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  1. Court ordered penalties for 15 teens who created naked AI images of classmates

    Teens ordered to attend classes on sex education and responsible use of AI.

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  2. Republicans angry that ISPs receiving US grants must offer low-cost plans

    Law requires grantees to offer low-cost plans. GOP calls it "rate regulation."

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  3. Elon Musk beats one lawsuit seeking severance for laid-off Twitter employees

    Losing plaintiffs may be able to join one of the other lawsuits against X Corp.

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  4. Users must prove Amazon ripped them off to revive Buy Box rigging suit

    Users want Amazon held accountable for hiding cheaper items with faster delivery.

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  5. Drug middlemen inflate US prices, squeeze out competition, FTC says

    Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are key part of US's high drug costs, report finds.

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  6. FCC to block phone company over robocalls pushing scam “Tax Relief Program”

    Veriwave Telco "identified one client as the source of all of the calls."

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  7. Report: Z-Library admins on the lam ahead of US extradition; officials shocked

    Z-Library defends admins and vows to expand access after domain seizures.

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  8. Oregon county seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for extreme heat

    Multnomah County's heat dome conditions killed 69 people in 2021.

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  9. First known TikTok mob attack led by middle schoolers tormenting teachers

    Legal options limited to stop fake TikTok accounts harming teachers, school says.

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  10. Boeing to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud FAA Aircraft Evaluation Group

    Families say deal with US "fails to hold Boeing accountable" for 346 crash deaths.

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  11. Elon Musk denies tweets misled Twitter investors ahead of purchase

    Elon Musk says lawsuit over late disclosure of Twitter stake “makes no sense.”

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  12. The “Netflix of anime” piracy site abruptly shuts down, shocking users

    Animeflix shutters amid intensifying global crackdown on anime piracy.

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  1. Judge says FTC lacks authority to issue rule banning noncompete agreements

    Authority cited by FTC just a "housekeeping statute," US judge in Texas rules.

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  2. Tool preventing AI mimicry cracked; artists wonder what’s next

    Artists must wait weeks for Glaze defense against AI scraping amid TOS updates.

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  3. “Everything’s frozen”: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts

    Patelco Credit Union in Calif. shut down numerous banking services after attack.

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  4. Japan wins 2-year “war on floppy disks,” kills regulations requiring old tech

    But what about fax machines?

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  5. Millions of OnlyFans paywalls make it hard to detect child sex abuse, cops say

    Cops want more access to OnlyFans to detect more child sex abuse, report says.

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  6. Apple Vision Pro, new cameras fail user-repairability analysis

    Meta Quest 3, PS5 Slim also received failing grades despite new right-to-repair laws.

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  7. AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings

    Even unlisted YouTube videos are used to train AI, watchdog warns.

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  8. SCOTUS agrees to review Texas law that caused Pornhub to leave the state

    Law that requires porn sites to verify user ages faces First Amendment challenge.

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  9. Biden rushes to avert labor shortage with CHIPS act funding for workers

    To dodge labor shortage, US finally aims CHIPS Act funding at training workers.

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  10. GameStop investor retracts suit accusing Roaring Kitty of pump-and-dump scheme

    Roaring Kitty was briefly accused of deceiving his meme stock army.

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  11. Supreme Court vacates rulings on Texas and Florida social media laws

    Supreme Court remands two cases, saying lower courts didn't do full analysis.

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  12. Meta defends charging fee for privacy amid showdown with EU

    EU finding that Meta’s subscription option violates DMA could impact many sites.

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  1. Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers

    Appeals court decision potentially reversing publishers' suit may come this fall.

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  2. SCOTUS kills Chevron deference, giving courts more power to block federal rules

    EPA rules and FCC net neutrality order at risk: "No consumer protection is safe."

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  3. Tesla says Model 3 that burst into flames in fatal tree crash wasn’t defective

    Lawsuit alleged defects with both Tesla's self-driving and Model 3 flammability.

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  4. Brussels explores antitrust probe into Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI

    EU executive arm drops merger review into US tech companies’ alliance.

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  5. Supreme Court issues stay on EPA’s ozone plan, despite blistering dissent

    The court can't even agree on how the EPA was proposing to structure regulations.

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  6. Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims

    Temu "surprised" by the lawsuit, plans to "vigorously defend" itself.

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  7. T-Mobile users enraged as “Un-carrier” breaks promise to never raise prices

    FCC gets 1,600 complaints; users blast "deceptive advertising aimed at seniors."

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  8. SCOTUS tears down Sacklers’ immunity, blowing up opioid settlement

    Majority of justices ruled on meaning of legal code; dissenters called it "ruinous"

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  9. SCOTUS nixes injunction that limited Biden admin contacts with social networks

    Supreme Court avoids clarifying when government can control online speech.

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  10. Tesla announces third and fourth Cybertruck recalls

    Wiper motor may stop working and cosmetic applique may detach while driving.

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  11. Verizon screwup caused 911 outage in 6 states—carrier agrees to $1M fine

    Verizon initially failed to remove a flawed update file that caused two outages.

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  12. Microsoft risks huge fine over “possibly abusive” bundling of Teams and Office

    Microsoft vows to make more changes facing EU fine over Teams bundling.

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