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Regulation, antitrust, privacy and the widening negotiation between Washington and the technology industry, from The Silicon Ledger.
An FBI investigation has led to the arrest of a Customs and Border Protection supervisor in Maine who allegedly stole Intel 14th Generation processors, RAM, and hard drives from Department of Homeland Security computers and sold them through Newegg's trade-in program.
A crowdsourced documentation effort has identified dozens of instances where Sony explicitly uses ownership terminology when describing digital games, directly contradicting the company's legal argument that consumers shouldn't reasonably expect to own their purchases.
A three-judge appellate panel has struck down the Department of Energy's use of emergency powers to keep a Michigan coal plant operating, finding no legitimate crisis to justify the intervention.
Governor Newsom signed a slate of 12 bills targeting online child safety, including measures the Electronic Frontier Foundation backs for teaching digital skills alongside a social media ban the group opposes.
A lawyer in New Mexico has been held in contempt of court and referred to a disciplinary board after filing a brief containing fabricated witness testimony generated by ChatGPT, raising questions about attorney responsibility when using AI tools.
Sam Altman has indicated the company may be open to slowing work on its most powerful systems, potentially in coordination with rival labs, as OpenAI navigates competing pressures between safety concerns and engineering velocity.
Ring's new Throw Away the Key Encryption (TAKE) system limits how long the company holds decryption keys, but security experts say the approach still leaves significant privacy gaps compared to genuine end-to-end encryption.
A joint operation by British, Norwegian, and U.S. forces uncovered a Russian military drill simulating attacks on critical submarine infrastructure in Arctic waters this spring.
