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FTX Reaches Settlement With Clinton-Linked K5FTX Reaches Settlement With Clinton-Linked K5

FTX Reaches Settlement With Clinton-Linked K5

FTX reaches settlement with investment firm K5 Global, co-founded by former Hillary Clinton aide, as bankrupt crypto firm readies repayments

3 weeks ago
LinkedIn Lawsuit Over AI Training Is DismissedLinkedIn Lawsuit Over AI Training Is Dismissed

LinkedIn Lawsuit Over AI Training Is Dismissed

Plaintiff dismisses proposed class-action lawsuit against LinkedIn over alleged use of private messages for AI training

3 weeks ago
Meta Agrees To $25m Trump SettlementMeta Agrees To $25m Trump Settlement

Meta Agrees To $25m Trump Settlement

Meta to pay $25m to settle litigation by Donald Trump over 2021 account suspension following violent Capitol riots

4 weeks ago
Indian News Publishers Join OpenAI Legal ActionIndian News Publishers Join OpenAI Legal Action

Indian News Publishers Join OpenAI Legal Action

Indian news publishing group files to join legal action against OpenAI over alleged misuse of copyrighted materials to train ChatGPT…

4 weeks ago
Crypto Exchange KuCoin To Pay $297m In US SettlementCrypto Exchange KuCoin To Pay $297m In US Settlement

Crypto Exchange KuCoin To Pay $297m In US Settlement

Major crypto exchange KuCoin agrees to pay more than $297m in US legal settlement in latest result of crypto enforcement…

4 weeks ago
ByteDance In Talks With US Over Non-Sale Options For TikTokByteDance In Talks With US Over Non-Sale Options For TikTok

ByteDance In Talks With US Over Non-Sale Options For TikTok

ByteDance board member William Ford expresses optimism ByteDance can find non-sale option to keep TikTok in US in compliance with…

4 weeks ago
Brazil Demands Clarity After Meta Ends Fact-CheckingBrazil Demands Clarity After Meta Ends Fact-Checking

Brazil Demands Clarity After Meta Ends Fact-Checking

Brazil demands specifics on how new Meta stance on misinformation will apply to country amidst outcry over wide-ranging policy changes

1 month ago
TikTok ‘Aware’ Livestream Feature Exploited MinorsTikTok ‘Aware’ Livestream Feature Exploited Minors

TikTok ‘Aware’ Livestream Feature Exploited Minors

Less-redacted Utah lawsuit says TikTok internal reviews found Live feature effectively incentivised abuse of minors for profit

2 months ago
New York Agencies Must Publish AI Assessments Under New LawNew York Agencies Must Publish AI Assessments Under New Law

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

2 months ago
Trump Urges Supreme Court To Delay TikTok DeadlineTrump Urges Supreme Court To Delay TikTok Deadline

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…

2 months ago
Italy Fines OpenAI 15m Euros Over Data CollectionItaly Fines OpenAI 15m Euros Over Data Collection

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…

2 months ago
Former OpenAI Engineer, Whistleblower Passes Away At 26Former OpenAI Engineer, Whistleblower Passes Away At 26

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

2 months ago
Brazil Suspends BYD EV Plant Construction Over Worker ConditionsBrazil Suspends BYD EV Plant Construction Over Worker Conditions

Brazil Suspends BYD EV Plant Construction Over Worker Conditions

Brazil labour authorities say workers constructing BYD EV plant subject to 'slavery-like' conditions, victims of human trafficking

2 months ago
Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable In US CourtSpyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable In US Court

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,…

2 months ago
Momeni Convicted In Bob Lee MurderMomeni Convicted In Bob Lee Murder

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

2 months ago

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…

2 months ago

US Lawmaker Calls For Drone Detection Tech After Runway Closure

US senate majority leader calls for federal deployment of drone detection technology after drone sightings shut down New York runways

2 months ago

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…

2 months ago

Ofcom Gives Tech Firms Three Months To Implement Content Controls

Ofcom publishes codes of practice for tech platforms to comply with Online Safety Act, with measures coming into effect on…

2 months ago

North Korean IT Workers ‘Made Millions’ From US Companies

Group of North Korean IT workers made at least $88m from fraudulently obtained US IT jobs, extortion payments, officials say

2 months ago

TikTok Asks For Emergency Pause On US Divestiture Law

TikTok, ByteDance ask court for emergency injunction to pause enforcement of divestiture law pending Supreme Court appeal

3 months ago

TikTok Loses Bid To Overturn US Divestiture Law

US appeals court rejects bid by TikTok and parent ByteDance to overturn law forcing it to divest Chinese ownership or…

3 months ago

Nvidia AI Model Generates, Manipulates Sounds And Voices

Leading AI chip maker Nvidia shows 'flexible' model Fugatto for generating and manipulating sounds, music and voices

3 months ago

Australian Senate Grills Lobbyist Over Social Media Failures

Industry group representative faces hostility from Australian Senate ahead of vote on law to ban under-16s from social media platforms

3 months ago

Closing Arguments Delivered In Google Ad Tech Monopoly Case

Google, Justice Department make closing arguments in case targeting company's ad tech business, on heels of search monopoly ruling

3 months ago

Supreme Court Says Meta Must Face Multibillion-Dollar Fraud Lawsuit

US Supreme Court tosses Meta's appeal over Cambridge Analytica-linked investor lawsuit, meaning case must proceed

3 months ago

German Facebook Users Eligible For Compensation Over Data Breach

Millions of German Facebook users eligible for financial compensation over data leak in 2018-2019, finds country's highest civil court

3 months ago

Which? Seeks £3bn In Apple iCloud Competition Claim

Apple effectively locked 40 million UK users into iCloud and overcharged them, claims £3bn legal action from consumer group Which?

3 months ago

Huawei Asks Judge To Dismiss Charges In US Federal Case

Huawei asks judge to dismiss many charges in US controversial federal case that dates back to 2018 under first Trump…

3 months ago

FTX Sues Binance Over Alleged $1.8bn Fraud

Bankrupt FTX sues former rival Binance for allegedly fraudulent transfer of $1.8bn weeks before crypto company's spectacular collapse

3 months ago