Reddit, Yahoo, and other publishers roll out licensing protocol, pressuring AI companies to pay for scraped data
techspot - Announced earlier today, Really Simple Licensing, or RSL, is an open, decentralized protocol developed by the non-profit RSL Collective. Built on the widely used RSS (Really Simple Syndication) standard, it can handle any digital content – web pages, book…
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Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University Event
Andrew Couts, Dell Cameron / wired - Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. A suspect is in custody, according to campus police, but details remain murky.
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Bluesky brings age verification to South Dakota and Wyoming
Emma Roth / theverge - Bluesky will now check the ages of users located in South Dakota and Wyoming to comply with local online safety laws. The platform announced on Wednesday that users in both states will be able to prove their age using an ID, payment card, face scan, or ot…
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Switch 2 Mockup Creator Ordered To Pay Nintendo Damages
Blair Marnell / gamespot - In January, Genki made waves at CES 2025 when the company showed off a Switch 2 mockup months before Nintendo officially announced the console. That led to some fireworks when Nintendo sued Genki in May over its "unauthorized" Switch 2 lineup of accessori…
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Former WhatsApp Security Head Sues Meta Over Alleged Security Flaws On Messaging App
Prabhanu Kumar Das / medianama - The ex-Security Head for WhatsApp has alleged blatant security flaws on the messaging app in a lawsuit that he filed against parent company Meta.The post Former WhatsApp Security Head Sues Meta Over Alleged Security Flaws On Messaging App appeared first o…
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Judge rules Donald Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook for now - Financial Times
google - Judge rules Donald Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook for now Financial Times
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Nintendo Lawyers Secure Another Payday After Reaching Settlement With Genki Over CES Switch 2 Mockup
Wesley Yin-Poole / ign - A U.S. judge has ordered accessories manufacturer Genki to pay Nintendo damages as part of a settlement in the lawsuit over the company’s Switch 2 mockup shown at CES 2025.
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Judge torpedoes Anthropic's $1.5 billion author settlement
Robert Brown / implicator - Judge Alsup torpedoed Anthropic's record $1.5B author settlement, calling it incomplete and warning writers might 'get the shaft.' September deadlines loom before a December trial that could cost the AI company over $10 trillion in damages.
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WhatsApp's former security boss claims reporting infosec failings led to ousting
Thomas Claburn / theregister - Meta shrugs off allegations of improper dismissal, ignoring privacy and security WhatsApp's former head of security, Attaullah Baig, has filed a lawsuit against its parent company, Meta, alleging that the social media megalith retaliated against him for r…
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Adtech company PubMatic sues Google over monopoly violations
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The lawsuit marks the second time that an advertising exchange has sued Google since a federal judge ruled in April that the search giant had illegally monopolized ad exchanges and ad servers.
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Guy Who Tried To Fight Nintendo Piracy Lawsuit Without A Lawyer Will Now Pay $2 Million
John Walker / kotaku - Ryan Daly, who originally denied the charges, can never touch modding equipment againThe post Guy Who Tried To Fight Nintendo Piracy Lawsuit Without A Lawyer Will Now Pay $2 Million appeared first on Kotaku.
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Anthropic to pay $1.5bn to settle copyright lawsuit with authors
Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - The settlement will see Anthropic paying out $3,000 to around 500,000 authors.Read more: Anthropic to pay $1.5bn to settle copyright lawsuit with authors
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Apple is being sued by US authors who accuse it of using pirated books to train its AI models
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Apple is facing a lawsuit in California from authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson, who claim the company violated their copyrights.The article Apple is being sued by US authors who accuse it of using pirated books to train its AI models appeared fi…
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Anthropic agrees to $1.5B settlement to end AI book piracy lawsuit
appleinsider - AI startup Anthropic has agreed to settle a lawsuit by paying authors $1.5 billion over accusations it illegally used copyrighted works to train its AI models.Anthropic logoCompanies in the AI space have been accused in the past of scraping content made b…
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AG Reprimand of OpenAI Over Child Safety Concerns
Attorneys general have issued a stern rebuke to OpenAI over its child safety practices. Amid growing calls for accountability in tech, the officials underscored that measures to protect minors must be robust and transparent, hinting that half-measures won’t cut it in today’s digital landscape.
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Anthropic Agrees to Pay at Least $1.5 Billion in Landmark Copyright Settlement
Melissa Korn / wsj - The proposed agreement with authors covers 500,000 works that were pirated and used to train AI models.
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Warner Bros. sues Midjourney for AI images of Superman, Batman, and other characters
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Warner Bros. is suing Midjourney for AI images of Superman, Batman, and other characters.
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Google fined $3.5 billion by EU for ad tech abuse
Emma Roth / theverge - The European Commission has waged a €2.95 billion (~$3.5 billion) fine against Google for “abusing its dominant position” in advertising technology. In its announcement, the Commission claims that Google’s alleged anticompetitive practices have increased …
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UK Deputy Rayner resigns amid tax controversy
Amid a storm of allegations over questionable tax practices, UK Deputy Rayner has resigned, dealing a notable blow to the government’s credibility. The exit has ignited a flurry of political maneuvering as colleagues scramble to explain the mishap—all while critics note that even internal affairs can be a comedy of errors in today’s politics.
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Warner Bros. Sues Midjourney Over Turning Batman, Joker, And More Into AI Slop
Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - The AI company's tool has been used to create a lot of images of Superman, Wonder Woman, Scooby-Doo and more and WB ain't happy about thatThe post Warner Bros. Sues Midjourney Over Turning Batman, Joker, And More Into AI Slop appeared first on Kotaku.
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