High school’s AI security system confuses Doritos bag for a possible firearm
Anthony Ha / techcrunch - A high school student in Baltimore County, Maryland was reportedly handcuffed and searched after an AI security system flagged his bag of chips as a possible firearm.
Back to Top / Saturday, October 25, 2025, 3:20 pm / permalink 15412 / 3 stories in 4 months
Rivian agrees to settle shareholder lawsuit for $250 million
Will Shanklin / engadget - Rivian has agreed to settle a 2022 shareholder lawsuit. The automaker will pay out $250 million to qualifying investors if the agreement is approved. The lawsuit stemmed from alleged deception surrounding a March 2022 price hike for the R1S SUV and R1T tr…
Back to Top / Friday, October 24, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 15383 / 3 stories in 4 months
Automattic Files Sweeping Counterclaims Against WP Engine, Alleging Trademark Misuse and Deceptive Branding
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Automattic escalates its legal battle against WP Engine, filing counterclaims that accuse the company of trademark misuse and deceptive branding driven by private equity pressure.The post Automattic Files Sweeping Counterclaims Against WP Engine, Alleging…
Back to Top / Friday, October 24, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15381 / 4 stories in 4 months
UK tribunal rules against Apple App Store practices
In a landmark decision, a London tribunal found that Apple abused its dominant market position with its App Store policies, potentially facing damages near £1.5 billion. The ruling underscores mounting regulatory pressures over Apple’s restrictive practices and their broader impact on competition in the digital marketplace.
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How iCloud backups helped expose a mob-and NBA-linked poker cheating scandal
appleinsider - Digital evidence stored in iCloud played a key role in exposing a multistate poker-rigging scheme tied to organized crime and NBA players. Here's how, and what evidence was uncovered.iCloud data helps crack NBA and mob poker schemeFederal investigators us…
Back to Top / Thursday, October 23, 2025, 9:20 pm / permalink 15366 / 6 stories in 4 months
OpenAI reportedly asked for memorial guest list in teen suicide case
Will Shanklin / engadget - The family of Adam Raine has filed an amended lawsuit against OpenAI. Raine died by suicide in April, and his family claims ChatGPT enabled the tragedy. The updated lawsuit accuses the company of weakening self-harm safeguards in the period leading up to …
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Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Changpeng Zhao previously pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering while running the cryptocurrency exchange, and served four months in prison last year.
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Back to Top / Thursday, October 23, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15349 / 10 stories in 4 months
Over 800 public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin's Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban
cnbc - A group of prominent figures, including artificial intelligence heavyweights, have called for an end to efforts to create ‘superintelligence.'
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Back to Top / Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 1:20 am / permalink 15298 / 8 stories in 4 months
What to Know About the Shocking Louvre Jewelry Heist
Paolo Armelli / wired - In just seven minutes, the thieves took off with crown jewels containing with thousands of diamonds along with other precious gems.
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Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement
Scharon Harding / arstechnica - Amazon's Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE.
Back to Top / Friday, October 17, 2025, 5:20 pm / permalink 15195 / 5 stories in 4 months
Salesforce boss backtracks on National Guard proposal in San Francisco
In a rapid turn of events that left political pundits smirking, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff reversed his earlier call for deploying the National Guard in San Francisco. After facing a flurry of criticism, he has quickly retracted his support, claiming that such measures are no longer necessary.
Back to Top / Friday, October 17, 2025, 5:20 pm / permalink 15194 / 7 stories in 4 months
Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group
Jon Brodkin / arstechnica - Pam Bondi claims Facebook group was used to “dox and target” ICE agents
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UK fines 4Chan over online safety compliance
Jess Weatherbed / theverge - The United Kingdom has slapped 4Chan with a £20,000 (around $26,000) fine in a bid to clamp down on platforms that are hindering Online Safety Act (OSA) investigations. UK telecoms regulator Ofcom says the fine was issued after the controversial social me…
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Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas
Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, and Dayvid Figler, City Cast Las Vegas / arstechnica - Violations include digging without permits and dumping wastewater into storm drains.
Back to Top / Friday, October 10, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 15076 / 3 stories in 4 months
Apple changes App Store policies to comply with new Texas age verification law
techspot - Once the new law takes effect, Texans creating new Apple accounts will have to verify that they are 18 or older. Younger users must join a Family Sharing group and link their account to a parent or legal guardian. The owner of the linked account will rece…
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Elon Musk agrees to settle $128 million lawsuit from fired Twitter execs
Chris Morris / qz - Four former top executives claimed they were not paid $128 million in promised severance after Musk took over the social media site
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Elon Musk and former Twitter execs agree to settle $128 million lawsuit
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Over a year after former Twitter executives sued Elon Musk for around $128 million in unpaid severance benefits, both parties have agreed to settle for an undisclosed amount. The settlement is dependent on "certain conditions" being met in the near term, …
Back to Top / Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 15033 / 3 stories in 4 months
Here’s how Apple is locking down iPhones to comply with Texas’ age verification law
Jay Peters / theverge - Starting next year, Texas will require companies like Apple and Google to verify the ages of people that use their app stores, and Apple shared today how it’s going to comply. Starting January 1st, 2026, anyone trying to make a new Apple Account must conf…
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OpenAI's Sora 2 must stop allowing copyright infringement, Motion Picture Association says
cnbc - The Motion Picture Association called out OpenAI's new video generation model Sora 2 for content infringement.
Back to Top / Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 15010 / 8 stories in 4 months
Apple's 'Find My iPhone' Feature Helps Unearth Massive Smartphone Smuggling Ring
bgr - One victim of iPhone theft used Apple's Find My feature and ended up uncovering an enormous smuggling ring of smartphone thieves.
Back to Top / Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 15008 / 6 stories in 4 months