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Policy / Civilization & Discontents

  1. Financial institutions have 30 days to disclose breaches under new rules

    Amendments contain loopholes that may blunt their effectiveness.

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  2. Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training

    Slack says policy changes are imminent amid backlash.

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  3. Twitter URLs redirect to x.com as Musk gets closer to killing the Twitter name

    X.com stops redirecting to Twitter.com over a year after company name change.

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  4. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban

    Presidential candidate believes Meta’s chatbot can reliably reveal shadowbans.

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  5. Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves

    Lawsuit targets 2016 claim that all Tesla cars "have full self-driving hardware."

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  6. Bumble apologizes for ads shaming women into sex

    Bumble admits "mistake" after critics explained why celibacy is a valid choice.

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  7. Concerns over addicted kids spur probe into Meta and its use of dark patterns

    EU is concerned Meta isn't doing enough to protect children using its apps.

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  8. MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says

    Brothers charged in novel crypto scheme potentially face decades in prison.

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  9. DOJ says Boeing faces criminal charge for violating deal over 737 Max crashes

    DOJ determined that Boeing violated 2021 agreement spurred by two fatal crashes.

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  10. Downranking won’t stop Google’s deepfake porn problem, victims say

    Delisting non-consensual deepfake porn on Google is "draining," victim says.

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  11. AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says

    Payments helped AT&T obtain key legislative wins in Illinois, prosecutors say.

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  12. Feds probe Waymo driverless cars hitting parked cars, drifting into traffic

    Auto-safety regulator is investigating 22 reports of Waymo cars malfunctioning.

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  1. AT&T loses key ruling in attempt to escape Carrier-of-Last-Resort obligation

    AT&T submitted "flawed and erroneous assertions," California agency judge says.

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  2. Elon Musk’s X dodges Australian order to remove church stabbing video

    Elon Musk accused Australia of trying to have "jurisdiction over all of Earth."

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  3. Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams

    Unbundling Teams from Office has apparently failed to impress EU regulators.

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  4. Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says

    Judge rules copyright law governs public data scraping, not X’s terms.

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  5. Big Three carriers pay $10M to settle claims of false “unlimited” advertising

    States obtain settlement, but it's unclear whether consumers will get refunds.

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  6. Studio: Takedown notice for 15-year-old fan-made Hunt for Gollum was a mistake

    The Hunt for Gollum fan film racked up more than 13 million views on YouTube.

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  7. US Cellular is for sale, reportedly could be “carved up” by major carriers

    US Cellular talked with Verizon, but deal with T-Mobile appears more likely.

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  8. Leaked FBI email stresses need for warrantless surveillance of Americans

    FBI must use surveillance tools to demonstrate their importance, email says.

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  9. Oil companies may soon have to pay for Vermont’s climate recovery

    Vermont's Superfund climate act—which Big Oil called "unfair"—expected to pass.

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  10. Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook

    Section 230 immunity isn’t just for Big Tech companies, lawsuit says.

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  11. FCC explicitly prohibits fast lanes, closing possible net neutrality loophole

    Putting applications into fast lanes would violate FCC's no-throttling rule.

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  12. OpenAI’s flawed plan to flag deepfakes ahead of 2024 elections

    OpenAI is recruiting researchers to test its new deepfake detector.

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  1. Microsoft launches AI chatbot for spies

    Air-gapping GPT-4 model on secure network won't prevent it from potentially making things up.

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  2. TikTok and its Chinese owner sue US government over “foreign adversary” law

    Law curtails "massive amounts of protected speech," TikTok and ByteDance allege.

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  3. Boeing says workers skipped required tests on 787 but recorded work as completed

    FAA: Boeing apparently didn't confirm bonding "where the wings join the fuselage."

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  4. Telcos keep using “insecure” Chinese gear because of congressional inaction

    Congress only gave 38% of funds needed for "rip and replace," FCC chair says.

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  5. SEC crypto crackdown continues with Robinhood as lawsuit looms

    Robinhood accused SEC of creating a "world of confusion around crypto."

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  6. Judge mulls sanctions over Google’s “shocking” destruction of internal chats

    Punishing Google for being the best would be “unprecedented,” lawyer argued.

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  7. Google tells court it shouldn’t have to distribute third-party app stores

    Google: Epic Games wants court to "micromanage" Android app distribution.

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  8. Over 100 far-right militias are coordinating on Facebook

    Despite bans on militias, Facebook continues to struggle with content moderation.

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  9. AT&T announces $7 monthly add-on fee for “Turbo” 5G speeds

    AT&T Turbo puts you in a faster lane but requires unlimited data and extra fee.

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  10. Apple deal could have been “suicide” for Google, company lawyer says

    Judge: What should Google have done to avoid the DOJ’s crosshairs?

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  11. Congress lets broadband funding run out, ending $30 low-income discounts

    ACP gave out last $30 discounts in April; only partial discounts available in May.

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  12. Email Microsoft didn’t want seen reveals rushed decision to invest in OpenAI

    Microsoft CTO made a "mistake" dismissing Google's AI as a "game-playing stunt."

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