintiff states’ claims. “Plaintiffs allege a violation of…
FCC to get Republican majority and plans to “delete” as many rules as possible
By contrast, then-President Joe Biden waited nine months to choose a Democratic nominee in 2021. His first nominee,…
Furious at the FCC, Arkansas jail cancels inmate phone calls rather than lower rates
If “the Federal Communications Commission reverses their adverse regulations,” Montgomery said, “the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office will revisit…
UK online safety law Musk hates kicks in today, and so far, Trump can’t stop it
Despite the UK’s apparent hard stance to defend the OSA, Trump has suggested that there’s a “very good…
Trump plan to fund Musk’s Starlink over fiber called “betrayal” of rural US
“Some states are on the 1-yard line” Republicans criticized the Biden administration for not yet distributing grant money,…
How Trump could potentially claw back CHIPS funding
Trump could possibly come for those funds, but the CHIPS Act’s claw-back provisions “are only to be triggered…
Meta mocked for raising “Bob Dylan defense” of torrenting in AI copyright fight
The authors, however, think that torrenting pirated works is so notoriously illegal that they now have an “open-and-shut…
New Reddit controls let you block your most-hated advertisers for a year
The spokesperson noted that users can also “report” an ad if they believe it goes against Reddit’s policies.…
Scoop: Origami measuring spoon incites fury after 9 years of Kickstarter delay hell
An attention-grabbing Kickstarter campaign attempting to reinvent the measuring spoon has turned into a mad, mad, mad, mad…
Google joins OpenAI in pushing feds to codify AI training as fair use
Google’s position on AI regulation: Trust us, bro If there was any doubt about Google’s commitment to move…
The same day Trump bought a Tesla, automaker moved to disrupt trade war
Elon Musk’s Tesla is waving a red flag, warning that Donald Trump’s trade war risks dooming US electric…
OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use
OpenAI is hoping that Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan, due out this July, will settle copyright debates by…
Meta plans to test and tinker with X’s community notes algorithm
Meta also confirmed that it won’t be reducing visibility of misleading posts with community notes. That’s a change…
EPA accused of faking criminal investigation to claw back climate funds
Citibank has until March 15 to provide more information on orders to freeze funding. More details on that…
FTC can’t afford to fight Amazon’s allegedly deceptive sign-ups after DOGE cuts
The Federal Trade Commission is moving to push back a trial set to determine if Amazon tricked customers…
Telecom tells employees they won’t get bonuses if they don’t follow RTO policy
Adding to the complexity and uncertainty around Vodafone’s newly strict RTO enforcement are claims of there being limited…
X’s globe-trotting defense of ads on Nazi posts violates TOS, Media Matters says
“X conceded that depending on what content a user follows and how long they’ve had their account, they…
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A document that was first issued in 2009 would seem an unlikely candidate for making news in 2025.…
Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination
A 55-year-old software developer faces up to 10 years in prison for deploying malicious code that sabotaged his…
Elon Musk loses initial attempt to block OpenAI’s for-profit conversion
Rogers found that because “the threshold question of whether a charitable trust was created remains a toss-up, Musk…
Crypto fans underwhelmed by “symbolic” Trump order creating US bitcoin reserve
Ahead of the first-ever White House Crypto Summit Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a…
Feds arrest man for sharing DVD rip of Spider-Man movie with millions online
A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Thursday, accused of stealing Blu-rays and DVDs from a manufacturing and distribution…
Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive, sound historian says
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Trump claims CFPB “destroys” people. Senators say killing it is a gift to Musk.
“If Mr. Musk has taken actions in his federal role that will benefit his financial interests without receiving…
Starlink benefits as Trump admin rewrites rules for $42B grant program
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China aims to recruit top US scientists as Trump tries to kill the CHIPS Act
On Tuesday, Donald Trump finally made it clear to Congress that he wants to kill the CHIPS and…
Google tells Trump’s DOJ that forcing a Chrome sale would harm national security
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Trump’s 25% tariffs take effect; Canadian PM calls it “a very dumb thing”
President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico took effect today, and the White House increased a…
Apple refuses to break encryption, seeks reversal of UK demand for backdoor
Although it wasn’t previously reported, Apple’s appeal was filed last month at about the time it withdrew ADP…
“It’s not actually you”: Teens cope while adults debate harms of fake nudes
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TSMC to invest $100B as Trump demands more US-made chips, report says
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ISP sued by record labels agrees to identify 100 users accused of piracy
Cable company Altice agreed to give Warner and other record labels the names and contact information of 100…
Elon Musk fans truly believe he can make Dogecoin the currency of Earth
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Europol arrests 25 users of online network accused of sharing AI CSAM
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Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
Update at 10:20 pm ET: Mozilla has since announced a change to the license language to address user…
Commercials are still too loud, say “thousands” of recent FCC complaints
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ISPs fear wave of state laws after New York’s $15 broadband mandate
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Trump should block Biden’s AI “gift” to China, Microsoft argues
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Bitcoin plunges as crypto fans didn’t get everything they wanted from Trump
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Automattic’s “nuclear war” over WordPress access sparks potential class action
WordPress software, Keller’s complaint explained, “has long been promised to be free and available to everyone forever.” This…
Chegg sues Google, explores sale after AI search summaries hit revenues
Chegg is suing Google parent Alphabet over claims the search engine’s artificial intelligence summary tool has hit its…
Supreme Court rejects ISPs again in latest bid to kill NY’s $15 broadband law
“To broadband ISPs and their friends complaining about the New York law and proposed Massachusetts laws mandating a…
Apple promises $500 billion in US investment in wake of tariff threats
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Judge: US gov’t violated privacy law by disclosing personal data to DOGE
“The plaintiffs have made a clear showing that they are likely to suffer irreparable harm without injunctive relief,”…
EV battery manufacturing capacity will rise when 10 plants come online this year
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Under new bill, Bigfoot could become California’s “official cryptid”
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Apple pulls end-to-end encryption in UK, spurning backdoors for gov’t spying
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FTC investigates “tech censorship,” says it’s un-American and may be illegal
The Federal Trade Commission today announced a public inquiry into alleged censorship online, saying it wants “to better…
AI making up cases can get lawyers fired, scandalized law firm warns
“As all lawyers know (or should know), it has been documented that AI sometimes invents case law, complete…
Trump order declares independent US agencies aren’t independent anymore
The White House fact sheet said the goal of this provision is to ensure that the president and…
Acer CEO says its PC prices to increase by 10 percent in response to Trump tariffs
PC-manufacturer Acer has said that it plans to raise the prices of its PCs in the US by…
OpenAI board considers special voting powers to prevent Elon Musk takeover
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Despite court orders, climate and energy programs stalled by Trump freeze
“The executive does not have the authority to change policies simply because they don’t like them,” Blanchard said…
CenturyLink nightmares: Users keep asking Ars for help with multi-month outages
Separately, a CenturyLink customer named David Stromberg in Bellevue, Washington, told us that his phone service had been…
DOGE’s .gov site lampooned as coders quickly realize it can be edited by anyone
“An official website of the United States government,” reads small text atop the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)…
Trump has thrown a wrench into a national EV charging program
In December, MDOT issued a new call for proposals for building up to 29 additional highway charging stations,…
No penalties even when deputies share a woman’s nudes after an illegal phone search
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Man offers to buy city dump in last-ditch effort to recover $800M in bitcoins
Howells told The Times that he envisions cleaning up the site and turning it into a park, but…
What you need to know about the T-Mobile Starlink mobile service
A Verizon or AT&T customer can use T-Mobile Starlink by activating a second eSIM on their device. “They…
Condé Nast, other news orgs say AI firm stole articles, spit out “hallucinations”
Condé Nast and several other media companies sued the AI startup Cohere today, alleging that it engaged in…