CFTC's Selig opens legal dispute against states getting in way of prediction markets
Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig fired a legal warning shot defending his agency's jurisdiction over the event contract space.
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Qualcomm iPhone modem cost inflation suit in UK ends with undisclosed agreement
appleinsider - A long-running UK challenge to what Qualcomm charged Apple for smartphone modems has concluded, as the consumer group that filed the case has chosen to end it after years of litigation.UK group drops Qualcomm royalty lawsuitBritish consumer group Which? i…
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Three Gemini top executives leave in “big shakeup,” shares plummet
Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy / sherwood - COO Marshall Beard, CFO Dan Chen, and CLO Tyler Meade are all out as of today.
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Europe probes Shein's addictive app design and illegal product sales
Andre Revilla / engadget - The European Commission (EC) has opened an investigation into low-cost fast fashion retailer Shein. EC officials are concerned about the sale of illegal products, including child sexual abuse material, as well as the potentially addictive design of its sh…
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Ireland's Data Watchdog Joins Global Regulators Probing X Over AI Image Risks
Vismaya V / decrypt - The probe will examine Grok’s AI image processing for lawful use, built-in safeguards, and impact assessments.
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Nexo Brings Crypto Business Back to US
PYMNTS / pymnts - Three years after battling with regulators, crypto platform Nexo has returned to the U.S. The company announced in a new release Monday (Feb. 16) that this return is being carried out in collaboration with “regulated partners,” giving Nexo’s investment an…
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Animoca Brands clears major regulatory hurdle with new Dubai license
Jamie Crawley / coindesk - Animoca said the license allows it to commence operations in Dubai, offering broker-dealer services and digital asset management and investments.
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UK to tighten online safety laws to include AI chatbots
ft - Keir Starmer to warn tech companies that ‘no platform gets a free pass’ after deepfake scandal involving Grok
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Court orders Acer and Asus to stop selling PCs in Germany over H.265 patents
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Prediction Markets Chip Away at Sports Betting’s Territory
PYMNTS / pymnts - Sports-related bets on Kalshi are now generating estimated annualized revenues of roughly $1.3 billion. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Saturday (Feb. 14), that figure is nearly a quarter of the total sportsbook revenue for betting giant DraftKings a…
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Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online
Mariella Moon / engadget - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reportedly been asking tech companies for information on accounts posting anti-ICE sentiments. According to The New York Times, DHS has sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas to Google, Reddit, Discord and …
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The evolution of OpenAI's mission statement
Simon Willison / simonwillison - As a USA 501(c)(3) the OpenAI non-profit has to file a tax return each year with the IRS. One of the required fields on that tax return is to "Briefly describe the organization’s mission or most significant activities" - this has actual legal weight to it…
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Binance France head targeted in botched home invasion as three arrested: report
Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - French police tracked two stolen phones to a train station and arrested the trio in Lyon, per local outlet RTL.
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CFTC Chair Selig appoints crypto heavyweights to 35-person innovation advisory panel
Daniel Kuhn / theblock - CFTC Chair Selig said the IAC will help shape the watchdog's oversight of "breakthrough" technologies like AI and blockchain.
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Amazon's Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash
cnbc - Ring's decision to cancel its partnership with Flock comes as tech companies face growing pressure to reexamine their work with federal agencies.
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An AI agent just tried to shame a software engineer after he rejected its code
Mark Sullivan / fastcompany - Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first documented case of an AI publicly shaming a person as r…
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Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief
David McCabe / nytimes - Her departure comes after months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.
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Cops Are Buying ‘GeoSpy’, an AI That Geolocates Photos in Seconds
Joseph Cox / 404media - 404 Media has obtained a cache of internal police emails showing at least two agencies have bought access to GeoSpy, an AI tool that analyzes architecture, soil, and other features to near instantly geolocate photos.
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Israel charges two over Polymarket bets on classified military operations
ft - Civilian and reservist charged with security offences, bribery and obstructing justice after ‘red line’ crossed with online gambling
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US FTC airs concerns over allegations that Apple News suppresses right-wing content
Ram Iyer / techcrunch - In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited reports from Media Research Center, a right-leaning think tank, which accused Apple of excluding right-leaning outlets from the top 20 articles in the Apple News feed.
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