Democrats Blast SEC Over Crypto Retreat, Justin Sun’s Alleged China Ties
André Beganski / decrypt - House Democrats have accused the SEC of selectively enforcing laws against crypto firms, while spotlighting Tron founder Justin Sun.
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Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Grok Sexual Images
Madlin Mekelburg / bloomberg - Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, sued the billionaire’s artificial intelligence company for harassment, accusing xAI’s Grok chatbot of generating sexually explicit images of her without her consent.
Back to Top / Thursday, January 15, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 17958 / 7 stories in 7 wks
Amazon (AMZN) Stock: Shares Rise as Company Fights $1.75B Saks Bankruptcy Financing
Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Amazon fights Saks’ $1.75B financing in court to protect its investment. Saks gets short-term financing approval but faces Amazon’s opposition. Amazon claims Saks’ bankruptcy deal hurts creditors and its own stake. Saks seeks $1.75B debt deal to avoi…
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Xreal Files Patent Suit Against Rival Smart Glasses Maker Viture
Chris Welch / bloomberg - Xreal Inc., a Chinese pioneer in smart glasses, is suing Viture Inc. for patent infringement in the US, arguing its rival has unfairly capitalized on Xreal’s extensive research and investment in the segment.
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Paramount won't quit, files suit against Warner Bros. Discovery over rejected bid
Andre Revilla / engadget - Paramount Skydance just does not want to take no for an answer. After having multiple bids to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) rejected, including a recent hostile bid that the WBD board recommended that shareholders reject, Paramount is turning to th…
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Tennessee orders Kalshi, Polymarket and Crypto.com to cease sports betting contracts
Francisco Rodrigues / coindesk - The firms, federally regulated by the CFTC, were told to shut down Tennessee-based activity, refund deposits, and void open contracts by Jan. 31.
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Texas court blocks Samsung from collecting smart TV viewing data
Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - The State of Texas has obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Samsung that prohibits the South Korean company from collecting audio and visual data about what Texas consumers are watching on their TVs. [...]
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Musk, OpenAI lawyers trade barbs as lawsuit heads to trial
cnbc - Microsoft is also a defendant in the case, with Musk alleging the company aided and abetted OpenAI's breach of fiduciary duty.
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Google and Character.AI Agree To Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides
BeauHD / slashdot - Google and Character.AI have agreed to settle multiple lawsuits from families alleging the chatbot encouraged self-harm and suicide among teens. "The settlements would mark the first resolutions in the wave of lawsuits against tech companies whose AI chat…
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Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death
Natallie Rocha / nytimes - The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an A.I. chatbot.
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iPhone Fold Design Revealed By Leaker Who Apple Sued Earlier This Year
bgr - Leaker Jon Prosser is back with a detailed look at the unannounced foldable iPhone despite the fact that Apple sued him just months ago.
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Apple Appeals $1.8 Billion UK Antitrust Ruling Over App Store Fees
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple has asked the UK Court of Appeal to overturn a £1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) antitrust ruling that found the company overcharged millions of App Store users, escalating one of the most significant competition cases ever brought against the company in…
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Tesla’s Model 3 emergency door release controls are being investigated
Reuters / fastcompany - The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Wednesday it has opened a defect investigation into Tesla Model 3 compact sedans over concerns that emergency door release controls may not be easily accessible or clearly identifiable in an emergency.The Office of D…
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John Carreyou and Other Authors Bring New Lawsuit Against Six Major AI Companies
BeauHD / slashdot - A group of authors led by John Carreyrou has filed a new lawsuit against Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity, accusing the AI firms of training models on pirated copies of their books. TechCrunch reports: If this sounds familiar, it's bec…
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Coupang class action suit focused on fiduciary duties: attorney
Jang Hae-rin / co - While it may be difficult to hold Coupang directly liable for the recent data breach that affected more than 33 million users, the US-listed company can still b
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SEC Secures Consent Judgments Against FTX and Alameda Executives
Brenda Mary / blockonomi - TLDR: Three former FTX and Alameda executives agreed to permanent antifraud injunctions pending court approval. Ellison faces a 10-year officer-director bar while Wang and Singh each received eight-year bans. Executives allegedly diverted over $1.8 billio…
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Google Sued SerpApi Over Scrapping Search Results
barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - On Friday, Google announced it had filed a lawsuit against SerpApi for scraping the Google search results. Google alleges that SerpApi is running an "unlawful" operation that bypasses Google's security measures to scrape search results at an astonishing s…
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Elon Musk’s $56B Tesla pay package restored by Delaware Supreme Court
Sean O'Kane / techcrunch - The decision brings to a close a years-long court battle that irked Musk so much he moved Tesla's incorporation from Delaware to Texas.
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Terraform Bankruptcy Admin Sues Jump Trading for $4B Over TerraUSD Collapse: Report
Vince Dioquino / decrypt - Jump is accused of unlawfully profiting from and contributing to the collapse of Terra, in a lawsuit seeking $4 billion in damages.
Back to Top / Friday, December 19, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 17132 / 3 stories in 2 months
Instacart Settles FTC Lawsuit Alleging Deceptive Advertising and Subscription Enrollments
PYMNTS / pymnts - Instacart agreed to pay $60 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that alleged the company engaged in deceptive tactics. In its lawsuit, the regulator alleged that the grocery delivery platform falsely advertised “free delivery” to consumer…
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