Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi
Cruz bill could take 6 GHz spectrum away from Wi-Fi, give it to mobile carriers.
Jon Brodkin
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Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Meta, TikTok can’t toss wrongful death suit from mom of “subway surfing” teen
Companies may be forced to show how they targeted videos to teen who died.
Ashley Belanger
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Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy
Sony victory in Cox piracy case could be overturned by Supreme Court.
Jon Brodkin
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Trump’s tariff threat pushes Canada to scrap digital services tax
US tech companies escape Canada digital services tax due to Trump tariffs.
Ashley Belanger
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In a wild time for copyright law, the US Copyright Office has no leader
Rudderless Copyright Office has taken on new prominence during the AI boom.
WIRED
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Supreme Court overturns 5th Circuit ruling that upended Universal Service Fund
5th Circuit ruling reversed; FCC can continue programs that boost Internet access.
Jon Brodkin
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Supreme Court upholds Texas porn law that caused Pornhub to leave the state
Adults have no First Amendment right to avoid age verification, 6–3 ruling says.
Jon Brodkin
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Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data
No data caps: "Four simple national Internet tiers that include unlimited data."
Jon Brodkin
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Most Read
Judge: Pirate libraries may have profited from Meta torrenting 80TB of books
Meta may defeat authors’ torrenting claim due to lack of evidence.
Ashley Belanger
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Book authors made the wrong arguments in Meta AI training case, judge says
Judges clash over "schoolchildren" analogy in key AI training rulings.
Ashley Belanger
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After a week, Trump Mobile drops claim that Trump phone is “made in the USA”
Trump T1 phone isn't "made in the USA" but is "designed with American values."
Jon Brodkin
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Is DOGE doomed to fail? Some experts are ready to call it.
Trump wants $45M to continue DOGE’s work. Critics warn costs already too high.
Ashley Belanger
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Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
Company hired Google's book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize "all the books in the world."
Benj Edwards
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Trump’s FTC announces merger condition that prohibits advertising boycotts
Merging firms agree to FTC demands in order to create world's largest ad agency.
Jon Brodkin
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Key fair use ruling clarifies when books can be used for AI training
In landmark ruling, judge likens AI training to schoolchildren learning to write.
Ashley Belanger
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240
Media Matters sues FTC, says agency is retaliating on behalf of Elon Musk
FTC probe is clearly connected to "Musk's vindictive lawsuits," group says.
Jon Brodkin
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UK looking to loosen Google’s control of its search engine
Tech giant slams plan as "punitive" and risk to economic growth.
Financial Times
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Ted Cruz can’t get all Republicans to back his fight against state AI laws
Cruz plan moves ahead but was reportedly watered down amid Republican opposition.
Jon Brodkin
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Judge denies creating “mass surveillance program” harming all ChatGPT users
OpenAI will fight order to keep all ChatGPT logs after users fail to sway court.
Ashley Belanger
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To avoid admitting ignorance, Meta AI says man’s number is a company helpline
AI may compound the burden of having a similar phone number to a popular business.
Ashley Belanger
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128
Senate passes GENIUS Act—criticized as gifting Trump ample opportunity to grift
Democrats warn stablecoin bill could enable unprecedented government corruption.
Ashley Belanger
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251
xAI faces legal threat over alleged Colossus data center pollution in Memphis
NAACP demands a meeting to discuss xAI's alleged pollution in Memphis.
Ashley Belanger
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81
Trump suggests he needs China to sign off on TikTok sale, delays deal again
Trump claimed only he can save TikTok, so what’s with all the delays?
Ashley Belanger
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100
Cybersecurity takes a big hit in new Trump executive order
Provisions on secure software, quantum–resistant crypto, and more are scrapped.
Dan Goodin
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X sues to block copycat NY content moderation law after California win
Lawsuit comes after New York lawmakers accused X of failing to fact-check Musk.
Ashley Belanger
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Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning “reckless” AI social experiment on kids
Mattel faces pressure to be more transparent about OpenAI partnership.
Ashley Belanger
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Mocked Trump Mobile yanks coverage map that ignored Trump renaming Gulf of Mexico
A Trump-branded smartphone due out by September is likely to draw criticism.
Ashley Belanger
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“Have we no shame?”: Trump’s NIH grant cuts appallingly illegal, judge rules
Trump ordered to restore funding for minority, LGBTQ+ health research.
Ashley Belanger
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Worst hiding spot ever: /NSFW/Nope/Don’t open/You were Warned/
Child sex abuse imagery leads to 5 years in prison.
Nate Anderson
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Trump fires commissioner of preeminent nuclear safety institution
Commissioner fired as Trump pivots US policy to accept more nuclear risks.
Ashley Belanger
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155
Biofuels policy has been a failure for the climate, new report claims
Report: An expansion of biofuels policy under Trump would lead to more greenhouse gas emissions.
Inside Climate News
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Trump’s FTC may impose merger condition that forbids advertising boycotts
Report: Proposed condition on ad merger would ban boycotts based on politics.
Jon Brodkin
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How to draft a will to avoid becoming an AI ghost—it’s not easy
Why requests for "no AI resurrections" will probably go ignored.
Ashley Belanger
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132
“Two years of work in two months”: States cope with Trump broadband overhaul
Trump overhaul of $42B broadband fund upends states’ plans to expand access.
Jon Brodkin
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Hollywood studios target AI image generator in copyright lawsuit
Multiple-studio complaint cites AI image outputs as evidence of "bottomless pit of plagiarism."
Benj Edwards
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Musk’s threat to sue firms that don’t buy ads on X seems to have paid off
Some advertisers return to avoid suits, but Lego and Pinterest rebuffed threats.
Jon Brodkin
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