“These events illustrate the need for rapid characterization of anomalous events to enable clarity of the operating environment,” it said. […]
Tag: Policy
Sweaty, glassy-eyed Tiger Woods blames cell phone use for his car crash
Woods blamed his cell phone use, though it sounds like he had actually been messing with both his phone and […]
OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says
“An OkCupid spokeswoman said Clarifai contacted the company in 2014 ‘about collaborating to determine if they could build unbiased AI […]
Costco sued for seeking refunds on tariffs customers paid
Customers are hoping that consumer protection laws will require Costco to refund money they paid due to tariffs. The proposed […]
Judge halts Nexstar/Tegna merger after FCC let firms exceed TV ownership limit
“Defendants also do not contest Plaintiff’s assertion that in the 16 [market areas] in which Nexstar or Tegna has a […]
Authors’ lucky break in court may help class action over Meta torrenting
Judge gave authors an easier attack on Meta’s torrenting. Meta hopes SCOTUS ruling will block it. Looks like Meta is […]
Trump convenes “God Squad” to override Endangered Species Act, up oil production
Administration wants to exempt all federally regulated offshore oil from protections. Aerial view of an oil production platform in the […]
Judge irate as defendant joins by Zoom while driving—then lies about it
“The seatbelt’s coming out of the driver’s side,” the judge noted. “Now you’re lying to me, right?” “No, I’m not, […]
AV1’s open, royalty-free promise in question as Dolby sues Snapchat over codec
Besides Dolby, InterDigital is also suing over AV1 [PDF] and is accusing some Amazon Fire streaming devices of infringing on […]
Hegseth, Trump had no authority to order Anthropic to be blacklisted, judge says
“I don’t know”: Department of War fails to justify blacklisting Anthropic. “Classic First Amendment retaliation.” That’s how US District Judge […]
