X settles multiyear ad lawsuit with World Federation of Advertisers
X, Elon Musk's social media platform, has settled its multiyear legal battle with advertising trade group the World Federation of Advertisers over a boycott dispute.
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621 storiesMCP startup Runlayer sues Rippling, alleging stolen product idea
Runlayer, a Model Context Protocol gateway startup, sued HR software company Rippling, alleging Rippling used insider access from a year-long product trial to build a near-identical clone.
Waymo, robotaxi operators face new bill over emergency response gaps
Rep. Kevin Mullin is set to introduce a bill this week to set national safety standards for autonomous vehicles after incidents of robotaxis blocking ambulances and fire trucks.
eBay agrees to pay $56M in newsletter-couple harassment case
eBay and several former executives agreed to pay $56 million to settle a civil suit from a couple the company's ex-employees targeted in a 2019 harassment campaign.
Amodei denies Anthropic ever pushed to ban open-weight models
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Monday his company has never advocated banning open-weight AI models, though he still views China's authoritarian government as a distinct danger.
Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam cost users $1.8M
Three plaintiffs are suing Apple, alleging App Store security failures let them download a fraudulent crypto wallet app that cost them more than $1.8 million combined.
Warner Bros. sues Amazon over alleged poaching of executives
Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Amazon, alleging the company induced contracted executives — including HBO Max marketing exec Pia Barlow — to breach their employment agreements.
Kalshi demands Netflix pull trailer over Nevada betting claim
Prediction market Kalshi sent Netflix a cease-and-desist letter on Friday, calling the trailer for its upcoming "Prediction Games" documentary defamatory and demanding Netflix take it down.
VW engineers charged with insider trading over Rivian stake
U.S. prosecutors have charged two Volkswagen engineers with securities fraud, alleging they used confidential knowledge of VW's Rivian joint venture to make more than $300,000 in illegal profits.
US charges American with wiping phone using 'duress' password
The U.S. Justice Department has charged Atlanta man Samuel Tunick with allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' passcode during a border search, thought to be the first case.
India's takedown notice against Bitchat opens a fight over open-source law
An apparent notice from India's Ministry of Home Affairs directed GitHub to restrict three Bitchat repositories within three hours, and digital-rights groups question its legal basis.
AI industry warns against broad limits on open-weight models
Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, and Nvidia signed a letter urging policymakers not to broadly restrict open-weight AI as Washington weighs a response to alleged Chinese IP theft.
Rivian sues US government for a full refund of Trump tariffs
Rivian filed suit against the US government seeking a full refund of tariffs the Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional, joining a wave of companies pursuing similar claims.
AI guardrails meant to stop hackers now block researchers
AI labs' strict guardrails against malicious hacking are increasingly frustrating the legitimate offensive-security researchers who probe systems for flaws before criminals do.
Tesla's door handles push US regulators toward new rules
US safety regulators have opened a rule-making process on emergency door releases after a series of incidents, including fatal ones, involving Tesla's flush electronic door handles.
Treasury threatens sanctions over Moonshot's alleged AI distillation
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said sanctions remain possible after a White House official accused Chinese AI company Moonshot of improperly distilling Anthropic's Fable model.
Social media addiction lawsuit against Meta is dropped
A Florida teenager dropped his social media addiction lawsuit against Meta without receiving any payment, a day after Snap reached a tentative settlement in the same case.
US threatens sanctions on Chinese AI models over IP theft
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. will examine open-source Chinese AI models for intellectual-property theft and could sanction the companies behind them if theft is established.
Snap settles child-safety lawsuit, leaving Meta the last holdout
Snap has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging social media harms children, following similar deals by TikTok and YouTube and leaving Meta as the only remaining defendant.
UK scraps digital ID card scheme, redirects savings to energy bills
Incoming UK prime minister Andy Burnham has confirmed his government is scrapping a controversial digital ID card scheme, redirecting the savings toward a tax cut aimed at lowering household electricity bills.