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Apple Board Advises Against Plan To End Diversity Programmes
Apple board advises investors to vote against shareholder proposal to end diversity programmes as Meta, Amazon seek favour with Trump
Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In TikTok Divest Or Ban Appeal
Supreme Court in US on Friday is to hear oral arguments that could well decide the fate of TikTok in the United States
Outgoing SEC Chair Gary Gensler Lashes Out At Crypto Industry
Parting shots from outgoing SEC chair Gary Gensler, as he warns in interview that crypto industry is “rife with bad actors”
Sam Altman Denies Sexually Abusing Sister
Sister of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, files lawsuit against him and alleges he sexually abused her for years as a child
Las Vegas Cybertruck Suspect Used ChatGPT – Police
US Army special forces soldier Matthew Alan Livelsberger used ChatGPT to work out explosives needed for blast
TikTok ‘Aware’ Livestream Feature Exploited Minors
Less-redacted Utah lawsuit says TikTok internal reviews found Live feature effectively incentivised abuse of minors for profit
Hacker Sentenced After Stealing Unreleased Coldplay Tracks
London hacker received suspended sentence after making £42,000 from sale of unreleased tracks from Coldplay, Upsahl tracks stolen from cloud
US Appeals Court Blocks Biden Attempt To Restore Net Neutrality Rules
End for net neutrality in US. FCC's attempt to re-enact net neutrality laws in United States struck down by Federal Appeals Court
Do Kwon Pleads Not Guilty In US Court
After extradition to the United States, disgraced founder of Terraform Labs Do Kwon pleads not guilt to US fraud charges
IBM, GlobalFoundries Settle Respective Lawsuits
Legal ceasefire. IBM and GlobalFoundries have settled their respective lawsuits against each other after years of allegations
Apple Pays $95 Million To Settle Siri Lawsuit
Settlement reached after Apple was alleged to have routinely recorded private conversations after unintentional activation of Siri
US Solider Arrested After Allegedly Posting Trump, Harris Call Logs
20-year old US Army solider arrested for selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen from AT&T and Verizon
FTX Executives See Prison Sentences Reduced – Report
Two executives involved in the notorious crypto fraud at FTX have reportedly had their prison sentences reduced
Do Kwon Finally Extradited to United States
Do Kwon, the disgraced founder of collapsed crypto company Terraform Labs, extradited to the US after protracted battle
New York Agencies Must Publish AI Assessments Under New Law
New York state agencies will have to publish assessments of the AI technologies they use under newly signed law
Trump Urges Supreme Court To Delay TikTok Deadline
President-elect Trump urges US Supreme Court to delay deadline for TikTok to be banned in United States until after he takes office
Italy Fines OpenAI 15m Euros Over Data Collection
Italy's data regulator fines OpenAI 15m euros over lack of 'adequate legal basis' for data collection, concerns over exposure of young people
Former OpenAI Engineer, Whistleblower Passes Away At 26
Suchir Balaji, who claimed OpenAI broke copyright law and threatened livelihood of content creators, found dead in San Francisco
Baltic Sea Power Cable Severed In Latest Incident
Undersea internet and power cable in Baltic sea between Finland and Estonia suffers outage. Finland seizes suspected oil tanker
Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable In US Court
Landmark ruling finds NSO Group liable on hacking charges in US federal court, after Pegasus spyware used to hack journalists, activists
Google Proposes Remedies After Antitrust Defeat
Google proposes modest remedies to restore search competition, while decrying government overreach and planning appeal
Senators Ask Biden To Extend TikTok Ban Deadline
Two US senators ask president Joe Biden to delay TikTok ban by 90 days after Supreme Court agrees to review measure's constitutionality
Craig Wright Sentenced For Contempt Of Court
Suspended prison sentence for Craig Wright for “flagrant breach” of court order, after his false Bitcoin creator claims
UK’s ICO Labels Google ‘Irresponsible’ For Tracking...
Google's change will allow advertisers to track customers' digital “fingerprints”, but UK data protection watchdog is not happy
Momeni Convicted In Bob Lee Murder
San Francisco jury finds Nima Momeni guilty of second-degree murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee, rejecting self-defence claim
US Supreme Court Agrees To Hear TikTok Appeal
US Supreme Court says it will hear appeal of TikTok and parent ByteDance against ban law, but does not issue emergency injunction
Congo Files Complaints Against Apple Over Conflict Minerals
Congo files legal complaints against Apple in France, Belgium alleging company 'complicit' in laundering conflict minerals
TikTok Shop US Sales Surpass Shein, Sephora
After launching in September 2023, TikTok Shop rises to broad popularity with US sales surpassing Shein, Sephora as it faces ban
SEC Probe Reopens Probe Into Musk’s Neuralink – Report
One of Elon Musk's least favourite federal agencies, the SEC, is reportedly re-opening investigation into Neuralink