California threatens Tesla with 30-day suspension of sales license for deceptive self-driving claims
techxplore - California regulators are threatening to suspend Tesla's license to sell its electric cars in the state early next year unless the automaker tones down its marketing tactics for its self-driving features after a judge concluded the Elon Musk-led company h…
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Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, judge rules
Sean O'Kane / techcrunch - The judge ruled Tesla should have to suspend manufacturing and sales in California for 30 days, but the DMV stayed those rulings for 90 days to allow Tesla to comply.
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Texas sues biggest TV makers, alleging smart TVs spy on users without consent
Jon Brodkin / arstechnica - Automated Content Recognition brings "mass surveillance" to homes, lawsuits say.
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BOE chairman meets with Samsung Electronics officials after OLED dispute
Kim Boram / co - SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Yonhap) -- Chen Yanshun, chairman of China's BOE Technology Grou...
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Google Has Taken Down AI-Generated Content Following Disney’s Cease and Desist
Mike Pearl / gizmodo - Disney has a licensing deal with OpenAI now, by the way.
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'Apple Tax is Dead in the USA'
msmash / slashdot - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has almost entirely upheld a scathing April ruling that found Apple in willful violation of a 2021 injunction meant to open up iOS App Store payments in its long-running legal battle against Epic Games. A three-judge pan…
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Reddit Files Lawsuit Against Australia’s Social Media Ban
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Reddit has sued Australia’s government over the new under-16 social media ban, arguing it violates free speech and privacy rights.The post Reddit Files Lawsuit Against Australia’s Social Media Ban first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Reddit files High Court challenge against u16s social media ban
Nathan Jolly / mumbrella - Reddit has filed High Court documents attempting to overturn the under-16 social media ban. According to court documents, Reddit will argue against the legality of the ban itself, as well as Reddit’s designation as a social media platform. Reddit has appo…
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Government pushes back in High Court Reddit showdown
Reddit’s aggressive legal fight over under-16 ban
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Apple Wins Ability to Charge Fees on External Payment Links as Appeals Court Modifies Epic Injunction
Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple should be able to collect a reasonable commission on purchases made using external links included in iOS apps, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today (via Reuters). The U.S. Court of Appeals partially reversed sanctions imposed on Apple after Apple w…
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Epic Games’s Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - The game is back on the Google Play Store, but another court decision is rolling back some of the developer-friendly changes on iOS.
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The case only Netflix can make for buying Warner Brothers Discovery
Anne Marie Squeo / fastcompany - The battle for Warner Brothers Discovery got hotter this week as Paramount launched a hostile bid of $108.4 billion for the company, topping Netflix’s agreement last week to pay nearly $83 billion for the company’s streaming and studio assets. It’s the la…
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Disney accuses Google of ‘massive’ copyright infringement following deal with OpenAI
Emma Roth / theverge - Disney has accused Google of engaging in copyright infringement on a "massive scale," claiming its AI models have generated content resembling characters from Frozen, Deadpool, Star Wars, and others, according to reports from Variety and Deadline. In a ce…
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OpenAI, Microsoft Face Historic Liability Test in AI-Linked Homicide Suit
Newton Kitonga / parameter - TLDRs; Lawsuit claims ChatGPT intensified paranoia leading to a tragic Connecticut murder–suicide. OpenAI and Microsoft face unprecedented liability over harmful AI-generated responses. Section 230 protections may not apply because ChatGPT created the dis…
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Australia's Bold Move: No Social Media Access for Those Under 16
Alex Valdes / cnet - Countries around the world will be watching to see how well the new ban works ... or doesn't.
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ICEBlock developer suing DOJ, ICE, & more after Apple App Store removal
appleinsider - Apple removed the ICEBlock app from the App Store after being pressured by the US government, and now the developer is suing the DOJ & others involved for a violation of his First Amendment rights.The US DOJ is being sued by ICEBlock devThe developer of I…
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Free Speech Debate: ICEBlock censorship sparks broader rights concerns
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New York Times Sues Perplexity AI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Trademark Tarnishment’
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - The New York Times has sued Perplexity AI, alleging its "answer engine" infringes copyright and tarnishes the brand with AI hallucinations.The post New York Times Sues Perplexity AI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Trademark Tarnishment’ appeared first on …
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X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine
Bjarke Smith-Meyer / politico - Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer."
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Google Must Limit Its 'Default Search' Contracts to One Year, Judge Rules
EditorDavid / slashdot - Bloomberg reports that Google "must renegotiate any contract to make its search engine or artificial intelligence app the default for smartphones and other devices every year, a federal judge ruled."Judge Amit Mehta in Washington sided with the US Justice…
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Waymo to issue software recall over how robotaxis behave around school buses
Kirsten Korosec / techcrunch - The voluntary recall comes as scrutiny by federal regulators and local school district officials increases.
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New York Times Escalates Battle Against Perplexity With New Lawsuit
Alexandra Bruell / wsj - The New York Times sues startup Perplexity for copyright infringement, expanding its legal fight against generative-AI companies that it says steal and then profit from its content.
NYT solo suit defends copyrights
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