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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

#gaming #techpolicy #entertainment #government #judiciary #us #law #steam #litigation #regulation

NY AG: Valve's loot boxes can get kids hooked on gambling

8 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

New York sues Valve for promoting illegal gambling via game loot boxes

8 days / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Valve Has Been ‘Letting Children and Adults Alike Illegally Gamble,’ New York A.G. Alleges

9 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

New York Sues Valve, Saying Game Developer Promotes Illegal Gambling

9 days / cnet / Steven Musil

Valve in Legal Hot Water in New York Over Loot Boxes and Gambling

9 days / techpowerup

New York sues 'Counter-Strike' game developer saying 'loot boxes' promote gambling

9 days / abcnews

New York sues Valve, alleging its loot boxes are ‘quintessential gambling’

9 days / theverge / Jay Peters

New York is Suing Valve, Claims the Counter-Strike Developer’s Loot Boxes are “Quintessential Gambling”

9 days / wccftech / David Carcasole

New York sues video game developer Valve, says its 'loot boxes' are gambling

9 days / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

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Canada demands more OpenAI safety protocols after B.C. mass shooting

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Canada is calling on OpenAI to implement stricter safety measures in the wake of the Feb. 10 mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. On Tuesday, OpenAI representatives met with government officials in Ottawa after it was revealed that the tech company had ba…

#techpolicy #openai #aiethics #government #chatgpt #canada #contentmoderation #safety #regulation

OpenAI connection to Tumbler Ridge tragedy puts balance between privacy and public safety in the spotlight

9 days / betakit / Josh Scott

Canada demands more OpenAI safety protocols after B.C. mass shooting

9 days / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Canadian government demands safety changes from OpenAI

9 days / engadget / Anna Washenko

Canada’s AI minister blames OpenAI for ‘failure’ after mass shooting

9 days / politico / Mickey Djuric

Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 19755 / 4 stories in 9 days


Google catches Beijing spies using Sheets to spread espionage across 4 continents

Jessica Lyons / theregister - UNC2814 historically targets governments and telcos A China-linked crew found a unique formula for attacking telcos and government orgs across the Americas, Asia, and Africa in its latest round of intrusions. Google's threat intelligence, along with unnam…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #infosec #cloudsec #china #google #government #cybercrime #supplychain #telecommunications

Google Shuts Down Chinese Hackers’ Infrastructure Behind Telecom and Government Breach

8 days / cyberpress / Varshini

Google catches Beijing spies using Sheets to spread espionage across 4 continents

9 days / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Chinese cyberspies breached dozens of telecom firms, govt agencies

9 days / bleepingcomputer / Bill Toulas

Google Battles Worldwide Network of China-Linked Hackers

9 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 19746 / 4 stories in 9 days


Anthropic weakens its safety pledge in the wake of the Pentagon's pressure campaign

Will Shanklin / engadget - Two stories about the Claude maker Anthropic broke on Tuesday that, when combined, arguably paint a chilling picture. First, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly pressuring Anthropic to yield its AI safeguards and give the military unrestrained…


Anthropic expands commercially: integrations, crawler changes, and Vercept buy.

Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders

9 days / techcrunch / Julie Bort

Intapp Adds Celeste AI Agents to Automate Tasks for Services Firms

9 days / techstrong / Mike Vizard

Anthropic’s Claude Bots Make Robots.txt Decisions More Granular via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

9 days / searchenginejournal / Matt G. Southern

Starlink, Anthropic, Full-Page Screenshots, More: Wednesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 25, 2026

9 days / researchbuzz / ResearchBuzz


Claude exploited and buggy — major data thefts and RCE flaws.

Claude collaboration tools left the door wide open to remote code execution

9 days / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Hacker Used Anthropic's Claude To Steal Sensitive Mexican Data

9 days / slashdot / msmash

Hacker used Anthropic's Claude chatbot to attack multiple government agencies in Mexico

9 days / engadget / Lawrence Bonk


Pentagon pressures Anthropic; safety pledges retreat under deadline.

Anthropic, OpenAI Dial Back Safety Language as AI Race Accelerates

9 days / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Nvidia’s Huang says any Pentagon–Anthropic rift is 'not the end of the world'

9 days / cnbc

Anthropic Softens Safety Rules to Compete, Risks Blacklist to Fight Pentagon

9 days / techstrong / Jon Swartz

A lot of AI safety is a grift and the moment they have to do anything that requires Anthropic to actually handle a safety issue that exists in the here and now they relent. They don’t care. They never have. https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbusters/#“we

9 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Anthropic changes safety policy amid intense AI competition

9 days / mashable

Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic

9 days / axios / Dave Lawler

Anthropic Rolls Back Safety Protocols as It Waits to Find Out If It’s Being Drafted by the Army

9 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance

9 days / techdirt / Matthew Guariglia

All your bots are belong to US if you don't play ball, DoD tells Anthropic

9 days / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Anthropic weakens its safety pledge in the wake of the Pentagon's pressure campaign

9 days / engadget / Will Shanklin

The Pentagon Threatens Anthropic

9 days / ycombinator

Anthropic doesn’t want Claude controlling autonomous weapons. The Pentagon may not give them a choice.

9 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan

Anthropic Overhauls Core Tenet Of Its Safety Policy

9 days / pymnts / PYMNTS


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Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like a person with a laptop would.

8 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic

9 days / reddit / /u/Brilliant_Version344

How Quickly Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?

9 days / reddit / /u/stvlsn

Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance The Secretary of Defense has given an ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an attempt to bully them into making their technology available to the U.S. military without a

9 days / bsky / @techdirt.com / techdirt.com

Anthropic ditches its core safety promise in the middle of an AI red line fight with the Pentagon

9 days / reddit / /u/mepper

Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 19739 / 25 stories in 9 days


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.

#startups #fintech #crypto #techpolicy #banking #government #uk #payments #law #crypto

Circle shares soar 35%+ on strong fourth-quarter results

9 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Welcome to the post-hype crypto market

9 days / techcrunch / Theresa Loconsolo

Revolut Picked to Test Stablecoins in UK’s Regulatory Sandbox

9 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

The UK is picking winners for its digital dollar future while Coinbase CEO cries foul

9 days / coindesk / Olivier Acuna

UK Selects Firms for Stablecoin Regulatory Sandbox, Including Revolut

9 days / decrypt / Sander Lutz

Revolut among firms picked by UK FCA to test stablecoin sandbox

9 days / theblock / RT Watson

Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 19735 / 6 stories in 9 days


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U.S. prepares strict export controls on AI accelerators, curbing foreign sales

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Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply‑chain risk; company vows legal fight

The Pentagon has designated Anthropic and its products as a “supply‑chain risk,” prompting the company to announce a court challenge. Experts warn the move could chill collaboration and talent flows into AI, while Anthropic insists it will contest the determination to protect its operations and customers. More...


Oracle and OpenAI scrap Texas data-center expansion; Meta eyes the spare capacity

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SoftBank seeks massive $40B loan to back OpenAI investment, courting big risk

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