Assassin's Creed maker faces GDPR complaint for forcing single-player gamers online
Collecting data from solo players is a Far Cry from being necessary, says noyb
Security24 Apr 2025 | 38
Legal
Europe hits Meta, Apple with €700M in fines for flouting DMA
Bad timing, claim industry watchers, who say rulings could seriously upset an already delicate US-EU relationship
Legal23 Apr 2025 | 53
Dentists sue ex-contractor for holding web domains hostage in biz fight
IT guy says their claims are toothless – and they owe him $400K
Bootnotes22 Apr 2025 | 9
All right, you can have one: DOGE access to Treasury IT OK'd judge
Login green-lit for lone staffer if he’s trained, papered up, won’t pull an Elez
Public Sector15 Apr 2025 | 18
UK's attempt to keep details of Apple 'backdoor' case secret… denied
Last month's secret hearing comes to light
CSO07 Apr 2025 | 123
Appeals court revives lawsuit alleging IBM bilked pensioners
Updated Panel finds plaintiffs should get a chance to prove docs not submitted too late
Personal Tech04 Apr 2025 | 9
NARROWER TOPICS
Oracle faces Texas-sized lawsuit over alleged cloud snafu and radio silence
Victims expect to spend considerable time and money over privacy incident, lawyers argue
PaaS + IaaS02 Apr 2025 | 9
US defense contractor cops to sloppy security, settles after infosec lead blows whistle
MORSE to pay -- .. .-.. .-.. .. --- -. ... for failing to meet cyber-grade
CSO26 Mar 2025 | 11
Capital One cracker could be sent back to prison after judges rule she got off too lightly
Feds want book thrown at Paige Thompson, who pinched 100M customer records
Cyber-crime21 Mar 2025 | 18
Trump fires Democrat FTC commissioners, presaging big tech policy shifts
Analysis Remaining Republicans don't like the right to repair, non-compete clause ban, or some social media moderation
Public Sector19 Mar 2025 | 99
Belgian cops raid Huawei in Euro bribery probe
Chinese giant says it's 'committed' to obeying the law as arrests made
Networks14 Mar 2025 | 11
As Elon Musk makes thousands of federal workers jobless, tycoon pushes for $56B Tesla pay deal
Not so much thrown under a bus as under an unwanted electric car
Bootnotes12 Mar 2025 | 96
Microsoft names alleged credential-snatching 'Azure Abuse Enterprise' operators
Crew helped lowlifes generate X-rated celeb deepfakes using Redmond's OpenAI-powered cloud – claim
AI + ML28 Feb 2025 | 3
Healthcare outfit that served military personnel settles allegations it faked infosec compliance for $11M
If this makes you feel sick, knowing this happened before ransomware actors started targeting medical info may help
Security19 Feb 2025 | 8
Federal judge tightens DOGE leash over critical Treasury payment system access
Final update Lawsuit: 'Scale of intrusion into individuals' privacy is massive and unprecedented'
Public Sector06 Feb 2025 | 28
Call of Duty studio co-founder pleads guilty to crashing drone into firefighting aircraft
Peter Tripp Akemann avoids jail, will pay 'Super Scooper' repair costs and is ordered to help with LA's wildfire recovery
Personal Tech03 Feb 2025 | 66
Fitbit pays Uncle Sam $12M to sprint away from claims of burning-hot smartwatches
Your workout warm-up instructions didn't say anything about setting wrists on fire – allegedly!
Personal Tech24 Jan 2025 | 11
Clock ticking for TikTok as US Supreme Court upholds ban
Updated With Biden reportedly planning to skirt enforcement and kick the can to Trump, this saga might still not be over
Security17 Jan 2025 | 47
Microsoft sues 'foreign-based' cyber-crooks, seizes sites used to abuse AI
Scumbags stole API keys, then started a hacking-as-a-service biz, it is claimed
Security13 Jan 2025 | 4
Jury spares Qualcomm's AI PC ambitions, but Arm eyes a retrial
Analysis The victory may be short lived as the chip designer gears up for second round
Legal23 Dec 2024 | 15
US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests
Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter
AI + ML19 Dec 2024 | 9
Ireland fines Meta for 2018 'View As' breach that exposed 30M accounts
€251 million? Zuck can find that in his couch cushions, but Meta still vows to appeal
Security17 Dec 2024 | 13
American cops are using AI to draft police reports, and the ACLU isn't happy
Comment Do we really need to explain why this is a problem?
AI + ML12 Dec 2024 | 67
Epic coughs up the dirty V-Bucks: Fortnite's 'dark pattern' refunds hit accounts
Did you get your loot box?
Personal Tech12 Dec 2024 | 10
£1B lawsuit targets Microsoft for allegedly overcharging Windows customers on other clouds
Yes, we've been over this before - several times, in fact
Legal04 Dec 2024 | 9
Judge again cans Musk's record-setting $56B Tesla package
'Even if a stockholder vote could have a ratifying effect, it could not do so here,' says Delaware Chancellor
Bootnotes03 Dec 2024 | 39
Judges not impressed by Amazon, SpaceX's attempt to have NLRB declared unconstitutional
Big Tech's big war on American labor watchdog stumbles... bigly
Legal18 Nov 2024 | 71
AT&T settles claims it misappropriated subsidies, with partial admission of guilt
Changes at the telco giant called for to prevent future abuse
Networks06 Nov 2024 | 5
Delta officially launches lawyers at $500M CrowdStrike problem
Legal action comes months after alleging negligence by Falcon vendor
Cybersecurity Month28 Oct 2024 | 23
Musk's $1M election lottery raises serious legal concerns, says Pennsylvania governor
C'mon, do you really think ol' Elon’s handing out all that cash, day after day?
Personal Tech21 Oct 2024 | 129
Server-maker Wiwynn expands $61M lawsuit against X
Finds two more reasons Musk should have known he was on the hook for datacenter kit
Legal18 Oct 2024 | 21
FCC fines be damned, ESPN misuses emergency alert tones yet again
It’s the third strike, yet all they get is a slap on the wrist?
Offbeat17 Oct 2024 | 79
WordPress saga escalates as WP Engine plugin forcibly forked and legal letters fly
WP Engine seems to be excluded from sponsoring events, too
Software14 Oct 2024 | 24
Post Office CEO tells inquiry: Leadership was in 'dream world' over Horizon scandal
Hired in 2019, he claims the recruitment failed to mention ongoing litigation
Public Sector10 Oct 2024 | 49
Cognizant discriminated against non-Indian workers in H-1B visa case, US jury finds
IT service giant denies claims, will appeal against verdict
Systems09 Oct 2024 | 8
Cops love facial recognition, and withholding info on its use from the courts
Withholding exculpatory evidence from suspects isn't a great look when the tech is already questionable
Security07 Oct 2024 | 23
If your AI does the crime, you'll do the time, warns DoJ
Add compliance requirements to your AI to-do list
AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 31
Healthcare giant to pay $65M settlement after crooks stole and leaked nude patient pics
Would paying a ransom – or better security – have been cheaper and safer?
Security12 Sep 2024 | 22
AT&T sues Broadcom for 'breaking' VMware support extension contract
Telco giant slams silicon-and-software shop for trying to bully it into buying software it doesn't want or need, at huge prices
Virtualization05 Sep 2024 | 29
Disney claims agreeing to Disney+ terms waives man's right to sue over wife's death
Updated NYU doc died from allergic reaction after eating at Florida resort pub
Bootnotes15 Aug 2024 | 69
Microsoft tweaks fine print to warn everyone not to take its AI seriously
Don't use LLMs for anything important and don't try to reverse engineer it
Software14 Aug 2024 | 25
FTC urges judge to spank Google over Android App market monopoly
Pay no attention to web giant's whining about the cost of compliance, watchdog argues
Legal13 Aug 2024 | 9
Lawyers say US cybersecurity law too ambiguous to protect AI security researchers
black hat Been injecting prompts to test the safety of large language models? Better call Saul
Black Hat and DEF CON08 Aug 2024 | 1
CrowdStrike unhappy about Delta's 'litigation threat,' claims airline refused 'free on-site help'
Vendor plans to aggressively defend its case before listing catalog of shortcomings at the airline
Security05 Aug 2024 | 67
US border cops really must get a warrant in NY before searching your phones, devices
Do we really want to bother SCOTUS with this, friends? Surely they're way too busy to take a look
Public Sector29 Jul 2024 | 38
Philadelphia tree trimmers fail to nip FTC noncompete ban in the bud
What a Trump-appointed judge taketh away, a Biden judge giveth
Legal24 Jul 2024 | 19
Net neutrality in danger again: US appeals court puts FCC's resurrected rule on hold
'Likelihood of success is even clearer,' thanks to those Supremes
Networks15 Jul 2024 | 17
Anonymous 'ask me anything' chat app NGL ordered to knock it off targeting kids
Hitting youngsters with faked texts and calling them suckers is a bit of a no-no, watchdog sniffs
Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 9
Meta training AI models on citizen data gets a hard não from Brazil
Updated Zuckerborg's justification isn't good enough, says watchdog
AI + ML03 Jul 2024 | 4
Supreme Court won't stop Biden leaning on social media giants to tackle disinfo
White House can get back to asking Facebook and co to kindly bin off what the Feds say is misinformation
Public Sector26 Jun 2024 | 26
Australian billionaire wins right to sue Facebook in the US over scam ads
Andrew Forrest has spent five years railing against promos that falsely claim he's found the route to crypto riches
Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 78
Tencent ponders banning infomercials hosted by 'virtual humans' on its flagship video service
Beijing's interest in generative AI has its limits
AI + ML18 Jun 2024 |
Elon Musk ends OpenAI lawsuit without explaining why
Court docs suggest this matter could have run for years
Legal12 Jun 2024 | 22
BMC's $1.6B victory over IBM is TKO on appeal
Always read the terms and conditions carefully
Applications01 May 2024 | 21
UK unions publish AI bill to protect workers from 'risks and harms' of tech
TUC questions government's approach so far
AI + ML19 Apr 2024 | 3
Judge refuses to Ctrl-Z divorce order made by a misclick
Computer says you're single
Bootnotes16 Apr 2024 | 57
Cloud server host Vultr rips user data licensing clause from ToS amid web 'confusion'
Updated We know the average customer doesn't have a law degree, CEO tells us
PaaS + IaaS28 Mar 2024 | 27
Congress votes unanimously to ban brokers selling American data to enemies
At least we can all agree on something
Security21 Mar 2024 | 19
UK tech titan Mike Lynch's US fraud trial begins today
13-year saga continues as jury set to hear claims on both sides of HP's Autonomy acquisition disaster
Applications18 Mar 2024 | 10
Rancher faces prison for trying to breed absolute unit of a sheep
Ewe-nique endeavor aimed to create Jurassic Baaa-rk experience for hunters
Bootnotes14 Mar 2024 | 111
SAP accused of age discrimination, retaliation by US whistleblower
Updated Claims exec was moved to 'retire in place' role are now settled
SaaS14 Mar 2024 | 9
Filing NeMo: Nvidia's AI framework hit with copyright lawsuit
Claims allegedly pirated content from Books3 dataset trawled by its models
AI + ML11 Mar 2024 | 8
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