Authors' lucky break in court may help class action over Meta torrenting Judge gave authors an easier attack on Meta's torrenting. Meta hopes SCOTUS ruling will block it. arstechnica.com arstechnica.com / feeds arstechnica-com .. arstechnica-com-tech-policy / / #technology / / 19 days 19d Share
Trump convenes "God Squad" to override Endangered Species Act, up oil production Administration wants to exempt all federally regulated offshore oil from protections. arstechnica.com arstechnica.com / feeds arstechnica-com .. arstechnica-com-tech-policy / / #technology / / 19 days 19d Share
Judge irate as defendant joins by Zoom while driving--then lies about it Let me see the driver!" arstechnica.com arstechnica.com / feeds arstechnica-com .. arstechnica-com-tech-policy / / #technology / / 22 days 22d Share
AV1's open, royalty-free promise in question as Dolby sues Snapchat over codec Big Tech declaring AV1 royalty-free "doesn't mean that it is." arstechnica.com arstechnica.com / feeds arstechnica-com .. arstechnica-com-tech-policy .. arstechnica-com-gadgets / / #technology / / 22 days 22d Share
Hegseth, Trump had no authority to order Anthropic to be blacklisted, judge says "I don't know": Department of War fails to justify blacklisting Anthropic. arstechnica.com arstechnica.com / feeds arstechnica-com .. arstechnica-com-tech-policy / / #technology / / 22 days 22d Share
DOJ confirms FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email was hacked Hackers claimed the attack was retaliation after Patel vowed to "hunt" them. arstechnica.com arstechnica.com / feeds arstechnica-com .. arstechnica-com-tech-policy / / #technology / / 22 days 22d Share
Senators want US energy information agency to monitor data center electricity usage In a letter, senators press for mandated annual electricity disclosure for data centers. arstechnica.com arstechnica.com / feeds arstechnica-com-tech-policy .. arstechnica-com / / #technology / / 22 days 22d Share
Elon Musk loses big in court; X boycott perfectly legal X admonished for "fishing expedition" as judge dismisses ad boycott lawsuit. arstechnica.com arstechnica.com / feeds arstechnica-com .. arstechnica-com-tech-policy / / #technology / / 23 days 23d Share
Spotify seeks $300M from Anna's Archive, which ignores all court proceedings Even with court orders, music firms struggle to eliminate notorious shadow library. arstechnica.com arstechnica.com / feeds arstechnica-com .. arstechnica-com-tech-policy / / #technology / / 23 days 23d Share
OpenAI "indefinitely" shelves plans for erotic ChatGPT Some staff reportedly questioned how sexy ChatGPT benefits humanity. arstechnica.com arstechnica.com / feeds arstechnica-com .. arstechnica-com-tech-policy / / #technology / / 23 days 23d Share