GameStop CEO's eBay account reinstated following takeover PR stunt Ryan Cohen briefly banned after bootstrapping cash ostensibly to buy the auction site
Viva la revolución: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb GDPR Article 15 doesn't care if you want to make money by selling users' data back to them
Just in time for Labour Day, China makes it illegal to fire humans if AI takes their jobs PLUS: Samsung cashes in on RAM prices; Booze from space fetches huge price; China's hyperscalers surge
Databricks can't seem to shake authors' copyright claim that could result in 'extraordinary' damages Authors say it acquired an LLM that was trained on their copyrighted data, and judge keeps asking for more info
Cloudera had US candidates send resumes to a fake email address, DoJ charges PERM filings require employers to show American workers had a fair shot at the role
Australia threatens tech companies with 2.25 percent tax if they don’t pay publishers Last time an idea like this came up, Meta packed up its toys and went home
South Africa yanks AI policy after AI-assisted drafting invents citations Eish shame man! Maybe you shouldn't ask AI to set the rules for AI use?
Linux may get a hall pass from one state age-check bill, but Congress plays hall monitor Colorado amendments could exempt open source OSes, code repos, and containers
UK tribunal sends £2B claim accusing Microsoft of overcharging for licensing to trial Legal action claims tech giant charges more for Windows Server when it's not on Azure
England's school phone ban gets teeth, just in time to bite no one 90% of schools already compliant, but at least now there's paperwork
Americans who masterminded Nork IT worker fraud sentenced to 200 months behind bars Fortune 500 companies and one US defense contractor got taken for $5m in four-year scam
Indian government investigating TCS after police sting finds sexual harassment Services giant’s staff accused of assaults, inappropriate religious practices
California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, EFF says Proposed law could lock down open source tools and give vendors fresh reasons to inspect print files
IBM becomes first company to pay up under Trump administration's diversity blitz Didn't admit liability, will cough $17M, still fighting age discrimination cases
What happened when AI ran into the cold hard reality of the legal profession Hallucinations don't fly in a court of law
Tech support chap's boss got him out of jail so he could finish a job The right person for the job didn't have the right passport for the job
Japan relaxes privacy laws to make itself the ‘easiest country to develop AI’ Opting out of personal data use won't be an option because Minister says that's a 'very big obstacle' to AI adoption
Surprise! Big Tech has been a bit rubbish at enforcing Australia’s kids social media ban Regulator ‘moving into an enforcement stance’ and investigating Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat as millions continue to doomscroll
China's not thrilled its AI experts want to leave the country Urges scientists to avoid major conference, and looks unkindly on Meta's Manus acquisition
EFF has a new boss to lead the fight against privacy-sucking forces of doom Cyber rights org retools for the days of AI and unrestrained government
If you love your boss, imagine how much more you'll love their AI twin Digital twins of leaders may be plausible as novelty acts, but not really welcome
FBI director leaves open the possibility that it's buying location data again Kash Patel says the FBI uses all the tools it has to accomplish its mission - even if those tools are questionable
ChatGPT advised exec on how to fire Subnautica founders to avoid payout, court ruling says The law is the law, no matter who tells you to break it
EU legal eagle says banks should refund cybercrime victims first, argue later Advocate General urges rethink of PSD2 to speed compensation after scams
Lenovo, Nintendo sue US government seeking tariff refunds Tech-adjacent Dyson, Epson, and Whoop also have a crack
Google embraces third party app stores and payments to put Epic Games case behind it Lower app store fees are on the way, plus an on-ramp for third party digital bazaars
Chat at your own risk! Data brokers are selling deeply personal bot transcripts AI conversations for sale include sensitive health and legal details
Popular prayer program becomes propaganda pusher after reported Israeli hack Iranian worshippers got notifications saying 'help has arrived'
China’s ‘The US hacks itself to make us look bad’ theorists return with a crypto conspiracy Apparently Uncle Sam busted Binance to shore up the dollar, balance the budget, and achieve world domination
Microsoft 'cooperating' with Japanese antitrust probe It looks like the same cloudy software licenses that offend Europe may be in play – along with a cute little monster
ICE watchers say agents used software to threaten and follow them home 'This is a warning. We know you live right here'
SerpApi says Google is the pot calling the kettle black when it comes to scraping 'The DMCA was not designed to create walled gardens for tech giants'
Qualcomm set to triumph in UK smartphone ‘patent tax’ case Consumer group Which? brought the case and now plans to bail after court indicated it would lose
Gemini lies to user about health info, says it wanted to make him feel better Though commonly reported, Google doesn't consider it a security problem when models make things up
Infosec exec sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, says DoJ PLUS: Fake ransomware group exposed; EC blesses Google's big Wiz deal; Alleged sewage hacker cuffed; And more
Starlink speeds past terrestrial networks – and regulators Low-earth orbit broadband is a no-brainer for remote area connectivity, but a brain teaser for lawmakers and networkers
AI can predict your future salary based on your photo, boffins claim Academics look at problematic algorithm to inform regulatory discussion
Indian police commissioner wants ID cards for AI agents PLUS: China broadens cryptocurrency crackdown; Australian facial recognition privacy revisited; Singapore debuts electric VTOL; and more!
Ghost gun legislation casts shadow over 3D printing Proposed bills in New York and elsewhere threaten makers, Adafruit says
UK to properly probe xAI to test if its revolting robo-smut generator broke the law As Spain announces stern laws for social media, and Elon Musk’s response shows regulators keep looking his way
Ex-Googler nailed for stealing AI secrets for Chinese startups Network access from China and side hustle as AI upstart CEO aroused suspicion
ICE knocks on ad tech’s data door to see what it knows about you Agency looks to understand the extent of identifying information available to its masked agents
Nudify app proliferation shows naked ambition of Apple and Google Researchers with the Tech Transparency Project found all sorts of apps that let users create fake non-consensual nudes of real people
Ofcom probes Meta over WhatsApp info it was legally required to provide UK watchdog investigates accuracy of data handed over for SMS market review
Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages Its very own Snooper’s Charter comes a month after proposed biometric tech expansion
UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about its struggle to spot illegal ads Labels Zuck’s ad library ‘a window into criminality’ and the Social Network as ‘happy to turn a blind eye’
Akamai CEO wants help to defeat piracy, reckons he can handle edge AI alone OG CDN boss says fighting illegal streams is about stopping criminals cashing in, not free speech
CrowdStrike shareholders lose battle to recoup losses from 2024 outage Investors didn't present a valid claim, says judge, but they're welcome to try again
Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine Labels Rome's comms regulator ‘a quasi-judicial body’ that works on behalf of ‘shadowy, European media cabal’
Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut PLUS: Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more!
UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence Ministers promise equivalent standards just without the legal obligation
Ministry of Justice splurged £50M on security – still missed Legal Aid Agency cyberattack High-risk system compromised long before intrusion was finally spotted
EU won't scrap tech regs just because Washington dislikes them US trade body threatens software and services market access unless European approach changes
Google sends Dark Web Report to its dead services graveyard PLUS: Texas sues alleged TV spies; The Cloud is full of holes; Hospital leaked its own data; And more
X sues to protect Twitter brand Musk has been trying to kill Lawsuit concedes the bird is still the word for many
Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy Minister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech
Reddit sues Australia to exempt itself from kids social media ban Forum site says it’s potentially more harmful to users who don’t log in
Crypto-crasher Do Kwon jailed for 15 years over $40bn UST bust Judge said his fraud was on 'epic, generational scale'
European cloud trade group says EU should have blocked VMware-Broadcom merger Org argues that the approval process was flawed and regulators should have known better
Users report chaos as Legal Aid Agency stumbles back online after cyberattack Workers frustrated with security-first changes to workflows and teething issues
Australia bans teens from social media, but nobody thinks it'll really work Still, the ban has reset expectations and may reduce harm, and that’s kind of enough
Care leavers mired in red tape trying to get their own records UK data watchdog demands public sector improves subject access request processing
Publishers say no to AI scrapers, block bots at server level The open web is closing down for unwanted automated traffic
ICE-tracking app developer sues Trump admin after Apple spikes the software Suit argues forcing Apple to remove app, and threatening dev with legal action is a First Amendment violation
Judge hints Vizio TV buyers may have rights to source code licensed under GPL Tentative ruling signals a potential win for SFC’s copyleft enforcement push
EU metes out first-ever Digital Services Act fine, dings X for blue check deception TikTok, by contrast, satisfied DSA concerns over its ad repository transparency
Lawyer's 6-year-old son uses AI to build copyright infringement generator Rights holders had better buckle up for years of legal wrangling, IP lawyer tells The Reg
MAGA cognoscenti warn feds away from shielding AI infringers Letting AI firms train on copyrighted data will end up helping China, conservative groups argue
