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Can unjust dismissal result in reinstatement with conditions?
unjust dismissal result Can unjust dismissal result in reinstatement with conditions? This is a question that arises frequently in the context of Canadian employment law, […]
Does a workplace harassment lawyer handle disability harassment?
Workplace harassment lawyer handle disability harassment Many employees face difficult situations in their careers, but one of the most distressing experiences is being harassed or […]
“China keeps the algorithm”: Critics attack Trump’s TikTok deal
However, Trump seems to think that longtime TikTok partner Oracle taking a bigger stake while handling Americans’ user data at its facilities in Texas will […]
Ars Live: CTA policy expert explains why tariff stacking is a nightmare
Earlier this month, Ars spoke with the Consumer Technology Association’s vice president of international trade, Ed Brzytwa, to check in and see how tech firms […]
Internet Archive’s big battle with music publishers ends in settlement
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit where music publishers sued the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project, an effort to preserve early […]
China rules that Nvidia violated its antitrust laws
A Chinese regulator has found Nvidia violated the country’s antitrust law, in a preliminary finding against the world’s most valuable chipmaker. Nvidia had failed to […]
Populists alarmed by Trump’s embrace of AI, Big Tech
Some Republicans are still angry over the deplatforming of Trump by tech executives once known for their progressive politics. They had been joined by a […]
Microsoft dodges EU fine by unbundling Teams from Office
Microsoft has avoided an EU fine after the US tech group offered concessions on how it packages together its Teams and Office products, ending a […]
Ex-DVD company employee gets 4 years for leaking Spider-Man Blu-ray
Hale, a 38-year-old with prior felony convictions for armed robbery, risked a potential sentence of 15 years for these crimes, but he reduced his sentence […]
California bill lets renters escape exclusive deals between ISPs and landlords
The bill also drew opposition from the Real Estate Technology & Transformation Center (RETTC). The group’s sponsors include real estate companies and Internet providers AT&T, […]
Feds try to dodge lawsuit against their bogus climate report
Failure to complete the revision process would leave the EPA vulnerable to claims that it’s relying on an incomplete draft report for its scientific justifications. […]
Spotify peeved after 10,000 users sold data to build AI tools
“Spotify honors our users’ privacy rights, including the right of portability,” Spotify’s spokesperson said. “All of our users can receive a copy of their personal […]
Ted Cruz AI bill could let firms bribe Trump to avoid safety laws, critics warn
In the one-pager, Cruz noted that “most US rules and regulations do not squarely apply to emerging technologies like AI.” So “rather than force AI […]
Can we please keep our broadband money, Republican governor asks Trump admin
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has a simple request for the Trump administration: Don’t take our broadband money away. Trump’s Commerce Department rewrote the rules of […]
Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legal
Instead of providing notice to customers and obtaining or verifying customer consent itself, Verizon “largely delegated those functions via contract,” the court said. This system […]
Judge: Anthropic’s $1.5B settlement is being shoved “down the throat of authors”
At a hearing Monday, US District Judge William Alsup blasted a proposed $1.5 billion settlement over Anthropic’s rampant piracy of books to train AI. The […]
“You are evil”: GirlsDoPorn ringleader Michael Pratt sentenced to 27 years
“For almost a decade, the Defendant led the scheme to systematically coerce and defraud women into engaging in filmed sexual activity for profit,” the sentencing […]
Trump’s attempt to fire FTC Democrat gets a boost from Supreme Court
1935 Supreme Court is key precedent The key precedent in the case is Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 1935 ruling in which the Supreme […]
EchoStar to sell spectrum to SpaceX after FCC threatened to revoke licenses
SpaceX’s complaints to the Federal Communications Commission have helped the satellite company land a $17 billion deal to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar. The deal […]
Warner Bros. sues Midjourney to stop AI knockoffs of Batman, Scooby-Doo
Midjourney could slow down the cycle and “minimize” these allegedly infringing outputs, if it cannot automatically block them all, WB suggested. But instead, “Midjourney has […]
“First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion
Authors revealed today that Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion and destroy all copies of the books the AI company pirated to train its artificial […]
Court reinstates fired FTC Democrat, says Trump ignored Supreme Court precedent
A Democrat who was fired from the Federal Trade Commission by President Trump was reinstated to her position yesterday in an appeals court ruling. Trump’s […]
Harvard beats Trump as judge orders US to restore $2.6 billion in funding
Burroughs’ footnote said that district courts try to follow Supreme Court rulings, but “the Supreme Court’s recent emergency docket rulings regarding grant terminations have not […]
FCC chair teams up with Ted Cruz to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolkids
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is teaming up with Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to block funding for Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolchildren. Cruz convinced the […]
Delete, Delete, Delete: How FCC Republicans are killing rules faster than ever
The Federal Communications Commission’s Republican chairman is eliminating regulations at breakneck speed by using a process that cuts dozens of rules at a time while […]
Revolving door: Ex-senator becomes cable industry’s top lobbyist
Rule-cutting and mergers on cable agenda As the NCTA’s new head, Gardner will be representing the interests of Comcast, Charter, and other cable companies. He […]
Ars Live: Consumer tech firms stuck scrambling ahead of looming chip tariffs
And perhaps the biggest confounding factor for businesses attempting to align supply chain choices with predictable tariff costs is looming chip tariffs. Trump has suggested […]
CBS caved to Trump—now he’s seeking punishments for ABC and NBC
Fresh off his thorough victory over CBS News, President Trump is taking aim at ABC and NBC. “Why is it that ABC and NBC FAKE […]
Texas suit alleging anti-coal “cartel” of top Wall Street firms could reshape ESG
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter […]
FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms”
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson accused Google of using “partisan” spam filtering in Gmail that sends Republican fundraising emails to the spam folder while […]
FCC chairman helps AT&T cement dominance with $23 billion spectrum deal
The FCC’s threat drew widespread backlash from across the political spectrum. The conservative Free State Foundation told the FCC that the move would create “regulatory […]
“ChatGPT killed my son”: Parents’ lawsuit describes suicide notes in chat logs
During those chats, “ChatGPT mentioned suicide 1,275 times—six times more often than Adam himself,” the lawsuit noted. Ultimately, OpenAI’s system flagged “377 messages for self-harm […]
Intel details everything that could go wrong with US taking a 10% stake
However, the US can vote “as it wishes,” Intel reported, and experts suggested to Reuters that regulations may be needed to “limit government opportunities for […]
Judge unhappy with FCC’s “vague and uninformative” response to DOGE lawsuit
We contacted the FCC and will update this article if it provides a response. The plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction said the FCC, led […]
DOGE accused of copying entire Social Security database to insecure cloud system
“Commissioner [Frank] Bisignano and the Social Security Administration take all whistleblower complaints seriously,” the agency said. “SSA stores all personal data in secure environments that […]
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Authors are celebrating a “historic” settlement expected to be reached soon in a class-action lawsuit over Anthropic’s AI training data. On Tuesday, US District Judge […]
Ars Live: Consumer tech firms stuck scrambling ahead of looming chip tariffs
And perhaps the biggest confounding factor for businesses attempting to align supply chain choices with predictable tariff costs is looming chip tariffs. Trump has suggested […]
Senator castigates federal judiciary for ignoring “basic cybersecurity”
US Senator Ron Wyden accused the federal judiciary of “negligence and incompetence” following a recent hack, reportedly by hackers with ties to the Russian government, […]
Bank forced to rehire workers after lying about chatbot productivity, union says
As banks around the world prepare to replace many thousands of workers with AI, Australia’s biggest bank is scrambling to rehire 45 workers after allegedly […]
Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? Experts explain the FTC’s bizarre ad fight.
After a judge warned that the Federal Trade Commission’s probe into Media Matters for America (MMFA) should alarm “all Americans”—viewing it as a likely government […]
4chan refuses to pay UK Online Safety Act fines, asks Trump admin to intervene
4chan’s law firms, Byrne & Storm and Coleman Law, said in a statement on August 15 that “4chan is a United States company, incorporated in […]
Developer gets 4 years for activating network “kill switch” to avenge his firing
“The defendant breached his employer’s trust by using his access and technical knowledge to sabotage company networks, wreaking havoc and causing hundreds of thousands of […]
Trump says US will take 10% stake in Intel because CEO wants to “keep his job”
Intel has agreed to sell the US a 10 percent stake in the company, Donald Trump announced at a news conference Friday. The US stake […]
Starlink wants billions in grants, but state governments aren’t cooperating
Since reducing costs was one of the Trump administration’s stated goals, and states are complying with that mandate, they have a fighting chance to get […]
Deeply divided Supreme Court lets NIH grant terminations continue
The dissents The primary dissent was written by Chief Justice Roberts, and joined in part by the three Democratic appointees, Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor. It […]
Trump confirms US is seeking 10% stake in Intel. Bernie Sanders approves.
Trump plan salvages CHIPS Act he vowed to kill While chipmakers wait for more clarity, Lutnick has suggested that Trump—who campaigned on killing the CHIPS […]
Trump admin says it convinced UK to drop demand for Apple backdoor
The UK has dropped its demand that Apple create a backdoor for government security officials to access encrypted data, according to US Director of National […]
SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink
Starlink operator SpaceX is continuing its fight against state plans to expand fiber broadband availability. After saying the Trump administration should deny a Virginia proposal, […]
Elon Musk’s “thermonuclear” Media Matters lawsuit may be fizzling out
“Perhaps the Defendants will establish otherwise later in these proceedings,” Sooknanan wrote. “But at this stage, the record certainly supports that inference,” that the FTC […]
T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree
Carriers claimed selling data didn’t violate law Instead of denying the allegations, the carriers argued that the FCC overstepped its authority. But the appeals court […]
Meta backtracks on rules letting chatbots be creepy to kids
After what was arguably Meta’s biggest purge of child predators from Facebook and Instagram earlier this summer, the company now faces backlash after its own […]
US may purchase stake in Intel after Trump attacked CEO
Why Intel may be into Trump’s deal At one point, Intel was the undisputed leader in chip manufacturing, Bloomberg noted, but its value plummeted from […]
Trump admin ranks companies on loyalty while handing out favors to Big Tech
We contacted the White House today and will update the story if it provides any comment. Ending “weaponization” Public Citizen wrote that “President Donald Trump […]
Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents
Noting that its “project areas span from mountains and hills to farmland and coastal plains,” the DHCD said its previous experience with grant-funded deployments “revealed […]
US government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says
xAI apparently lost a government contract after a tweak to Grok’s prompting triggered an antisemitic meltdown where the chatbot praised Hitler and declared itself MechaHitler […]
Sam Altman finally stood up to Elon Musk after years of X trolling
Musk claimed the request was to “ensure OpenAI was not being taken advantage of or corrupted by Microsoft,” but two weeks later, he appeared on […]
Trump strikes “wild” deal making US firms pay 15% tax on China chip sales
A former adviser to Joe Biden’s Commerce Department, Alasdair Phillips-Robins, told Reuters that the levy suggests the Trump administration “is trading away national security protections […]
China tells Alibaba, ByteDance to justify purchases of Nvidia AI chips
Beijing is demanding tech companies including Alibaba and ByteDance justify their orders of Nvidia’s H20 artificial intelligence chips, complicating the US chipmaker’s business in China […]
YouTube backlash begins: “Why is AI combing through every single video I watch?”
Among concerned users fighting to block AI age checks is the petition starter, an anonymous YouTuber who runs a monetized account exploring video game lore […]
Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs
Wikipedia’s parent organization lost a challenge to the UK Online Safety Act but can bring another case if the government tries to force it to […]
Reddit blocks Internet Archive to end sneaky AI scraping
“Until they’re able to defend their site and comply with platform policies (e.g., respecting user privacy, re: deleting removed content) we’re limiting some of their […]
Coding error blamed after parts of Constitution disappear from US website
The deletion happened sometime in the past few weeks, as an Internet Archive capture shows that the text was still on the site until at […]
President Trump says Intel’s new CEO “must resign immediately”
Intel and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s post. Intel shares dropped 3 percent in pre-market trading […]
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why
These sought-after regions are scientifically vital and geopolitically sensitive, as multiple countries want to build bases or conduct research there. Building infrastructure in these areas […]
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
But it’s never easy, groups said. Consider, for example, how now-defunct publishers might add a wrinkle to ownership questions with some books involved in the […]
Toymaker suddenly drops lawsuit against “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker
A toy company has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against a popular TikTok and Instagram account called “Sylvanian Drama.” Epoch Company Ltd., is the US maker […]
Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court
Court ruled broadband isn’t telecommunications Although the Obama-era FCC won on this point in the District of Columbia Circuit in 2016, a Supreme Court ruling […]
FCC Democrat: Trump admin is declaring “Mission Accomplished” on broadband
The Federal Communications Commission is hamstringing its upcoming review of broadband availability by ignoring the prices consumers must pay for Internet service, FCC Commissioner Anna […]
New executive order puts all grants under political control
On Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order asserting political control over grant funding, including all federally supported research. The order requires that any […]
US executive branch agencies will use ChatGPT Enterprise for just $1 per agency
OpenAI announced an agreement to supply more than 2 million workers for the US federal executive branch access to ChatGPT and related tools at practically […]
Tornado Cash sold crypto “privacy”; the US saw “money laundering.” A jury isn’t sure what to think.
Some of Storm’s instant messages that his defense team wanted to use at trial. But Storm fought back. In a trial in Manhattan over the […]
Analysis: The Trump administration’s assault on climate action
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency made lots of headlines by rejecting the document that establishes its ability to regulate the greenhouse gases that are […]
Trump admin warns states: Don’t try to lower broadband prices
The Trump administration is telling states they will be shut out of a $42 billion broadband deployment fund if they set the rates that Internet […]
EPA plans to ignore science, stop regulating greenhouse gases
It derives from a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that named greenhouse gases as “air pollutants,” giving the EPA the mandate to regulate them under the […]
Tesla awards Musk $29B in attempt to “keep Elon’s energies focused on Tesla”
The Tesla board approved the interim award yesterday, with recusals from Musk and his brother, Kimbal. The Tesla board is still working on “a longer-term […]
China claims Nvidia built backdoor into H20 chip designed for Chinese market
The CAC did not specify which experts had found a back door in Nvidia’s products or whether any tests in China had uncovered the same […]
Trump suspends trade loophole for cheap online retailers globally
But even Amazon may struggle to shift its supply chain as the de minimis exemption is eliminated for all countries. In February, the e-commerce giant […]
Backpage scandal ends in largest US payout to trafficking victims
Survivors, or their representatives, must submit claims by February 2, 2026. To receive compensation, claims must include at least one document showing they “suffered monetary […]
ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results
Faced with mounting backlash, OpenAI removed a controversial ChatGPT feature that caused some users to unintentionally allow their private—and highly personal—chats to appear in search […]
Delta denies using AI to come up with inflated, personalized prices
Delta scandal highlights value of transparency According to Delta, the company has “zero tolerance for discriminatory or predatory pricing” and only feeds its AI system […]
RIP Corporation for Public Broadcasting: 1967–2026
Despite the protests of millions of Americans, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced it will be winding down its operations after the White House […]
US moves to ban shady subscription auto-renewals after FTC court loss
Picking up where the FTC left off, lawmakers announced the Click to Cancel Act, which requires companies to “provide a simple, direct mechanism to cancel […]
YouTube’s selfie collection, AI age checks are concerning, privacy experts say
Privacy experts are demanding transparency after YouTube announced it would test using AI to estimate user ages in the US ahead of a wider rollout […]
VPN use soars in UK after age-verification laws go into effect
Also on Friday, the Windscribe VPN service posted a screenshot on X claiming to show a spike in new subscribers. The makers of the AdGuard […]
Substack’s “Nazi problem” won’t go away after push notification apology
Moxon has switched to Ghost for his independent blog, The Reframe, an open source Substack alternative that woos users by migrating accounts for users and […]
Trump claims Europe won’t make Big Tech pay ISPs; EU says it still might
We asked the White House and European Commission for more details today and will update this article with any new information. If the White House […]
AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
Wyoming’s data center boom Cheyenne is no stranger to data centers, having attracted facilities from Microsoft and Meta since 2012 due to its cool climate […]
How the Trump FCC justified requiring a “bias monitor” at CBS
The Federal Communications Commission’s approval of CBS owner Paramount’s $8 billion merger with Skydance came with a condition to install an ombudsman, which FCC Chairman […]
Trump caving on Nvidia H20 export curbs may disrupt his bigger trade war
But experts seem to fear that Trump isn’t paying enough attention to how exports of US technology could threaten to not only supercharge China’s military […]
Ars Live: Consumer tech firms stuck scrambling ahead of looming chip tariffs
And while at least one analyst has suggested that the US and China may extend a 90-day truce ahead of an August deadline, perhaps the […]
California backs down to Trump admin, won’t force ISPs to offer $15 broadband
Boerner said her goal with the bill “was always a basic broadband service” that would be affordable. “There are lots of packages out there in […]
Conduct rules are coming for Google and Apple in the UK
“The targeted and proportionate actions we have set out today would enable UK app developers to remain at the forefront of global innovation while ensuring […]
White House unveils sweeping plan to “win” global AI race through deregulation
Trump’s plan was not welcomed by everyone. J.B. Branch, Big Tech accountability advocate for Public Citizen, in a statement provided to Ars, criticized Trump as […]
Skydance deal allows Trump’s FCC to “censor speech” and “silence dissent” on CBS
Warning that the “Paramount payout” and “reckless” acquisition approval together mark a “dark chapter” for US press freedom, Gomez suggested the FCC’s approval will embolden […]
Delta’s AI spying to “jack up” prices must be banned, lawmakers say
“There is no fare product Delta has ever used, is testing or plans to use that targets customers with individualized offers based on personal information […]
Trump’s order to make chatbots anti-woke is unconstitutional, senator says
Earlier this summer, Grok shocked the world after Musk announced he would be updating the bot to eliminate a supposed liberal bias. The unhinged chatbot […]
Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok
Donald Trump vowed to save TikTok before taking office, claiming only he could make a deal to keep the app operational in the US despite […]
Whistleblower scientists outline Trump’s plan to politicize and dismantle NSF
Nearly 150 employees of the National Science Foundation (NSF) sent an urgent letter of dissent to Congress on Tuesday, warning that the Trump administration’s recent […]
Ukrainians arrest alleged admin of major crime forum XSS
Yesterday, Ukrainian authorities arrested the suspected administrator of a notorious Russian-language crime forum, XSS.is. In an X post, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office announced that Ukrainian […]
A power utility is reporting suspected pot growers to cops. EFF says that’s illegal.
In May 2020, Sacramento, California, resident Alfonso Nguyen was alarmed to find two Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies at his door, accusing him of illegally growing […]
Toy company may regret coming for “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker, experts say
A popular account on TikTok and Instagram stopped posting suddenly at the end of last year, hit by a lawsuit after garnering millions of views […]
Researcher threatens X with lawsuit after falsely linking him to French probe
X claimed that David Chavalarias, “who spearheads the ‘Escape X’ campaign”—which is “dedicated to encouraging X users to leave the platform”—was chosen to assess the […]
FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices
“As part of our return to following the plain language of section 706, we propose to abolish without replacement the long-term goal of 1,000/500Mbps established […]
It’s “frighteningly likely” many US courts will overlook AI errors, expert says
Today, judges are increasingly drawing the same scrutiny, and Browning told Ars he thinks it’s “frighteningly likely that we will see more cases” like the […]
EU presses pause on probe of X as US trade talks heat up
While Trump and Musk have fallen out this year after developing a political alliance on the 2024 election, the US president has directly attacked EU […]
Will AI end cheap flights? Critics attack Delta’s “predatory” AI pricing.
Although Delta’s AI pricing could increase competition in the airline industry, Slover expects that companies using such pricing schemes are “all too likely” to be […]
Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS
CPB expenses in fiscal year 2025 are $545 million, of which 66.9 percent goes to TV programming. Another 22.3 percent goes to radio programming, while […]
Trump to sign stablecoin bill that may make it easier to bribe the president
Some Democrats supported the GENIUS Act, arguing that some regulation is better than none as cryptocurrency activity increases globally and the technology has the potential […]
Court rules Trump broke US law when he fired Democratic FTC commissioner
“Without removal protections, that independence would be jeopardized… Accordingly, the Court held that the FTC Act’s for-cause removal protections were constitutional,” wrote AliKhan, who was […]
Cocky cop jailed for stealing bitcoins had log of his crypto theft in his office
A former cop in the United Kingdom was sentenced to five and a half years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to covering up his […]
Grok’s “MechaHitler” meltdown didn’t stop xAI from winning $200M military deal
Grok checked Musk’s posts, called itself “MechaHitler” xAI has been checking Elon Musk’s posts before providing answers on some topics, such as the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. […]
Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view adult content
“Society has long protected youngsters from products that aren’t suitable for them, from alcohol to smoking or gambling,” Ofcom said. “Now, children will be better […]
Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP
Now, Herman is paying $80 a month to his own company for symmetrical gigabit service. Prime-One also offers 500Mbps for $75, 2Gbps for $95, and […]
Mike Lindell lost defamation case, and his lawyers were fined for AI hallucinations
Lawyers representing MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell were fined $6,000 after using artificial intelligence in a brief that was riddled with misquotes and citations […]
Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation
FTC arguments rejected Summarizing the FTC’s arguments, judges said the agency contended that US law “did not require the Commission to conduct the preliminary regulatory […]
Verizon’s request to lock phones supported by police, opposed by users
With Verizon seeking permission to lock phones to its network for six months or longer instead of the current 60 days, a coalition of advocacy […]
Trump’s DOJ seems annoyed about having to approve T-Mobile’s latest merger
DOJ approval “reads like a complaint” The DOJ’s unusual statement about the wireless industry oligopoly shows that the Justice Department staff and antitrust chief “clearly […]
T-Mobile follows orders from Trump FCC, ends DEI to get two mergers approved
Update: Shortly after this article was published, the Department of Justice announced that it has closed its investigation into the T-Mobile/US Cellular deal and will […]
Cops’ favorite AI tool automatically deletes evidence of when AI was used
The AI tool could also possibly be “overstepping in its interpretation of the audio,” possibly misinterpreting slang or adding context that never happened. A “major […]
Everything tech giants will hate about the EU’s new AI rules
The code also details expectations for AI companies to respect paywalls, as well as robots.txt instructions restricting crawling, which could help confront a growing problem […]
How long does a free consultation employment lawyer usually last?
free consultation employment When considering reaching out to a free consultation employment lawyer, one of the practical questions that often comes up is how long […]
Cloudflare wants Google to change its AI search crawling. Google likely won’t.
Ars could not immediately find any legislation that seemed to match Prince’s description, and Cloudflare did not respond to Ars’ request to comment. Passing tech […]
Linda Yaccarino quits X without saying why, one day after Grok praised Hitler
And “the best is yet to come as X enters a new chapter” with xAI, Yaccarino said. Grok cites “growing tensions” between Musk and CEO […]
Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters”
X is facing backlash after Grok spewed antisemitic outputs after Elon Musk announced his “politically incorrect” chatbot had been “significantly” “improved” last Friday to remove […]
As California faces court battles, states scramble to save their climate goals
Where trucks congregate There’s also a policy tool called indirect source rules, or ISR. The rules are called “indirect” because they don’t regulate the vehicles […]
Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi
The 1,200 MHz between 5.925 and 7.125 GHz was allocated to Wi-Fi in April 2020 under then-FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. The Pai-led FCC rejected the […]
US may get its own glitchy version of TikTok if Trump’s deal works out
“Even if Beijing would choose to overlook the recent tariff hikes and ratcheting up of US export controls on chip technologies, they still wouldn’t grant […]
Trump’s tariff threat pushes Canada to scrap digital services tax
In a sudden reversal, Canada has caved and will remove its digital services tax after trade talks with the US suddenly fell apart this weekend. […]
Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could determine whether Internet service providers must terminate users who are accused of copyright infringement. […]
Pay up or stop scraping: Cloudflare program charges bots for each crawl
AI companies must buy in For Cloudflare’s plan to work, AI companies must sign up, too. However, while some AI companies may not see the […]
GOP budget bill poised to crush renewable energy in the US
An early evaluation shows the administration’s planned energy policies would result in the drilling of 50,000 new oil wells every year for the next few […]
Nudify app’s plan to dominate deepfake porn hinges on Reddit, 4chan, and Telegram, docs show
Meanwhile, Clothoff continues to evolve, recently marketing a feature that Clothoff claims attracted more than a million users eager to make explicit videos out of […]
Paramount accused of bribery as it settles Trump lawsuit for $16 million
Payout to future presidential library Paramount told us that the settlement terms were proposed by a mediator and that it will pay $16 million, including […]
Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI
Separately, Trump v. Casa blocked the use of a national injunction against illegal activity. So, while the government’s actions have been determined to be illegal, […]
xAI data center gets air permit to run 15 turbines, but imaging shows 24 on site
Before xAI got the permit, residents were stuck relying on infrequent thermal imaging to determine how many turbines appeared to be running without BACT. Now […]
Everything that could go wrong with X’s new AI-written community notes
If AI note writers “generate initial drafts that represent a wider range of perspectives than a single human writer typically could, the quality of community […]
NYT to start searching deleted ChatGPT logs after beating OpenAI in court
News orgs will soon start searching ChatGPT logs The clock is ticking, and so far, OpenAI has not provided any official updates since a June […]
FCC chair decides inmates and their families must keep paying high phone prices
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has decided to let prisons and jails keep charging high prices for calling services until at least 2027, delaying […]
Ted Cruz plan to punish states that regulate AI shot down in 99-1 vote
Cruz blamed “outside interests” After the compromise fell apart, the Senate voted 99-1 for Blackburn’s amendment to remove the AI provision from the budget bill. […]
Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi
Michael Calabrese of New America’s Open Technology Institute told Ars that 6 GHz and CBRS “are the most vulnerable non-federal bands for reallocation and auction.” While […]
Meta, TikTok can’t toss wrongful death suit from mom of “subway surfing” teen
Section 230 has so far failed to shield Meta and TikTok owner ByteDance from a lawsuit raised by a mother who alleged that her son’s […]
Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
But if you’re not intimately familiar with the AI industry and copyright, you might wonder: Why would a company spend millions of dollars on books […]
Book authors made the wrong arguments in Meta AI training case, judge says
An interesting wrinkle that may have stopped authors from invoking market dilution as a threat in the Meta case is that Chhabria noted that Meta […]
Supreme Court upholds Texas porn law that caused Pornhub to leave the state
Justice Elena Kagan filed a dissenting opinion that was joined by Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Kagan said that in similar cases, the court […]
In a wild time for copyright law, the US Copyright Office has no leader
In the meantime, the Copyright Office is in the odd position of attempting to carry on as though it wasn’t missing its head. Immediately after […]
Supreme Court overturns 5th Circuit ruling that upended Universal Service Fund
Finally, the Consumers’ Research position produces absurd results, divorced from any reasonable understanding of constitutional values. Under its view, a revenue-raising statute containing non-numeric, qualitative […]
Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data
The five-year guarantee would be a better deal in the long run because of the rise in price once the deal wears off. Comcast’s “everyday […]
Judge: Pirate libraries may have profited from Meta torrenting 80TB of books
It could certainly look worse for Meta if authors manage to present evidence supporting the second way that torrenting could be relevant to the case, […]
Is DOGE doomed to fail? Some experts are ready to call it.
Whether Trump’s appointees can manage DOGE without Musk’s help or his appointees remains to be seen, as DOGE continues to seek new hires. While Musk’s […]
After a week, Trump Mobile drops claim that Trump phone is “made in the USA”
The Trump phone was announced last week with a claim that the device would be made entirely in America, and people were rightly skeptical. Trump […]
Media Matters sues FTC, says agency is retaliating on behalf of Elon Musk
The lawsuit alleged that Media Matters’ free speech rights are being violated “as state governments and now a federal agency have employed sweeping governmental powers […]
Key fair use ruling clarifies when books can be used for AI training
“This order doubts that any accused infringer could ever meet its burden of explaining why downloading source copies from pirate sites that it could have […]
UK looking to loosen Google’s control of its search engine
Other conduct rules that the CMA is considering include requirements in how it ranks its search results and for Google’s distribution partners such as Apple […]
Ted Cruz can’t get all Republicans to back his fight against state AI laws
Blackburn said she agreed with Cantwell that the AI regulation proposal “is not the type of thing that we put into reconciliation bills.” Blackburn added […]
Trump fires commissioner of preeminent nuclear safety institution
Critics warn that the United States may soon be taking on more nuclear safety risks after Donald Trump fired one of five members of an […]
Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning “reckless” AI social experiment on kids
Most obviously, AI models are still prone to hallucination, Kaur noted. And while Mattel’s AI toys are “unlikely to cause physical harm,” toys giving “inappropriate […]
To avoid admitting ignorance, Meta AI says man’s number is a company helpline
Although that statement may provide comfort to those who have kept their WhatsApp numbers off the Internet, it doesn’t resolve the issue of WhatsApp’s AI […]
X sues to block copycat NY content moderation law after California win
“It is our sincere belief that the current social media landscape makes it far too easy for bad actors to promote false claims, hatred and […]
xAI faces legal threat over alleged Colossus data center pollution in Memphis
“For instance, if all the 35 turbines operated by xAI were using” add-on air pollution control technology “to achieve a NOx emission rate of 2 […]
Senate passes GENIUS Act—criticized as gifting Trump ample opportunity to grift
“Why—beyond the obvious benefit of gaining favor, directly or indirectly, with the Trump administration—did you select USD1, a newly launched, untested cryptocurrency with no track […]
Trump suggests he needs China to sign off on TikTok sale, delays deal again
For many Americans, losing TikTok would be disruptive. TikTok has warned that US businesses could lose $1 billion in one month if TikTok shuts down. […]
Cybersecurity takes a big hit in new Trump executive order
The departments of Commerce, Treasury, Homeland Security and the National Institutes of Health were all compromised. A large roster of private companies—among them Microsoft, Intel, […]
“Have we no shame?”: Trump’s NIH grant cuts appallingly illegal, judge rules
“Where’s the support for that?” Young asked. “I see no evidence of that.” Meanwhile, a lawyer representing one of the plaintiffs suing to block the […]
Worst hiding spot ever: /NSFW/Nope/Don’t open/You were Warned/
Last Friday, a Michigan man named David Bartels was sentenced to five years in federal prison for “Possession of Child Pornography by a Person Employed […]
Biofuels policy has been a failure for the climate, new report claims
The new report concludes that not only will the expansion of ethanol increase greenhouse gas emissions, but it has also failed to provide the social […]
Trump’s FTC may impose merger condition that forbids advertising boycotts
FTC chair alleged “serious risk” from ad boycotts After Musk’s purchase of Twitter, the social network lost advertisers for various reasons, including changes to content […]
How to draft a will to avoid becoming an AI ghost—it’s not easy
“This could also invoke issues with contract, property and intellectual property rights, and right of publicity as well if AI replicas (image, voice, text, etc.) […]
“Two years of work in two months”: States cope with Trump broadband overhaul
Butcher said Lutnick is exercising “authority as a central government over the rights and expertise of a state body, which I guess I don’t understand […]
Musk’s threat to sue firms that don’t buy ads on X seems to have paid off
Elon Musk’s strategy of suing or threatening to sue companies that don’t buy advertising on X has reportedly paid off in at least a few […]
Hollywood studios target AI image generator in copyright lawsuit
The legal action follows similar moves in other creative industries, with more than a dozen major news companies suing AI company Cohere in February over […]
Trade war truce between US and China is back on
Both countries agreed in Geneva last month to slash their respective tariffs by 115 percentage points and provided a 90-day window to resolve the trade […]
FCC threat to revoke EchoStar spectrum licenses draws widespread backlash
Incompas, a communications industry trade group, said that revoking the deadline extension “would undermine regulatory certainty and threaten to disrupt ongoing investments in advanced network […]
Ex-FCC Chair Ajit Pai is now a wireless lobbyist—and enemy of cable companies
“DoD is concerned about the high possibility that non-Federal users will not adhere to the established coordination conditions at all times; the impacts related to […]
DOGE wins at Supreme Court; conservative majority ends limits on data access
Jackson said the ruling “sends a troubling message” that the court will depart from its usual legal standards “for certain litigants.” While other litigants seeking […]
NIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump admin
Backlash to the idea was quick, with the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus immediately calling it “unethical.” “Allowing a dangerous virus that we […]
Lawsuit: DOGE, HHS used “hopelessly error-ridden” data to fire 10,000 workers
When plaintiff Catherine Jackson received her termination notice, she “was surprised to see recent performance ratings that were flatly incorrect,” the lawsuit said. Jackson worked […]
OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
“The court nevertheless required OpenAI to continue preserving API Conversation Data as well,” OpenAI argued, in support of lifting the order on the API chat […]
DOGE used flawed AI tool to “munch” Veterans Affairs contracts
According to a post on his blog, this was done with the approval of Musk before he left DOGE. “When he asked the room about […]
Estate of woman who died in 2021 heat dome sues Big Oil for wrongful death
There were at least 100 heat-related deaths in the state from June 26 to July 2, 2021, according to the Washington State Department of Health. […]
Ted Cruz bill: States that regulate AI will be cut out of $42B broadband fund
BEAD changes: No fiber preference, no low-cost mandate The BEAD program is separately undergoing an overhaul because Republicans don’t like how it was administered by […]
OpenAI confronts user panic over court-ordered retention of ChatGPT logs
In the copyright fight, Magistrate Judge Ona Wang granted the order within one day of the NYT’s request. She agreed with news plaintiffs that it […]
Reddit sues Anthropic over AI scraping that retained users’ deleted posts
Notably, Reddit pointed out that Anthropic’s Claude models will help power Amazon’s revamped Alexa, following about $8 billion in Amazon investments in the AI company […]
“In 10 years, all bets are off”—Anthropic CEO opposes decadelong freeze on state AI laws
On Thursday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argued against a proposed 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation in a New York Times opinion piece, calling the […]
FCC Republican resigns, leaving agency with just two commissioners
Two commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission are resigning at the end of this week. For at least a little while, the FCC will have […]
Trump is forcing states to funnel grant money to Starlink, Senate Democrats say
Lutnick’s announcement of the BEAD overhaul also criticized what he called the program’s “woke mandates” and “burdensome regulations.” Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have […]
Florida ban on kids using social media likely unconstitutional, judge rules
A federal judge ruled today that Florida cannot enforce a law that requires social media platforms to block kids from using their platforms. The state […]
ISP settles with record labels that demanded mass termination of Internet users
The Trump administration weighed in on Cox’s side, arguing that ISPs should not be held “liable for contributory copyright infringement for failing to terminate subscribers […]
Unlicensed law clerk fired after ChatGPT hallucinations found in filing
College students who have reportedly grown too dependent on ChatGPT are starting to face consequences after graduating and joining the workforce for placing too much […]
Trump admin tells SCOTUS: ISPs shouldn’t be forced to boot alleged pirates
Enhanced damages can be $150,000 per work, instead of the usual cap of $30,000. The jury in the case “was instructed that it could find […]
Elon Musk to exit government, upset that Trump bill undermines DOGE’s work
Last week, Musk posted that he was “back to spending 24/7 at work and sleeping in conference/server/factory rooms.” Lawsuits against Musk, DOGE continue Musk and […]
Trump allies expect he’ll double down on tariffs after sweeping court block
Trump quickly appeals Trump has immediately appealed the ruling and is expected to take the case to the Supreme Court. He’s arguing that the court […]
Google Maps can’t explain why it falsely labeled German autobahns as closed
Ars contacted Google to see if the glitch’s cause has been uncovered. A spokesperson remained vague, only reiterating prior statements that Google “investigated a technical […]
After Supreme Court loss, ISPs ask Trump admin to block state affordability laws
A California bill would require $15 plans with download speeds of 100Mbps and upload speeds of 20Mbps. The broadband lobby groups’ filing said ISPs are […]
Texas AG loses appeal to seize evidence for Elon Musk’s ad boycott fight
If MMFA is made to endure Paxton’s probe, the media company could face civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation of Texas’ unfair trade […]
Elon Musk counts the cost of his four-month blitz through US government
Musk, so used to getting his way at his businesses, struggled for control. At various points in his tenure he took on Treasury Secretary Scott […]
Man who stole 1,000 DVDs from employer strikes plea deal over movie leaks
An accused movie pirate who stole more than 1,000 Blu-ray discs and DVDs while working for a DVD manufacturing company struck a plea deal this […]
Trump bans sales of chip design software to China
Johnson, who heads China Strategies Group, a risk consultancy, said that China had successfully leveraged its stranglehold on rare earths to bring the US to […]
It’s too expensive to fight every AI copyright battle, Getty CEO says
According to Clegg, the only viable solution to the tension between artists and AI companies would be to give artists ways to opt out of […]
Meta confident monopoly trial will end with win; experts aren’t so sure
“Meta is a proud American success story, and we look forward to continuing to innovate and serve the people and businesses who love our services,” […]
