Lenovo, Nintendo sue US government seeking tariff refunds
World War Fee Tech-adjacent Dyson, Epson, and Whoop also have a crack
Legal09 Mar 2026 | 27
Law
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
Legal05 Mar 2026 | 12
Chat at your own risk! Data brokers are selling deeply personal bot transcripts
AI conversations for sale include sensitive health and legal details
AI + ML03 Mar 2026 | 13
Popular prayer program becomes propaganda pusher after reported Israeli hack
Iranian worshippers got notifications saying 'help has arrived'
Offbeat02 Mar 2026 | 22
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
Legal27 Feb 2026 | 20
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'
Legal21 Feb 2026 | 21
NARROWER TOPICS
Gemini lies to user about health info, says it wanted to make him feel better
Though commonly reported, Google doesn't consider it a security problem when models make things up
AI + ML17 Feb 2026 | 61
GPT-5 bests human judges in legal smack down
ai-pocalypse But that doesn't mean AI is ready to dispense justice
AI + ML15 Feb 2026 | 65
AI can predict your future salary based on your photo, boffins claim
Academics look at problematic algorithm to inform regulatory discussion
AI + ML10 Feb 2026 | 39
Ghost gun legislation casts shadow over 3D printing
Proposed bills in New York and elsewhere threaten makers, Adafruit says
Legal05 Feb 2026 | 87
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
Legal04 Feb 2026 | 29
ICE knocks on ad tech’s data door to see what it knows about you
Agency looks to understand the extent of identifying information available to its masked agents
Public Sector27 Jan 2026 | 84
Akamai CEO wants help to defeat piracy, reckons he can handle edge AI alone
Interview OG CDN boss says fighting illegal streams is about stopping criminals cashing in, not free speech
Legal20 Jan 2026 | 12
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
Legal12 Dec 2025 | 71
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
Legal09 Dec 2025 | 80
Publishers say no to AI scrapers, block bots at server level
The open web is closing down for unwanted automated traffic
AI + ML08 Dec 2025 | 21
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
Legal05 Dec 2025 | 56
MAGA cognoscenti warn feds away from shielding AI infringers
Letting AI firms train on copyrighted data will end up helping China, conservative groups argue
AI + ML03 Dec 2025 | 11
Researchers get inside the mind of bots, find out what texts they trained on
RECAP agent overcomes model alignment efforts to hide memorized proprietary content
AI + ML21 Nov 2025 | 20
ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok make very squishy jury members
All three acquitted a teen in a mock trial based on a case where a judge ruled guilty
AI + ML08 Nov 2025 | 20
High-stakes poker scam used rigged card shufflers, X-ray tables, and special glasses
31 alleged poker schemers nabbed alongside arrest of separate sports betting ring
Offbeat24 Oct 2025 | 58
AI does a better job of ripping off the style of famous authors than MFA students do
Shall I refer thee to all those lawsuits about fair use? Researchers think this result makes them worth revisiting
AI + ML21 Oct 2025 | 24
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
Legal30 Sep 2025 | 67
Whitebridge AI created false and alarming reputation reports, complaint alleges
Updated Privacy group Noyb wants Lithuania to throw the GDPR book at 'em
Legal29 Sep 2025 |
Your AI conversations are a secret new treasure trove for marketers
ai-pocalypse And they may not be seeking proper consent
AI + ML29 Sep 2025 | 16
Trump demands Microsoft fire its head of global affairs
Alleges bias and security problems
Public Sector29 Sep 2025 | 88
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
Legal25 Sep 2025 | 49
Japanese city passes two-hours-a-day smartphone usage ordinance
Symbolic gesture aims to help citizens sleep. Next: Doing something about people who walk while using their phones
Legal24 Sep 2025 | 43
China tells grumps, trolls, and AIs to stop emoting online
Cracks down on malicious pessimism and expressions of ennui
Public Sector23 Sep 2025 | 32
Indian court stops streaming hearings on social media to protect lawyers from mean memes
Did you hear the one about the thin-skinned barrister?
Legal16 Sep 2025 | 3
WhatsApp's former security boss claims reporting infosec failings led to ousting
Meta shrugs off allegations of improper dismissal, ignoring privacy and security
Legal08 Sep 2025 | 12
Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated
Expect more ‘slush funds’ of this sort, analyst tells El Reg
Legal08 Sep 2025 | 39
OpenAI reorg at risk as Attorneys General push AI safety
California, Delaware AGs blast ChatGPT shop over chatbot safeguards
AI + ML05 Sep 2025 | 12
France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies that led to crummy privacy
Web giant and Chinese e-tailer whacked for dropping trackers without permission
Legal04 Sep 2025 | 17
The UK Online Safety Act is about censorship, not safety
opinion US policymakers should take heed, says the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Columnists21 Aug 2025 | 139
Nabiha Syed remakes Mozilla Foundation in the era of Trump and AI
interview The non-profit has a new look but still stands up for the open web
AI + ML17 Aug 2025 | 26
No more Blocktoberfest? German court throws book at ad blockers
UPDATED Could tinkering with a site’s code to hide ads count as infringement?
Legal15 Aug 2025 | 137
Breathe easy: Apple Watch can read your oxygen levels again
iBiz shifts data to iPhone in patent workaround
Personal Tech14 Aug 2025 | 25
Perplexity takes a shine to Chrome, offers Google $34.5 billion
Could the most popular browser change hands?
AI + ML12 Aug 2025 | 34
The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
Not everyone wants to be simulated after they're gone
AI + ML09 Aug 2025 | 52
Not big in Japan: Apple's WebKit browser requirement may break new law
Three jurisdictions now want browser engine variety for a better mobile market
Legal06 Aug 2025 | 13
Australia bans kids from signing up for YouTube accounts, angering Google
‘We want kids to know who they are before platforms assume who they are’ says Minister
Legal30 Jul 2025 | 63
Leading 3D printing site bans firearm files, but home gun makers have better options
Updated Thingiverse ditches downloadable designs at the urging of Manhattan District Attorney, who wants more companies to do likewise
Legal23 Jul 2025 | 70
Tech to protect images against AI scrapers can be beaten, researchers show
ai-pocalypse Data poisoning, meet data detox
AI + ML11 Jul 2025 | 18
Georgia court throws out earlier ruling that relied on fake cases made up by AI
'We are troubled by the citation of bogus cases in the trial court’s order'
AI + ML08 Jul 2025 | 38
TUPE or not TUPE? How AI and cloud are rewriting the rules of supplier transitions
Comment Tips on who pays when staff don't transfer, when the regulations apply ... and when they don't
Legal07 Jul 2025 | 7
A lot of product makers snub Right to Repair laws
Refrigerators and game consoles are the worst, but Apple, surprisingly, rates well
Legal01 Jul 2025 | 28
Top AI models - even American ones - parrot Chinese propaganda, report finds
Communist Party tracts in, Communist Party opinions out
AI + ML26 Jun 2025 | 31
Visiting students can't hide social media accounts from Uncle Sam anymore
Visa seekers are reportedly censoring their own posts to visit the land of the free
Public Sector25 Jun 2025 | 116
Just say no to NO FAKES Act, EFF argues
The problem is focusing on property rights rather than privacy
Legal24 Jun 2025 | 8
Australia finds age detection tech has many flaws but will work
Probe into how to implement social media ban finds privacy risks, developer overreach, infosec uncertainties
Personal Tech20 Jun 2025 | 40
Europe slams online tat bazaar AliExpress for dodging obligation to stop dodgy traders
Illegal products abound on Chinese site and its processes to stop ‘em are hopeless
Public Sector19 Jun 2025 | 44
AFRINIC election delayed after ISP Association wins injunction over voter rights
UPDATED Polling was supposed to start on Monday - moved to Wednesday after court revisited the case
Legal17 Jun 2025 | 2
The launch of ChatGPT polluted the world forever, like the first atomic weapons tests
Feature Academics mull the need for the digital equivalent of low-background steel
AI + ML15 Jun 2025 | 116
Chinese memory-maker YMTC sues US rival Micron for defamation instead of the usual patent breaches
Alleges dirty PR campaign to slur its tech
The State of Storage13 Jun 2025 | 7
European pols wave their hands about digital sovereignty with broad but vague plan
One Dutch developer called it a 'nothingburger'
Public Sector06 Jun 2025 | 18
Reddit sues Anthropic for scraping content into the maw of its eternally ravenous AI
All the cool kids signed licensing deals with the recently-listed forum site
AI + ML05 Jun 2025 | 10
Regulator sues product comparison site alleged to only compare products on which it earned commission
No wonder those products always rated so highly
Legal03 Jun 2025 | 18
India none-too-subtly reminds Big Tech that local laws prohibit dark patterns
‘Consumers will not tolerate deceit’ Minister tells Amazon, Apple, Samsung and Uber
Legal29 May 2025 | 9
Europe warns giant e-tailer to stop cheating consumers or face its wrath
No, not Amazon. China’s SHEIN is in the spotlight for fake discounts, grubby greenery, and evading inquiries
Public Sector27 May 2025 | 66
Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing
AI footnote fail triggers legal palmface in music copyright spat
Legal15 May 2025 | 30
Plan to keep advanced chips from China with tracking tech gains support in Congress
Every shipment you make, every FLOP you generate, Uncle Sam will be watching you
AI Infrastructure Month15 May 2025 | 25
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