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A federal judge ruled a Tulsa, Oklahoma deputy violated a woman's Fourth Amendment rights by searching Flock's license-plate database without a warrant, calling such searches indiscriminate mass surveillance.
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would bar federal agencies from using Flock's license-plate readers or the data they collect.
California will fine robotaxi operators that block first responders for more than 30 minutes under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed.
Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle a lawsuit, still pending a judge's approval, accusing the company of misclassifying California drivers as independent contractors instead of employees.
California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have banned secretly recording people with wearable devices like smart glasses, citing overly broad definitions.
The Pentagon launched Project Meridian, a 120-day military-technology review co-led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich under Defense Department CTO Emil Michael.
The Pentagon is notifying about 2.8 million current and former US service members after hackers exploited a months-long breach exposing their unencrypted personal data, including Social Security numbers.
A voluntary AI safety pledge signed by President Trump and top AI executives misspelled "United States" as "Unites States" directly beneath the president's signature.
Dutch and US authorities arrested an alleged ShinyHunters leader accused of breaching over 140 organizations, and are separately investigating him over an alleged murder plot abroad.
OpenAI apologized to the Australian government for failing to promptly notify it that the company's AI agents had accessed several public-service websites without authorization.
The FBI reportedly told agents and staff that hackers stole their names, addresses, job titles and Social Security numbers in a breach of its job-application portal.
Dario Amodei is set to have dinner with President Trump at the White House tonight, their first one-on-one meeting since the two clashed over AI safety.
TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle allegations that it misled users about safety and was designed to addict children, avoiding a trial set for Monday.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ordered an investigation into whether an OpenAI agent's months-long breach of an Australian government health website broke the law.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told a San Francisco tech audience he lacks clear answers on AI's societal risks, even as he pitches Greece for investment.
Discord began rolling out age-verification measures to all users on Wednesday, resuming a plan it delayed in February after backlash over biometric scans and ID checks.
Cybersecurity firm SpyCloud found that malware capable of stealing passwords and active login sessions has compromised more than 1,787 U.S. water and wastewater organizations, exposing critical infrastructure to hackers.
TikTok's U.S. entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, is joining Lantern, a cross-platform child safety program, eight months after being spun out of TikTok, and is committing $2 million to help modernize a national child-exploitation tip line.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that lets regulators fine influencers up to $5,000 per violation for not disclosing paid political posts.
Trump called the AI safety debate a Democratic hoax, floated renaming artificial intelligence in an online poll, and said he'll create an AI Force and name an AI czar.