One of Meta’s big legal reckonings just ended in a settlement
One of Meta's big legal reckonings just ended in a settlement After back-to-back losses in trials grappling with its impact on teens’ mental health, Meta just settled what was supposed to be its next legal battle with Kentucky’s Breathitt County School District. Google’s YouTube, Snap, and TikTok all recently settled similar claims brought by the […]
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch series
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch series “Hey chat, are billionaires cooked?” | Photo by kena betancur / AFP via Getty Images New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a streaming series on Twitch, in which he’ll respond to questions the public have submitted via the chat, Polygon reports. The series is […]
Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people
Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people The tech trial of the year, Musk v. Altman, was ultimately a fight for control. Elon Musk argued that Sam Altman, with whom he helped found the now-massive company OpenAI, shouldn’t direct the future of AI. Altman’s lawyers, in turn, poked at Musk’s […]
All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI
All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman's battle over OpenAI Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to […]
Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle suit over harm to students
Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle suit over harm to students Schools say social media is hurting grades and creating a mental health crisis. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Snap, YouTube, and TikTok have settled the first lawsuit of its kind, alleging that social media addiction has cost public schools massive amounts of money, […]
Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag?
Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag? The T1 Phone has the wrong number of stripes, but it does at least have 50 stars. | Screenshot: Trump Mobile Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the […]
X is fighting Andrew Tate’s attempt to unmask his critics
X is fighting Andrew Tate's attempt to unmask his critics X is fighting for its users’ right to anonymity against the far-right influencers and accused human traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are seeking to unmask their online critics. The Tate brothers filed suit against the owners of more than a dozen social media accounts […]
X agrees to crack down on illegal hate and terror content in the UK
X agrees to crack down on illegal hate and terror content in the UK British online safety regulator Ofcom says it has accepted new commitments from X that aim to better protect UK users from seeing illegal hate and terror content on the platform. Under the agreement announced today, X says it will withhold access […]
Linux devs are fighting the new age-gated internet
Linux devs are fighting the new age-gated internet In January, Colorado lawmakers introduced a proposal to make operating systems collect users’ ages and pass them to app developers. The bill, SB26-051, had clearly been designed for commercial platforms like iOS and Android – one of numerous plans to age-gate the internet through users’ devices. It […]
Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard
Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard An interactive map tracking data center construction and AI policy, built by Isabelle Reksopuro. When Oregon resident Isabelle Reksopuro heard Google was gobbling up public land to fuel its data centers in her home state, she didn’t initially know what to believe. “There’s a […]