Supreme Court Declines AI Copyright Case, Extending Legal Setback for AI-Generated Works
Jason Nelson / decrypt - U.S. justices leave human authorship rule intact, reinforcing legal limits on AI intellectual property claims.
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X lifts cryptocurrency and gambling bans for paid promotions
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - X removed cryptocurrency from its list of prohibited industries for paid promotions, reversing a ban in place since June 2024. The policy shift also lifted restrictions on gambling promotions while adding pharmaceuticals, tobacco, weapons, and weight loss…
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South Korea’s tax office apologizes for leaking seed phrase to seized crypto
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Went from triumph at having busted tax dodgers to embarrassment at losing the proceeds South Korea’s National Tax Service has apologized after it leaked passwords to a stash of stolen crypto, which parties unknown used to make off with the digi-cash.…
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OpenAI to Alert Police of Credible Threats After Canada Shooting
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI has announced it will notify law enforcement of credible threats after the Tumbler Ridge shooter bypassed a ChatGPT ban and killed eight in Canada.The post OpenAI to Alert Police of Credible Threats After Canada Shooting appeared first on WinBuzzer.
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Former Mt. Gox CEO proposed a rewrite of bitcoin's code to recover $5 billion in stolen funds. Gets quickly shutdown
Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - Mark Karpelès submitted a pull request to Bitcoin Core that would redirect coins that have remained untouched since 2011 to a recovery address controlled by the MtGox trustee, reigniting the oldest debate in Bitcoin.
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US court blocks landmark law limiting social media use for children
ft - Judge rules Virginia does not have right to restrict ‘minors’ access to constitutionally protected speech’
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US Military Accidentally Shoots Down Border Protection Drone With Laser
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a "seemingly threatening" drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, law…
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OpenAI Discovers Mass Shooter’s Secret ChatGPT Account
eWEEK Staff / eweek - Lightning struck twice in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia earlier this month. First in the eerie stillness of a classroom where eight lives were stolen. Then, in Ottawa’s halls of power where officials demanded answers from Silicon Valley about what a cha…
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Prediction Market Kalshi Accuses MrBeast Editor of Insider Trading
John Gruber / npr - Bobby Allyn, reporting for NPR: An editor who works for YouTube’s biggest creator, MrBeast, hasbeen suspended from the prediction market platform Kalshi andreported to federal regulators for insider trading, Kalshiofficials said on Wednesday. It’s the fir…
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Y Combinator-Backed Axiom Exchange Employees Accused of Insider Trading: ZachXBT
André Beganski / decrypt - Multiple employees at Axiom, a non-custodial trading platform, allegedly engaged in insider trading, said blockchain investigator ZachXBT.
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New York Sues Valve For Enabling 'Illegal Gambling' With Loot Boxes
msmash / slashdot - New York state has filed a lawsuit against Valve alleging that randomized loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 amount to a form of unregulated gambling, letting users "pay for the chance to win a rare virtual item of sign…
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Google might reshuffle search results to try to dodge fines in the EU
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Google is planning to test changes to how it displays search results for certain topics, nearly a year after it was charged with violating antitrust rules in the European Union, Reuters reports. The shift will show top-ranked rival services for hotels, fl…
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World Economic Forum CEO steps down after appearing in the Epstein files, marking another scandal for WEF
Jude Cramer / fastcompany - Yet another powerful person has stepped down after being named in the Epstein files.Børge Brende, president and CEO of the World Economic Forum (WEF), best known for hosting an annual summit of world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, has stepped down after a…
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New York sues 'Counter-Strike' game developer saying 'loot boxes' promote gambling
abcnews - New York’s attorney general is suing video game developer Valve, claiming the “loot boxes” found in Counter-Strike and other popular video game franchises illegally promote gambling
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UK Selects Firms for Stablecoin Regulatory Sandbox, Including Revolut
Sander Lutz / decrypt - The four firms will now have free reign to experiment in a program that will inform final UK stablecoin rules set to be released later this year.
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Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast
Bobby Allyn / npr - With prediction markets booming, so have concerns about insider trading. Now, Kalshi has disclosed its first public actions against accounts suspected of trading on confidential information.
- California gubernatorial candidate penalized after apparent on-camera trading (2)
- Kalshi's first public enforcement exposes market policing (1)
- MrBeast editor fined and suspended for insider trading (6)
- Tax accountant hit jackpot betting against DOGE (1)
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California gubernatorial candidate penalized after apparent on-camera trading
Kalshi's first public enforcement exposes market policing
MrBeast editor fined and suspended for insider trading
Tax accountant hit jackpot betting against DOGE
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Judge dismisses Elon Musk’s xAI trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - US District Judge Rita F. Lin dismissed a trade secret lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s xAI against OpenAI. The judge ruled that xAI’s complaint failed to allege misconduct directly by OpenAI itself, instead attributing alleged actions to eight former employe…
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Apple rolls out age-verification tools worldwide to comply with growing web of child safety laws
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Apple complies with new age assurance laws in the U.S. and abroad, including those that block users from downloading apps aimed at adults.
- Creators and users push back on biometric age-verification experiments. (1)
- Reporter: Apple enforces age checks worldwide, updates App Store APIs. (9)
- UK watchdog fines Reddit over inadequate age checks, major penalties. (3)
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Creators and users push back on biometric age-verification experiments.
Reporter: Apple enforces age checks worldwide, updates App Store APIs.
UK watchdog fines Reddit over inadequate age checks, major penalties.
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Senator Blumenthal Opens Inquiry Into Iran Transactions on Binance
David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Forsythe / nytimes - Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to Binance asking about the flow of $1.7 billion from accounts on the crypto exchange to Iranian entities.
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Chinese drone-maker DJI sues to overturn FCC foreign drone ban
Jon Keegan / sherwood - The FCC’s move to ban all foreign drones and components is being challenged in federal court.
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