California bans loud commercials on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Starting July 1, 2026, streaming services won’t be allowed to “transmit the audio of commercial advertisements louder than the video content the advertisements accompany,” according to the bill's text.
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Qualcomm scores big win over Arm in contentious lawsuit — U.S. court rejects Arm’s lawsuit, confirms Qualcomm’s can use Oryon cores acquired via Nuvia
tomshardware - The ruling builds on Qualcomm’s 2024 trial win, rejecting Arm’s attempt to force destruction of Oryon CPU designs.
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Elon Musk's lawsuit should be thrown out, says Apple
appleinsider - Apple has asked for Elon Musk's specious lawsuit over it partnering with OpenAI, to be entirely dismissed.Elon Musk — image credit: TeslaIf Elon Musk is to be believed, he is convinced that once Apple partnered with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to Apple Intell…
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California Signed A Landmark AI Safety Law. What To Know About SB53.
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SB 53, the landmark AI transparency bill, is now law in California
Hayden Field / theverge - Senate Bill 53, the landmark AI transparency bill that has divided AI companies and made headlines for months, is now officially law in California. On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the “Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act,” …
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YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24.5 Million to settle lawsuit over suspended account
cnbc - YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit involving the suspension of President Donald Trump's account in 2021.
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X will appeal Indian court ruling allowing 'arbitrary takedown orders'
engadget - X is challenging an Indian court order it says would require it to comply with millions of takedown requests without due process. In a statement, the company said it was "deeply concerned" about the ruling, which allows police officers "to issue arbitrary…
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Apple Demands EU Repeal the Digital Markets Act
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xAI accuses OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets in new lawsuit
Karissa Bell / engadget - Elon Musk's xAI is suing OpenAI, alleging that the ChatGPT maker has stolen its trade secrets. The lawsuit comes after the company recently sued a former employee, Xuechen Li, for allegedly stealing confidential information from the company before taking …
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Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement with FTC over 'deceptive' Prime program
cnbc - Opening arguments for the trial in Seattle took place on Tuesday and the proceedings were expected to last a month.
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Apple asks EU to scrap landmark digital competition law
techxplore - Apple asked the European Union to scrap its landmark digital competition law on Thursday, arguing that it poses security risks and creates a "worse experience" for consumers.
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UK arrests suspect for RTX ransomware attack causing airport disruptions
Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - The UK's National Crime Agency has arrested a suspect linked to a ransomware attack that is causing widespread disruptions across European airports. [...]
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Jimmy Kimmel Returns as Trump Vows to Further ‘Test’ ABC
Matt Novak / gizmodo - The late night host struck the right tone during his first episode back. But Trump still wants to silence dissent.
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The Trump Admin Is Suing Amazon for Tricking People Into Prime Subscriptions. Here’s How That Might Affect You
Ece Yildirim / gizmodo - The FTC is claiming that Amazon made cancelling a subscription tough on purpose.
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Google’s Ad Monopoly Under Microscope as Judge Weighs Remedies
Katherine Blunt / wsj - A federal court will begin hearing testimony to decide what penalties the company should face for unlawful practices in its digital-ads software business.
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A jury will decide if Amazon illegally tricked people into paying for Prime
Lauren Feiner / theverge - Amazon is about to face a roughly month-long trial against the US Federal Trade Commission in Seattle to defend its Prime program from claims it tricked tens of millions of customers into signing up for the membership and made it hard to quit. It's one of…
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H-1B chaos exposes administration's immigration philosophy
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Trump's $100K H-1B fee sparked weekend chaos as workers abandoned vacations to race back to the US. The confusion revealed a deliberate shift toward class-based immigration favoring wealth over skills—and competitors are watching.
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Bonkers CDC vaccine meeting ends with vote to keep COVID shot access
Beth Mole / arstechnica - A push to require prescriptions for every COVID shot failed in a split vote.
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“Yikes”: Internal emails reveal Ticketmaster helped scalpers jack up prices
Ashley Belanger / arstechnica - FTC sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation for turning "blind eye" to scalpers.
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Scattered Spider teen cuffed after buying games and meals with extortion bitcoin
Jessica Lyons / theregister - Bad opsec Thalha Jubair, one of the two UK teens arrested on Tuesday and accused of being members of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime gang, allegedly played a role in bilking more than 100 organizations out of at least $115 million in ransom paym…
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