Category: Legal Law

Verizon also said that after it bought TracFone, there was “a sharp increase in the number of TracFone devices that…

Judge not ready to rule on whether AI outputs are speech Google and Character Technologies also moved to dismiss the…

Donald Trump woke up Friday morning and threatened Apple with a 25 percent tariff on any iPhones sold in the…

AT&T has struck a deal to buy CenturyLink’s consumer fiber broadband division for $5.75 billion, giving the Internet provider another…

Why didn’t DOGE use Grok? It seems that Grok, Musk’s AI model, wasn’t available for DOGE’s task because it was…

“WHO’s priorities have increasingly reflected the biases and interests of corporate medicine,” Kennedy said, alluding to his anti-vaccine and germ-theory…

Judge: DOGE is not just an advisor DOGE then asked the district court for a summary judgment in its favor,…

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr celebrated an FCC court loss yesterday after a ruling that struck down Biden-era diversity…

Bertin Martens, a senior fellow at a European economics-focused think tank called Bruegel, broke down in April how practical it…

For voice actors who previously portrayed Darth Vader in video games, the Fortnite feature starkly illustrates how AI voice synthesis…

Biotechnology company Regeneron will acquire 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million, with a plan to keep the DNA-testing company…

The deal announced today “did not address what would happen to low-value ‘de minimis’ ecommerce packages shipped from China to…

Analysts estimate it would cost tens of billions of dollars and take years for Apple to increase iPhone manufacturing in…

Further, Meta argued that the FTC did not show evidence that users sharing friends-and-family content were shown more ads. Meta…

This week, Spotify rushed to remove hundreds of obviously fake podcasts found to be marketing prescription drugs in violation of…

Back in February, Elon Musk skewered the Treasury Department for lacking “basic controls” to stop payments to terrorist organizations, boasting…

On Thursday, Telegram announced it had removed two huge black markets estimated to have generated more than $35 billion since…

Noyb has requested a response from Meta by May 21, but it seems unlikely that Meta will quickly cave in…

Wilner wasn’t fully satisfied with the firm’s response that the two errors were “inadvertently included” in the brief and sought…

The reconciliation bill primarily focuses on cuts to Medicaid access and increased health care fees for millions of Americans. The…

“If SpaceX had done a basic search of public filings, it would know that EchoStar extensively utilizes the 2 GHz…

Copyright Office seemingly opposes Meta’s torrenting Also among those “general observations,” the Copyright Office wrote that “making commercial use of…

In addition to cutting Universal Service, Simington proposed a broad streamlining of the FCC licensing process. Manual processing of license…

Many horses, including Spotify and Amazon’s Kindle Store, have already left the barn. But Apple is moving quickly to shut…

“It is not clear how AutoRIF has been modified or whether AI is involved in the RIF mandate (through AutoRIF…

Blumenthal pointed out that under a joint resolution of disapproval, the FCC is forbidden to adopt a similar rule in…

One of Bush’s “points of light” Energy Star was first established under President George H.W. Bush’s administration in 1992, the…

As the case dragged on, Mashinsky and his family appeared unremorseful, victims said, even while facing threats of violence and…

President Donald Trump said he is killing a broadband grant program that was authorized by Congress, claiming that the Digital…

The Trump administration’s steep staff cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) triggered shutdowns of several climate-related programs…

Login credentials belonging to an employee at both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Government Efficiency…

“If the US says one thing but does another, or even attempts to use negotiations as a pretext to continue…

There are 15 US states in which Residential Lite is offered: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota,…

A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group…

President Donald Trump is demanding the release of Tina Peters, a former election official who parroted Trump’s 2020 election conspiracy…

The shuttering of Mr. Deepfakes won’t solve the problem of deepfakes, though. In 2022, the number of deepfakes skyrocketed as…

The Trump administration filed an emergency application on Friday asking the Supreme Court to restore DOGE’s access to Social Security…

Although Character Technologies argues that it’s common to update safety practices over time, Garcia’s team alleged these updates show that…

“We want our government to be something that we can rely on, as opposed to something that is on the…

Sweet did not respond to requests for comment regarding his work. In response to a request to clarify Sweet’s role…

“CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the president’s authority,” Harrison said. “Congress directly authorized and funded CPB…

In the trial, Google will paint this demand as a severe overreach, claiming that few, if any, companies would have…

Determined to probe this key question, Chhabria pushed authors’ attorney, David Boies, to point to specific evidence of market harms…

Tensions had been mounting at the company. Sales and profits were deteriorating rapidly. Musk was spending much of his time…

Being a model citizen and a person of taste, you probably don’t need this reminder, but some others do: Federal…

In a statement provided to Ars Technica, an Apple spokesperson said, “We strongly disagree with the decision. We will comply…

“[Paramount] Board members are cognizant that a huge settlement could be viewed as something of a payoff to the president…

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment.…

“The Fifth Circuit concluded that the FCC’s enforcement proceeding leading to a monetary forfeiture order violated AT&T’s Seventh Amendment rights.…

While the tech law is expected to achieve the rare feat of getting through Congress at what experts told Ars…

Elon Musk’s companies could avoid over $2.3 billion in potential fines and other liabilities thanks to Musk’s unusual government position…

Russian military personnel are being targeted with recently discovered Android malware that steals their contacts and tracks their location. The…

Trump pushes for industry involvement It seems clear that Trump’s executive order was a reaction to China’s announcement about AI…

The report of a criminal antitrust investigation follows a report in December that US authorities were investigating whether to ban…

The FBI is offering $10 million for information about the China-state hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon and its intrusion…

A lawyer representing MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell in a defamation case admitted using artificial intelligence in a brief…

xAI’s submission claimed that each of the 15 turbines “is equipped with Solar’s Dry Low Emission (DLE)/SoLoNOx control technology” and…

Comcast executives apparently realized something that customers have known and complained about for years: The Internet provider’s prices aren’t transparent…

Donald Trump has started signaling that he’s ready to slash tariffs on Chinese imports, but economists have warned that the…

The first event is scheduled for Thursday and will be hosted by the Center for Democracy and Technology. The events…

On Monday, the State Bar of California revealed that it used AI to develop a portion of multiple-choice questions on…

The suit also claims that the funding hold, made in retaliation for Harvard’s letter announcing its refusal to accept these…

Besides the five-year price guarantee, there’s at least one more notable pricing detail. T-Mobile’s previous plans had “taxes and fees…

“Despite TSMC’s best efforts to comply with all relevant export control and sanctions laws and regulations, there is no assurance…

“Given that, it’s hard to see Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remaining in his role for much longer,” Ullyot forecasted. According…

However, it is clear that these groups are sharing their concerns with lawmakers. Last week, SEMI, a global industry group,…

The tariffs have frozen business activity because no one wants to take a big risk dependent on a policy that…

After X (formerly Twitter) announced it would be killing its “Support” account, disgruntled users quickly roasted the social media platform…

Ultimately, Brinkema found that Google’s anticompetitive acts substantially harmed “Google’s publisher customers, the competitive process, and, ultimately, consumers of information…

Victor Martinez-Hernandez was convicted of killing Rachel Morin earlier this week. The White House has attempted to link this murder…

It’s unclear how high prices on Temu and Shein could go, but neither company is willing to wait before overhauling…

If Meta can convince the court that the FTC’s market definition is wrong and that TikTok is Meta’s biggest rival,…

SentinelOne updated that post yesterday with copies of the email sent by Krebs and an email from Weingarten to staff.…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) criticized Intuit’s lobbying against Direct File and told the AP that Trump and Musk “are going…

A government whistleblower told lawmakers that DOGE’s access to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) systems went far beyond what was…

We also contacted the CPB and NPR today and will update this article if they provide any comments. Markey: “Outrageous…

Securus also wants the FCC to lift a ban on “ancillary” charges that drive up the prices paid by prisoners…

The Trump administration has been using federal research funding as a cudgel. The government has blocked billions of dollars in…

Nvidia announced plans today to manufacture AI chips and build complete supercomputers on US soil for the first time, commissioning…

A US appeals court ruled yesterday that DOGE can access personal data held by the US Department of Education and…

On Wednesday, Donald Trump, once again, took to Truth Social to abruptly shift US trade policy, announcing a 90-day pause…

Shares in the US tech giant were one of Wall Street’s biggest casualties in the days immediately after Trump announced…

OpenAI also alleges that this is when Musk began intensifying his attacks on OpenAI while attempting to poach its top…

After declaring the FTC to be under White House control, Trump fired both Democratic members despite a US law and…

During Trump’s last term, Cook raised a successful “charm offensive” that secured tariff exemptions without caving to Trump’s demand to…

Google has long been on the lookout for ways to break Microsoft’s stranglehold on US government office software, and the…

Jassy said Amazon is “doing everything we can to try and keep prices the way they’ve been for customers, as…

Free speech concerns The Electronic Frontier Foundation has been speaking out against the bill, saying “it could be easily manipulated…

Later today, a former Facebook employee, Sarah Wynn-Williams, will testify to Congress that Meta executives “repeatedly” sought to “undermine US…

Instead, it appears that X decided to sue Twitch after discovering that Twitch was among advertisers who directly referenced the…

DOGE has already slashed and burned modernization projects at other agencies, replacing them with smaller teams and tighter timelines. At…

Last week, Politico reported that some top Republicans are pushing to reassert Congress’ power over tariffs as the trade war…

We contacted the White House today and will update this article if it provides any comment. Waltz: “It said one…

A typical ATT  pop-up asks a user whether to allow an app “to track your activity across other companies’ apps…

A SpaceX and X engineer, Christopher Stanley—currently serving as a senior advisor in the Deputy Attorney General’s office at the…

On LinkedIn, her mother, Dorota Mani—who has been working with the governor’s office on a commission to protect kids from…

European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against X, including a fine that could exceed $1 billion, according to a…

“Taken as true, these facts give rise to a plausible inference that defendants at a minimum had reason to investigate…

National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and a senior aide used personal Gmail accounts for government communications, according to a Washington…

The expert sample is not representative of the AI field, as Bender points out to Ars that AI is not…

Rumors claim Trump consulted chatbots On social media, rumors swirled that the Trump administration got these supposedly fake numbers from…

Europol has shut down one of the largest dark web pedophile networks in the world, prompting dozens of arrests worldwide…

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he’s keeping an eye on 23andMe’s bankruptcy proceeding and the company’s planned sale…

Nearly half of US states sued the federal government and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…

A loss in the investors’ and SEC’s suits could force Musk to disgorge any ill-gotten gains from the alleged scheme,…

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gained access “to a payroll system that processes salaries for about 276,000…

According to data from Emarketer, X’s revenue will increase to $2.3 billion this year compared with $1.9 billion a year…

A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado,…

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) don’t have to turn over information related to their government cost-cutting…

The Federal Communications Commission’s news distortion investigation into CBS drew a public rebuke from a bipartisan group of five former…

Like many legacy government IT systems, SSA systems contain code written in COBOL, a programming language created in part in…

Elon Musk today said he has merged X and xAI in a deal that values the social network formerly known…

The EU is set to impose minimal fines on Apple and Facebook-owner Meta next week under its Digital Markets Act,…

Two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission who were fired by President Trump sued him today, saying their removals…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s pledge to spend an extra $100 billion on advanced manufacturing plants in the US will do…

White House didn’t want texts released Prior to running its follow-up article, The Atlantic asked Trump administration officials if they…

The Scholars Program has provided funding for around 3,500 students to support their studies in scientific fields. With these lawsuits,…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday launched a task force “to try to nail the criminals setting fire to Tesla…

Steffen Schmidt, the CEO of Medicusdata, a company that provides text-to-speech services to doctors and hospitals in Europe, says that…

Using Signal in this way may have violated US law, Goldberg wrote. “Conceivably, Waltz, by coordinating a national-security-related action over…

Moutier told Ars that chatbots encouraging suicidal ideation don’t just present risks for people with acute issues. They could put…

Every Tesla Cybertruck ever sold is being recalled so Tesla can fix an exterior panel that could potentially come unglued…

Giulio Coppi, a senior humanitarian officer at the nonprofit Access Now who has researched the use of blockchain in humanitarian…

The lawsuit was filed by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; the Alliance for Retired Americans; and…

Spotted by TorrentFreak, AGCOM Commissioner Massimiliano Capitanio took to LinkedIn to celebrate the ruling, as well as the existence of…

Several states consider price requirements While the California proposal will face opposition from ISPs and is not guaranteed to become…

In July 2024, AT&T became the first carrier to apply for a technology transition discontinuance “under the Adequate Replacement Test…

The police claimed that “the fraudulent Facebook pages posted comments on Village of Orland Park social media sites while also…

But the Post has struggled to hold on to the commercial success it had reached during the first Trump administration,…

The petition argues that discovery is unnecessary to assess the plaintiff states’ claims. “Plaintiffs allege a violation of the Appointments…

By contrast, then-President Joe Biden waited nine months to choose a Democratic nominee in 2021. His first nominee, Gigi Sohn,…

If “the Federal Communications Commission reverses their adverse regulations,” Montgomery said, “the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office will revisit the feasibility…

Two federal judges and an independent agency that assesses government personnel decisions have already ordered that fired USDA employees be…

“Some states are on the 1-yard line” Republicans criticized the Biden administration for not yet distributing grant money, but the…

Krishnaswamy, Taara’s general manager, says the next stage of development is a tiny silicon photonic chip that will obviate the…

The authors, however, think that torrenting pirated works is so notoriously illegal that they now have an “open-and-shut case” of…

OpenAI is hoping that Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan, due out this July, will settle copyright debates by declaring AI…

An attention-grabbing Kickstarter campaign attempting to reinvent the measuring spoon has turned into a mad, mad, mad, mad world for…

Google’s position on AI regulation: Trust us, bro If there was any doubt about Google’s commitment to move fast and…

Elon Musk’s Tesla is waving a red flag, warning that Donald Trump’s trade war risks dooming US electric vehicle makers,…

The spokesperson noted that users can also “report” an ad if they believe it goes against Reddit’s policies. Reporting an…

Meta also confirmed that it won’t be reducing visibility of misleading posts with community notes. That’s a change from the…

The Federal Trade Commission is moving to push back a trial set to determine if Amazon tricked customers into signing…

Citibank has until March 15 to provide more information on orders to freeze funding. More details on that front were…

Adding to the complexity and uncertainty around Vodafone’s newly strict RTO enforcement are claims of there being limited office space…

“X conceded that depending on what content a user follows and how long they’ve had their account, they might see…

A 55-year-old software developer faces up to 10 years in prison for deploying malicious code that sabotaged his former employer’s…

A document that was first issued in 2009 would seem an unlikely candidate for making news in 2025. Yet the…

Rogers found that because “the threshold question of whether a charitable trust was created remains a toss-up, Musk has not…

Ahead of the first-ever White House Crypto Summit Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a strategic bitcoin…

But David Seubert, who manages sound collections at the University of California, Santa Barbara library, told Ars that he frequently…

A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Thursday, accused of stealing Blu-rays and DVDs from a manufacturing and distribution company used…

“If Mr. Musk has taken actions in his federal role that will benefit his financial interests without receiving appropriate waivers…

Don’t be “technology-blind,” broadband group says The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society criticized what it called “Trump’s BEAD meddling,”…

On Tuesday, Donald Trump finally made it clear to Congress that he wants to kill the CHIPS and Science Act—a…

The government’s 2024 request also sought to have Google’s investment in AI firms curtailed even though this isn’t directly related…

President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico took effect today, and the White House increased a tariff on…

Although it wasn’t previously reported, Apple’s appeal was filed last month at about the time it withdrew ADP from the…

Thorn also recommends more research into how young people use blocking and reporting to combat threats online. Stroebel told Ars…

Currently, TSMC only builds its most advanced chips in Taiwan. But when the most advanced US fabs are operational, they’ll…

Cable company Altice agreed to give Warner and other record labels the names and contact information of 100 broadband subscribers…

In South Korea, where AI-generated deepfake porn has been criminalized, an “emergency” was declared and hundreds were arrested, mostly teens.…

Update at 10:20 pm ET: Mozilla has since announced a change to the license language to address user complaints. It…

Streaming ads could get muzzled, too As you may have noticed—either through the text of this article or your own…

“It’s hard to go higher than being this kind of a second-in-charge or second-in-popularity to Trump,” Zelinsky said. On Reddit…

“Countries including Brazil, India, Israel, and the UAE are eminently capable of ramping up investments aimed at securing new ways…

The price of bitcoin hit a record high of $109,114.88 during intraday trading on January 20, the day of President…

WordPress software, Keller’s complaint explained, “has long been promised to be free and available to everyone forever.” This promise propelled…

Chegg is suing Google parent Alphabet over claims the search engine’s artificial intelligence summary tool has hit its revenues, leading…

“To broadband ISPs and their friends complaining about the New York law and proposed Massachusetts laws mandating a low-income broadband…

On Monday, Apple announced plans to invest more than $500 billion in the US over the next four years. This…

“The plaintiffs have made a clear showing that they are likely to suffer irreparable harm without injunctive relief,” the order…

More state bills are expected Morrow told Ars he is concerned about his bill facing opposition from Internet providers, though…

On Friday, a Coinbase executive declared the “war against crypto” over—”at least as it applies to Coinbase.” According to Coinbase…

In the 1990s, Lane, as NSF director, ushered in the requirement that, in addition to intellectual merit, reviewers should consider…

“We are gravely disappointed that the protections provided by ADP will not be available to our customers in the UK…

Elon Musk apparently no longer believes that crowdsourcing fact-checking through Community Notes can never be manipulated and is, thus, the…

You might suspect that a one-line bill about Bigfoot that bears the number “666” is a joke, but AB-666 is…

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment.…

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a public inquiry into alleged censorship online, saying it wants “to better understand how…

“As all lawyers know (or should know), it has been documented that AI sometimes invents case law, complete with fabricated…

The White House fact sheet said the goal of this provision is to ensure that the president and attorney general…

Poison pill another option OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit in 2015 and created an additional “capped profit” entity in…

PC-manufacturer Acer has said that it plans to raise the prices of its PCs in the US by 10 percent,…

“The executive does not have the authority to change policies simply because they don’t like them,” Blanchard said at a…

Separately, a CenturyLink customer named David Stromberg in Bellevue, Washington, told us that his phone service had been out since…

“An official website of the United States government,” reads small text atop the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website that…

In December, MDOT issued a new call for proposals for building up to 29 additional highway charging stations, expecting stable…

Howells told The Times that he envisions cleaning up the site and turning it into a park, but the council’s…

Carpenter, for his part, insisted that he was never willing to give the flash drive to Palmer or to show…

A Verizon or AT&T customer can use T-Mobile Starlink by activating a second eSIM on their device. “They will technically…

Condé Nast and several other media companies sued the AI startup Cohere today, alleging that it engaged in “systematic copyright…

NHTSA has not directly confirmed if the dataset is being changed to remove this data or if other “minor corrections”…

All of these plaintiffs had personal data “improperly disclosed to DOGE representatives in a manner completely divorced from the legitimate…

However, Ranjan found that Tiger lacked standing to bring the lawsuit. It is not clear that Tiger’s symptoms were caused…

“Irrational removal” In his opinion, Bates cited the declarations from Stephanie Liou, a physician who works with low-income immigrant families…

However, it could bode well that all the authors involved in the nature report were publicly nominated and that the…