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Law
fromwww.cnbc.com
2 hours ago

Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield

Meta and Google face legal challenges undermining their protections under Section 230, particularly regarding child safety and content moderation.
Tech industry
fromwww.npr.org
17 hours ago

What's next for Meta in the wake of trial losses and layoffs?

Meta faces significant challenges with legal rulings and a shift in focus from the Metaverse to artificial intelligence.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago
Social media marketing

At last, David has landed a double punch on the tech Goliaths. Now to hit them even harder | Jonathan Freedland

Digital life
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

What the Meta and YouTube Lawsuits Say About Kids and Social

U.S. juries found that Meta and YouTube harm children's mental health and safety through addictive design and insufficient safeguards.
Privacy professionals
fromFortune
6 days ago

Meta promised it wouldn't spy on you with its AI smart glasses. A lawsuit says humans are watching you, actually | Fortune

Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses may compromise user privacy by routing footage to human workers for AI training, revealing sensitive content without user awareness.
Law
fromwww.cnbc.com
2 hours ago

Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield

Meta and Google face legal challenges undermining their protections under Section 230, particularly regarding child safety and content moderation.
Tech industry
fromwww.npr.org
17 hours ago

What's next for Meta in the wake of trial losses and layoffs?

Meta faces significant challenges with legal rulings and a shift in focus from the Metaverse to artificial intelligence.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

How Meta's victim-blaming failed to sway jurors in landmark social media addiction trial

Meta's defense in a social media addiction lawsuit failed, resulting in a jury ruling against them and awarding significant damages to the plaintiff.
Social media marketing
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

At last, David has landed a double punch on the tech Goliaths. Now to hit them even harder | Jonathan Freedland

Meta faces significant legal challenges after juries found it liable for harm caused by its platforms, raising concerns about its future viability.
Digital life
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

What the Meta and YouTube Lawsuits Say About Kids and Social

U.S. juries found that Meta and YouTube harm children's mental health and safety through addictive design and insufficient safeguards.
Privacy professionals
fromFortune
6 days ago

Meta promised it wouldn't spy on you with its AI smart glasses. A lawsuit says humans are watching you, actually | Fortune

Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses may compromise user privacy by routing footage to human workers for AI training, revealing sensitive content without user awareness.
#3d-printing
#dmca
#ai
fromFuturism
2 hours ago
Intellectual property law

Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's Source Code

Law
fromAdExchanger
2 days ago

AI Is Moving Fast. The Law, Not So Much | AdExchanger

AI technology is advancing rapidly, outpacing legal frameworks and creating challenges in regulation and data management.
Intellectual property law
fromFuturism
2 hours ago

Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's Source Code

Anthropic's copyright takedown request for its AI model's source code highlights hypocrisy in its stance on copyright laws.
Typography
fromFast Company
2 days ago

Meta's new AI tool turns anyone into a type designer

Meta's new AI tool simplifies font design, allowing users to customize text through prompts in its Edits app.
Law
fromAdExchanger
2 days ago

AI Is Moving Fast. The Law, Not So Much | AdExchanger

AI technology is advancing rapidly, outpacing legal frameworks and creating challenges in regulation and data management.
fromwww.npr.org
4 hours ago

Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability

"We appealed and appealed and lost every appeal. And then the case was ultimately dismissed."
US news
#adobe
Media industry
from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago

Semianalysis CEO: Adobe faces existential threat from AI commoditization

Loyalty to Adobe is waning as users question the necessity of subscriptions amid rising competition and lower editing costs.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 week ago

Adobe Faces Mounting Downgrades as William Blair Questions Cuts Its Rating

Adobe faces intense competition and regulatory challenges, leading to analyst downgrades and concerns about future growth and AI monetization.
Tech industry
fromFortune
2 days ago

Do creators still need Adobe in the AI era? | Fortune

Adobe must adapt to AI rapidly while maintaining trust with enterprise customers reliant on its software.
Media industry
from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago

Semianalysis CEO: Adobe faces existential threat from AI commoditization

Loyalty to Adobe is waning as users question the necessity of subscriptions amid rising competition and lower editing costs.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 week ago

Adobe Faces Mounting Downgrades as William Blair Questions Cuts Its Rating

Adobe faces intense competition and regulatory challenges, leading to analyst downgrades and concerns about future growth and AI monetization.
Tech industry
fromFortune
2 days ago

Do creators still need Adobe in the AI era? | Fortune

Adobe must adapt to AI rapidly while maintaining trust with enterprise customers reliant on its software.
#ai-regulation
California
fromAxios
5 hours ago

California cements its role as the national testing ground for AI rules

California is advancing AI regulations while the Trump administration seeks a national standard to limit state-level laws.
California
fromAxios
5 hours ago

California cements its role as the national testing ground for AI rules

California is advancing AI regulations while the Trump administration seeks a national standard to limit state-level laws.
Privacy professionals
fromThe Verge
19 hours ago

Pinterest said he violated laid-off colleagues' privacy. Now he's going public

A former Pinterest engineer claims he was unjustly fired for sharing a tool that revealed employee layoffs.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
1 day ago

Agentic AI, Quality, and Courtroom Battles: What's Rewriting the Rules of Ad Tech in 2026? - ExchangeWire.com

AI and privacy regulations are significantly transforming the ad tech industry as it moves towards 2026.
LA real estate
fromSan Jose Spotlight
23 hours ago

Santa Clara businesses sue over shopping center displacement - San Jose Spotlight

The Homestead Shopping Center is facing redevelopment, leading to lawsuits from tenants alleging wrongful eviction by the former landlord.
fromIrish Independent
21 hours ago

Sky should drop 'greedy' legal action against dodgy box users, TD Paul Murphy says

Sky intends to use the information obtained from a court case to take legal actions against the resellers and some of the end users, marking the first time end users could face legal action.
EU data protection
Video games
fromEngadget
1 day ago

MindsEye will litigate its own launch 'sabotage' controversy in DLC form

Build a Rocket Boy plans to reveal evidence of corporate sabotage in a new mission for MindsEye.
#oracle
Silicon Valley
fromSFGATE
2 days ago

Tech giant reportedly slashes thousands of jobs, doubles down on AI

Oracle is laying off thousands of employees while investing heavily in artificial intelligence and expanding its data centers.
Remote teams
fromCalifornia Post
2 days ago

Oracle axes thousands of jobs in massive layoff - notifying fired employees with 6 a.m. email

Oracle laid off thousands of employees via email, citing organizational changes and business needs, causing widespread fear and frustration among remaining staff.
Tech industry
fromTheregister
1 day ago

Recently laid-off Oracle worker says AI is coming for jobs

Oracle laid off thousands of employees, attributing job losses to AI integration in large enterprises.
Tech industry
fromTechzine Global
2 days ago

Oracle lays off thousands of employees to fund AI buildout

Oracle's layoffs affected around 10,000 employees, attributed to cost-cutting measures linked to aggressive AI expansion.
Silicon Valley
fromSFGATE
2 days ago

Tech giant reportedly slashes thousands of jobs, doubles down on AI

Oracle is laying off thousands of employees while investing heavily in artificial intelligence and expanding its data centers.
Remote teams
fromCalifornia Post
2 days ago

Oracle axes thousands of jobs in massive layoff - notifying fired employees with 6 a.m. email

Oracle laid off thousands of employees via email, citing organizational changes and business needs, causing widespread fear and frustration among remaining staff.
Tech industry
fromTheregister
1 day ago

Recently laid-off Oracle worker says AI is coming for jobs

Oracle laid off thousands of employees, attributing job losses to AI integration in large enterprises.
Tech industry
fromTechzine Global
2 days ago

Oracle lays off thousands of employees to fund AI buildout

Oracle's layoffs affected around 10,000 employees, attributed to cost-cutting measures linked to aggressive AI expansion.
Gadgets
fromThe Atlantic
2 days ago

You Can't Escape the AI Tax

A significant RAM shortage is driving prices up, affecting consumers and prompting drastic measures at retailers like Costco.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
3 days ago

Humans only! This website invites artists to animate anti-AI disclaimers for everyone to use

Artists created disclaimers against AI-generated content, showcasing diverse styles and emphasizing the human journey in art creation.
#apple
Apple
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

Apple's long, bitter App Store antitrust war

Apple has shifted from a small competitor to a dominant force in mobile computing, raising concerns over its market practices.
Apple
fromTechzine Global
3 days ago

Vibe coding is in Apple's crosshairs, as app is removed

Apple has removed the app Anything from the App Store for violating guidelines on vibe-coding apps.
Apple
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

Apple's long, bitter App Store antitrust war

Apple has shifted from a small competitor to a dominant force in mobile computing, raising concerns over its market practices.
Apple
fromFast Company
6 days ago

Apple's most important contribution over the past 50 years isn't what you expect

Apple's most significant contribution is its policy asserting privacy as a fundamental human right, emphasizing product design with privacy in mind.
#big-tech
fromThe Nation
1 week ago
Digital life

A Landmark Suit Against Meta and YouTube Opens the Floodgate for AI Litigation

A jury found big tech liable for addictive design features, establishing a precedent for legal action against social media companies for psychological harm.
Tech industry
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

Tech CEOs suddenly love blaming AI for mass job cuts. Why?

Job cuts in Big Tech are increasingly justified by advancements in artificial intelligence, shifting away from traditional explanations like efficiency and over-hiring.
Digital life
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

A Landmark Suit Against Meta and YouTube Opens the Floodgate for AI Litigation

A jury found big tech liable for addictive design features, establishing a precedent for legal action against social media companies for psychological harm.
Tech industry
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

Tech CEOs suddenly love blaming AI for mass job cuts. Why?

Job cuts in Big Tech are increasingly justified by advancements in artificial intelligence, shifting away from traditional explanations like efficiency and over-hiring.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
6 days ago

US Tech Companies Must be Accountable in US Courts for Facilitating Persecution and Torture Abroad, EFF Urges US Supreme Court

Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and the Johnson County Sheriff that she was 'being searched for as a missing person.'
Privacy technologies
Law
fromwww.npr.org
5 hours ago

Penalties stack up as AI spreads through the legal system

Lawyers face increasing sanctions for using AI-generated errors in legal briefs, with over 1,200 cases reported, including significant fines for fictitious citations.
#social-media
Law
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?

Landmark social media addiction trials against Meta and Google highlight platform design flaws contributing to mental health issues, with significant implications for Big Tech.
Media industry
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Meta's court losses could be just the beginning

Recent jury verdicts against social media platforms may signal a shift in legal accountability for their design and structure.
Law
fromThe Verge
6 days ago

Meta's legal defeat could be a victory for children, or a loss for everyone

Social media platforms Instagram and YouTube were found liable for harming minors, challenging their legal protections under Section 230.
Law
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?

Landmark social media addiction trials against Meta and Google highlight platform design flaws contributing to mental health issues, with significant implications for Big Tech.
Media industry
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Meta's court losses could be just the beginning

Recent jury verdicts against social media platforms may signal a shift in legal accountability for their design and structure.
Law
fromThe Verge
6 days ago

Meta's legal defeat could be a victory for children, or a loss for everyone

Social media platforms Instagram and YouTube were found liable for harming minors, challenging their legal protections under Section 230.
European startups
fromTheregister
2 days ago

Microsoft to face CMA scrutiny over cloud software licensing

The UK's competition watchdog is investigating Microsoft's licensing policies for reducing competition in the cloud market.
Privacy professionals
fromThe Verge
3 days ago

OkCupid settles claims it shared user photos with a facial recognition company

OkCupid settled FTC claims for sharing user photos without consent, promising to avoid future misrepresentations about data policies.
#openai
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
4 days ago

Digest: OpenAI Extends Ad Pilot Beyond April; X Ad Boycott Lawsuit Dismissed by US Judge; Disney+ Seals RTVE Fast-Stream Deal

OpenAI extends its ad pilot internationally, while a lawsuit against X over an ad boycott is dismissed, and Disney+ strikes a streaming deal with RTVE.
Artificial intelligence
fromAxios
3 days ago

AI distances itself from adult content that once drove the tech revolution

OpenAI canceled plans for adult content due to safety concerns and regulatory pressures from investors and internal teams.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
4 days ago

Digest: OpenAI Extends Ad Pilot Beyond April; X Ad Boycott Lawsuit Dismissed by US Judge; Disney+ Seals RTVE Fast-Stream Deal

OpenAI extends its ad pilot internationally, while a lawsuit against X over an ad boycott is dismissed, and Disney+ strikes a streaming deal with RTVE.
Artificial intelligence
fromAxios
3 days ago

AI distances itself from adult content that once drove the tech revolution

OpenAI canceled plans for adult content due to safety concerns and regulatory pressures from investors and internal teams.
Silicon Valley
fromSan Jose Spotlight
6 days ago

San Jose workers want safeguards from AI - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose's largest union demands safeguards for workers regarding the deployment of generative AI tools amid ongoing contract negotiations.
Media industry
fromTheWrap
1 day ago

Creatorverse: Meta and Google's Child Safety Cases Will Impact Creators

Meta and Google face significant legal rulings regarding child safety on social media, prompting potential design changes and impacting the creator economy.
Law
fromAbove the Law
23 hours ago

The Price Of Justice And The Promise Of AI - Above the Law

Rising legal service costs and declining access-to-justice funding widen the gap for those needing legal protections, with AI presenting potential solutions.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court | TechCrunch

An 82-year-old woman rejected a $26 million offer from an AI company for her land, highlighting the pushback against AI infrastructure.
Law
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 day ago

California's top lawyer explains why he hasn't sued Kalshi like Nevada and Arizona

California's Attorney General emphasizes state sovereignty in regulating prediction markets amid ongoing legal battles across the US.
fromComputerworld
21 hours ago

OnlyOffice accuses Euro-Office of licensing violations, suspends Nextcloud partnership

OnlyOffice stated that those accessing its code under the GNU Affero General Public License v3 are required to retain its branding and provide proper attribution to the original technology. Euro-Office's failure to meet these conditions constitutes an infringement of the copyright holder's exclusive rights.
Intellectual property law
fromTheregister
2 days ago

ServiceNow salesman sues employer in commission dispute

Costa's then-manager told him that ServiceNow would not pay this commission because the Sales Compensation Department had concluded that Costa had 'overachieved to a degree that was outside normal' in relation to his sales quota. In other words, ServiceNow believed Costa had made too much money, notwithstanding that his commission was only a small percentage of the revenue recognized and received by ServiceNow.
Law
#patent-law
fromPatently-O
1 day ago
Intellectual property law

Words That Stick: Prosecution Disclaimer Survives the Examiner's Rejection

Intellectual property law
fromReadWrite
1 day ago

FanDuel and DraftKings face Interactive Games patent lawsuit

Interactive Games LLC has filed lawsuits against FanDuel and DraftKings for patent infringement related to mobile wagering technology.
#microsoft-openai-dispute
Tech industry
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Grab Your Betrayal-Themed Popcorn Buckets, Because Microsoft Is Threatening to Sue OpenAI

Microsoft is considering suing OpenAI over a $50 billion deal to offer OpenAI's Frontier model on Amazon Web Services, claiming it violates their exclusivity agreement requiring all API calls route through Microsoft Azure.
Tech industry
fromTechzine Global
2 weeks ago

Microsoft is considering legal action against OpenAI and Amazon

Microsoft threatens legal action against OpenAI and Amazon over a $50 billion AWS deal that allegedly violates Microsoft's exclusive cloud provider agreement with OpenAI.
Tech industry
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Grab Your Betrayal-Themed Popcorn Buckets, Because Microsoft Is Threatening to Sue OpenAI

Microsoft is considering suing OpenAI over a $50 billion deal to offer OpenAI's Frontier model on Amazon Web Services, claiming it violates their exclusivity agreement requiring all API calls route through Microsoft Azure.
Tech industry
fromTechzine Global
2 weeks ago

Microsoft is considering legal action against OpenAI and Amazon

Microsoft threatens legal action against OpenAI and Amazon over a $50 billion AWS deal that allegedly violates Microsoft's exclusive cloud provider agreement with OpenAI.
Law
fromAbove the Law
3 days ago

Why Realistic Scenarios Matter More Than More AI - Above the Law

Legal AI effectiveness relies on rich, realistic scenarios rather than sheer volume or speed of responses.
#uspto
Intellectual property law
fromKotaku
2 days ago

Nintendo Loses Yet Another Battle In Its Pokemon Patent Trolling

Nintendo's patent on character summoning has been rejected by a U.S. patent examiner, marking a significant setback for the company.
Law
fromSan Jose Inside
6 days ago

Walgreens Arees To Pay $6M To Settle Consumer Protection Lawsuit

Walgreens will pay $6 million to settle allegations of overcharging and selling expired drugs in California.
#copyright
fromPatently-O
3 days ago

Disclosed but Still Secret? The Federal Circuit Weighs Patent Publications Against Trade Secret Claims

The technology at issue is a subcutaneous cosmetic penile implant, a silicone sleeve placed between the skin and 'Buck's fascia' to enhance girth and length.
Intellectual property law
Intellectual property law
fromFuturism
1 week ago

Meta's Big Court Defeat Has Huge Implications for Lawsuits Against the AI Industry

Meta and YouTube lost a landmark trial over social media addiction, impacting their platforms and potentially affecting AI companies as well.
fromThe IP Law Blog
1 week ago

The Briefing: The Sound of a Lawsuit - David Greene vs Google NotebookLM

David Greene's lawsuit against Google centers on the NotebookLM tool, which utilizes an AI-generated voice that closely resembles his own, raising critical legal questions.
Intellectual property law
#copyright-infringement
Intellectual property law
fromRAIN News
2 weeks ago

BMG brings infringement lawsuit to Anthropic over AI training

BMG Rights Management accuses Anthropic of illegally using song lyrics to train its AI chatbot, seeking damages for copyright infringement.
Intellectual property law
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

The dictionary sues OpenAI | TechCrunch

Encyclopedia Britannica sued OpenAI for massive copyright infringement, alleging unauthorized scraping of nearly 100,000 articles to train ChatGPT and generating verbatim reproductions of its content.
Intellectual property law
fromRAIN News
2 weeks ago

BMG brings infringement lawsuit to Anthropic over AI training

BMG Rights Management accuses Anthropic of illegally using song lyrics to train its AI chatbot, seeking damages for copyright infringement.
Intellectual property law
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

The dictionary sues OpenAI | TechCrunch

Encyclopedia Britannica sued OpenAI for massive copyright infringement, alleging unauthorized scraping of nearly 100,000 articles to train ChatGPT and generating verbatim reproductions of its content.
Intellectual property law
fromComputerworld
2 weeks ago

Music giant BMG sues Anthropic over AI training

BMG sued Anthropic for training Claude AI models on copyrighted song lyrics from torrent sites without authorization, citing 493 instances of copyright infringement.
Intellectual property law
fromEngadget
2 weeks ago

Adobe agrees to pay settlement for making its subscriptions hard to cancel

Adobe settled a DOJ and FTC lawsuit for $75 million over deceptive subscription cancellation practices and hidden early termination fees.
Intellectual property law
fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

Adobe settles DOJ cancellation fee lawsuit, will pay $75 million penalty

Adobe settled a DOJ lawsuit for $75 million over hidden cancellation fees that violated consumer protection laws requiring easy subscription cancellation.
Intellectual property law
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Adobe will pay $75 million to settle US cancellation fee lawsuit

Adobe will pay $75 million to resolve a US government lawsuit alleging deceptive subscription cancellation practices and hidden termination fees.
Intellectual property law
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Grammarly's AI tool mimicked experts without their consent. Now it's being sued

Grammarly's Expert Review tool used real people's likenesses without consent to provide writing suggestions, prompting a class action lawsuit over unauthorized use of professional writers' identities and expertise.
Intellectual property law
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

Metadata company Gracenote is the latest to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

Gracenote sues OpenAI for unauthorized use of its entertainment metadata and data framework without licensing or compensation.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

From Boilerplate To Architecture: How AI Broke The Monolithic IP Clause - Above the Law

AI systems expose fundamental flaws in traditional IP indemnity clauses, requiring contract drafters to address layered, context-dependent risks that cannot be covered by single catch-all promises.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 month ago

AI and Copyright: How Lessons from Litigation Can Pave the Way to Licensing

As the AI revolution accelerates and continues to reshape traditional business models, it has triggered a cascade of new legal, regulatory and policy challenges. At the forefront of these emerging issues are a growing number of high-stakes legal battles between content creators and major Generative AI (GenAI) companies behind large language models (LLMs). This article examines key legal themes and critical questions arising from recent developments at the intersection of AI and Copyright law.
Intellectual property law
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Autodesk is suing Google over the name of its Flow AI videomaker

Autodesk first introduced Flow in 2022 as a cloud-based platform for filmmakers and other creators. It has since rolled out products under the Flow umbrella, including Flow Studio, which uses AI to transform live-action footage into 3D scenes. After Google launched its AI-powered Flow app in May 2025, Autodesk claims it asked the tech giant to stop using the "Flow" name. Google allegedly responded by saying it would market the product as "Google Flow - rather than just "Flow."
Intellectual property law
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