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
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
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