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Software — Legal — August 13th, 2026

Donald Trump is sued for putting a $100,000 paywall on his Truth Social posts
Turning a sitting president's official posts into a five-figure monthly subscription is a novel test of whether government speech can be paywalled at all.
August 13th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — August 12th, 2026

French Publishers Challenge Google AI Search Over Content Licensing
French publishers are asking France's competition watchdog to decide whether Google AI Overviews and AI Mode must be negotiated separately from existing publisher licensing agreements.
August 12th, 2026 — Source

Meta faces 29 states in the biggest youth social media trial yet, with $1.4 trillion at stake
The long legal reckoning over social media and childhood is about to have its biggest day in court.
August 12th, 2026 — Source

Meta meets its own 'tobacco' moment as jury selection kicks off trial
Jury selection kicked off Wednesday in a California courtroom where Instagram and Facebook owner Meta will defend itself against allegations of harming children in a new trial that experts describe as social media's Big Tobacco moment.
August 12th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — August 7th, 2026

Meta fined $567 million in landmark ruling that will see teen accounts restricted
A New Mexico trial against Meta has ordered it to introduce more child safety features in the state, and has slapped it with $942 million in fines.
August 7th, 2026 — Source

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case
A New Mexico Court judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay a fine of $567 million, on top of the $375 million levied in March, in a case regarding social media harms and addiction. This brings the total fines the company has to pay to $942 million.
August 7th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — July 29th, 2026

Microsoft faces competition probe over Copilot subscription price hike
Watchdog asks whether customers were clearly told how to avoid the costlier AI-equipped plans
July 29th, 2026 — Source

UK regulator probes whether Microsoft misled 365 customers over Copilot price rises
The CMA is investigating how Microsoft raised subscription prices and folded in its AI assistant, and whether customers were told clearly enough.
July 29th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — July 27th, 2026

Lawsuits Target Discord And Meta Over Defective Product Designs
Discord and Meta are facing new legal battles that take a completely different approach to holding tech companies accountable. Instead of suing these companies for the harmful content people post online, families and legal teams are arguing that the apps themselves are legally defective products. This strategy tries to bypass older internet laws that usually protect social platforms from being responsible for what their users say, focusing instead on how the software is built and designed.
July 27th, 2026 — Source or Source

Microsoft seeks Supreme Court lifeline in pre-owned license battle
£270M ValueLicensing case remains mostly paused while Redmond pursues permission to appeal
July 27th, 2026 — Source

Open-weight AI on Kubernetes: A Developer's Guide to vLLM versus KubeAI
Deploying open-weight AI models on Kubernetes has shifted from experimental to expected. This guide addresses the central question of what sits between model weights and the cluster—comparing vLLM as a high-performance inference engine, KubeAI as a Kubernetes-native model management layer, and how they work together on GKE.
July 27th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — July 24th, 2026

Google breaks Alibaba's record for Europe's largest DMA fine
€890 million slap -- just 0.25% of revenue -- for making itself the subject of search results, and hiding app store alternatives
July 24th, 2026 — Source

Meta wins dismissal of WhatsApp privacy suit as judge questions whistleblower detai
The ruling found insufficient detail about the whistleblowers' knowledge but did not call the case frivolous, denied Meta's request for sanctions, and gave plaintiffs until August to refile
July 24th, 2026 — Source

Why Meta Escaped a Landmark Social Media Lawsuit
Meta avoided a closely watched social media addiction trial after the plaintiff dropped the remaining claim, leaving broader questions over platform design unresolved.
July 24th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — July 22nd, 2026

Council worker spared prison after four-day data-snooping spree
Herefordshire employee handed suspended sentence for breach of Computer Misuse Act
July 22nd, 2026 — Source

New EU Court of Justice Ruling on Platform Liability Could Cause Collateral Damage to Freedom of Expression
Intermediary liability laws around the world recognize that social media platforms, search engines, and other online service providers have become an integral part of our lives: they shape how we access information, communicate with others and participate in public debate, and foster innovation online. These laws generally shield platforms, to varying degrees, from legal liability for user content: the responsibility for unlawful speech should rest primarily with the speaker, not with those who merely host it.
July 22nd, 2026 — Source

Social media addiction lawsuit against Meta is dropped
A day after Snap tentatively settled with the plaintiff in a social media addiction lawsuit, leaving Meta as the only remaining defendant, the case has been dropped. In a statement, Meta said the plaintiff chose to drop his case against Meta without receiving any payment.
July 22nd, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — July 16th, 2026

Google Hit With New Copyright Lawsuit Over Gemini AI Training
Publishers and author Scott Turow sued Google, alleging it used copyrighted books and articles to train Gemini without permission.
July 16th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — July 11th, 2026

OpenAI Responds After Being Sued by Apple
OpenAI has responded after being sued by Apple over alleged theft of the iPhone maker's trade secrets.
July 11th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — July 10th, 2026

EU says Facebook and Instagram's 'addictive' design is illegal
The European Commission says Meta's current mitigation measures can't prevent social media addiction.
July 10th, 2026 — Source or Source

Software — Legal — July 2nd, 2026

Google lost its appeal against the EU's record €4.1 billion antitrust fine
After eight years in limbo, the fine will stand.
July 2nd, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — June 23rd, 2026

$4B iCloud class action suit gets OK to proceed to U.K. court
Class-action lawsuit accusing Apple of "steering" users is seemingly headed to trial.
June 23rd, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — June 22nd, 2026

Getty Images soars after striking a deal with the kind of company it sued
Shares jumped around 200% after Getty agreed to supply licensed pictures to ChatGPT, a sharp turn for a firm that spent years fighting AI in court.
June 22nd, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — June 20th, 2026

You Might Be Eligible for a Payment From Google's $135M Data Settlement. How to File a Claim
Make sure you file your claim for payment from Google's nationwide Android settlement by Tuesday.
June 20th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — June 19th, 2026

Meta wants a child safety bill rewritten to shield it from lawsuits over harm to kids
Meta and Google already lost their first child safety trial this year, with $6 million in damages
June 19th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — June 16th, 2026

Microsoft faces down sueball, capacity problems in series of challenges
Misleading statements about Copilot and AI? Surely not!
June 16th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — June 15th, 2026

Courts cracking down on error-strewn AI-assisted legal briefs
When a U.S. judge found fabricated quotes in a lawyer's brief earlier this year, the attorney admitted he had used Claude, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to write the document.
June 15th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — June 10th, 2026

German court holds Google liable for false AI Overview answers
A recent study found that these recaps regularly provide incorrect information and contain facts not supported by cited sources.
June 10th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — June 8th, 2026

Meta is dragging NSO back to court, saying the spyware firm never stopped targeting WhatsApp
A year after winning a permanent injunction against the maker of Pegasus, Meta says it has foiled fresh NSO phishing attacks and is filing for contempt.
June 8th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — June 5th, 2026

Capita £370M bid 40% under UK.gov estimate for Oracle HR and finance system project, court case reveals
Cost model designed to protect against low-cost bid bias, claims rival
June 5th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — May 28th, 2026

AI is causing a massive headache for Linux and laying the groundwork for legal issues
Linus Torvalds shifts stance on automated tools as the flood of unverified AI patches creates a development bottleneck for Linux 7.1.
May 28th, 2026 — Source

CNN sues Perplexity over 'verbatim' copycat articles
Perplexity is accused of scraping CNN's work without permission and providing users with content locked behind its paywall.
May 28th, 2026 — Source

Google engineer accused of turning Year in Search secrets into Polymarket payday
Feds say insider used confidential search trend data to score $1.2M in prediction market profits
May 28th, 2026 — Source

Google's $135M Android Privacy Settlement: Who May Be Eligible
Google's $135 million Android settlement could pay eligible US users who used Android devices with cellular data since November 2017.
May 28th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — May 24th, 2026

AI's new cottage industry: Lawyers defending students accused of cheating
Faced with terrifying stakes, some students pay a lawyer to help with their defense.
May 24th, 2026 — Source

Could anything but profit steer AI? The OpenAI trial offered clues but no verdict
The trial pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made clear the two billionaires agreed on one thing: building artificial intelligence would require significant resources—and enormous amounts of money.
May 24th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — May 22nd, 2026

Meta settles bellwether Kentucky case, ending first school-district trial over youth mental health
The Breathitt County settlement closes the trial that had been set for June 12 in Oakland. Roughly 1,200 similar school-district suits sit behind it.
May 22nd, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — May 18th, 2026

Google's much-improved app icons are rolling out now
The old icons had very little to visually differentiate them.
May 18th, 2026 —

Etzioni on AI: Don't let the OpenAI soap opera hide the precedent
We are watching a courtroom drama in Oakland made for motion pictures. Elon Musk versus Sam Altman, a dramatic firing and reinstatement, the CEO of Microsoft testifying about who was "the adult in the room.&uot; The spectacle is keeping our eyes on the courtroom. Yet the reckoning, when it comes, will have to come from Washington, D.C.
May 18th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — May 15th, 2026

Closing arguments in blockbuster trial pitting Musk against OpenAI
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI presented closing arguments Thursday in a blockbuster trial where the verdict could hobble ChatGPT's parent company in the breakneck race for AI supremacy.
May 15th, 2026 —

Federal judge holds back on Anthropic's $1.5bn author settlement
A federal judge in San Francisco wanted more detail on lawyers' fees and lead-plaintiff payments before signing off on what would be the largest copyright settlement in US history.
May 15th, 2026 — Source

The Musk versus Altman trial: What happens next
A jury deliberates OpenAI's future. But the judge has the final say.
May 15th, 2026 — Source

X is fighting Andrew Tate's attempt to unmask his critics
It's a bizarre battle among far-right figures.
May 15th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — May 14th, 2026

Altman tells court Musk demanded 90% of OpenAI before storming out
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the stand Tuesday in a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, becoming one of the final witnesses in a three-week trial placing two of the tech industry's most powerful figures in direct legal conflict. Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person and an early OpenAI co-founder, has sued Altman, OpenAI president Greg Brockman, and Microsoft, alleging they betrayed the lab's founding nonprofit mission and enriched themselves by converting it into a for-profit enterprise.
May 14th, 2026 — Source

How companies weaponize the terms of service against you
Brendan Ballou discusses his new book on the rise, and hopefully fall, of forced arbitration.
May 14th, 2026 — Source

UK antitrust regulator is officially investigating Microsoft Office
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will officially begin a strategic market status investigation into Microsoft this month. The organization will examine whether the bundling of Windows, Word, Excel, Teams, Copilot and related Office products is uncompetitive.
May 14th, 2026 — Source

UK begins antitrust inquiry into Microsoft's business software ecosystem
Brit regulator has 'heard' customers can't always 'effectively combine software from Microsoft with that of other providers'
May 14th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — May 11th, 2026

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 benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead.
May 11th, 2026 — Source

Microsoft feared that OpenAI might jump to Amazon and badmouth Azure "on the way out" — internal emails revealed in court
High-profile Microsoft execs panicked over OpenAI's $300M cloud bill and possible move to AWS, according to court documents.
May 11th, 2026 — Source

OpenAI sued by spouse of FSU shooting victim
The spouse of a Florida State University mass shooting victim is suing OpenAI, accusing the company of providing the alleged shooter with "input and assistance." The lawsuit was filed by Vandana Joshi; Tiru Chabba was one of two university employees that was killed during the April 2025 event which left seven others injured.
May 11th, 2026 — Source

Sony's failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits
Cable firm Cox's Supreme Court win may help all tech providers, not just ISPs.
May 11th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — May 7th, 2026

Musk's biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
Shivon Zilis' notes might be the most important evidence we've seen so far.
May 7th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — May 4th, 2026

A Chinese court just ruled companies can't fire workers simply because AI can replace them
AI automation is a business choice, not a legal excuse for firing staff
May 4th, 2026 — Source

Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims
Two days before the Elon Musk versus OpenAI trial began last week, Musk texted the model maker's president and co-founder Greg Brockman. Musk suggested to Brockman that OpenAI settle the suit.
May 4th, 2026 — Source

Hands off my trademark! Notepad++ dev threatens legal action against macOS port
It's not the fork that's the problem, it's the attempt to make it look official, says original Notepad++ dev Don Ho
May 4th, 2026 — Source

Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman's court battle over the future of 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 benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead.
May 4th, 2026 — Source

Meta says New Mexico lawsuit could force Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp out of the state
Trial could force Meta to add age verification, kill infinite scroll, and limit encryption for minors
May 4th, 2026 — Source

Musk's "World War III" threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial
OpenAI accuses Musk of trying to "coerce" a settlement days before trial started.
May 4th, 2026 — Source

Utah just passed the first US law targeting VPN use for age verification
A new Utah law assumes websites can detect VPNs and find your real location. They can't.
May 4th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — April 27th, 2026

Musk v. Altman goes to trial in Oakland
A four-week federal case over OpenAI's soul, a diary entry, $150 billion in claimed damages, and the question of whether a nonprofit can become the world's most valuable AI company.
April 27th, 2026 — Source

Microsoft and OpenAI end exclusivity agreement, opening up potential partnerships with Amazon and Google — Microsoft will continue to receive revenue share through 2030
OpenAI has broken Microsoft's containment.
April 27th, 2026 — Source

Microsoft and OpenAI revamp partnership, with trial in Elon Musk suit set to begin
Microsoft and OpenAI announced a major amendment to their partnership Monday morning, just as jury selection began in Elon Musk's landmark lawsuit against both companies in Oakland federal court.
April 27th, 2026 — Source

Microsoft and OpenAI's famed AGI agreement is dead
The two companies' oft-renegotiated deal has become even less exclusive.
April 27th, 2026 — Source

Microsoft and OpenAI's open relationship is now official
No. More. Exclusivity. Redmond keeps the ring until 2032, but OpenAI is free to see other clouds
April 27th, 2026 — Source

OpenAI breaks out of exclusivity agreements in its partnership with Microsoft
The two companies announced an amended partnership that lets OpenAI use other cloud platforms and offer its models to other companies.
April 27th, 2026 — Source

OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps
There have been plenty of rumors about OpenAI's hardware plans, which involve launching a pair of earbuds. A new note from industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that the AI company might be working on a phone in collaboration with MediaTek, Qualcomm, and Luxshare.
April 27th, 2026 — Source

OpenAI goes multi-cloud as Microsoft agreement shifts to non-exclusive
Microsoft and OpenAI have officially amended their long-standing partnership to reflect a shift toward a multi-cloud strategy.
April 27th, 2026 — Source

OpenAI is reportedly working on its own AI smartphone
According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, OpenAI is partnering with MediaTek and Qualcomm to develop its own smartphone for running AI agents.
April 27th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — April 26th, 2026

Brockman's diary called it a lie. Now a jury will hear it.
Jury selection begins Monday in Musk v. Altman, the federal trial over whether OpenAI's nonprofit-to-profit conversion constitutes unjust enrichment and breach of charitable trust. Musk dropped fraud claims Friday to sharpen focus on the two remaining counts. The most damaging evidence is Greg Brockman's 2017 diary entry calling the nonprofit commitment "a lie." Judge Gonzalez Rogers found "ample evidence" and rejected nearly every dismissal attempt. The advisory jury will hear testimony from Musk, Altman, Nadella, Murati, and Sutskever, but the judge alone decides remedies, which could include $150 billion in damages and the unwinding of the conversion.
April 24th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — April 21st, 2026

Ofcom opens formal investigation into Telegram over child sexual abuse concerns
The UK's online safety regulator has opened a formal investigation into Telegram under the Online Safety Act, examining whether the messaging platform has complied with its duties to protect UK users from child sexual abuse material. It is Ofcom's most significant enforcement action against a major messaging platform to date.
April 21st, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — April 13th, 2026

What happened when AI ran into the cold hard reality of the legal profession
Hallucinations don't fly in a court of law
April 13th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — April 9th, 2026

Microsoft software resale appeal catches eye of £3.5B class action
Court of Appeal hearing in ValueLicensing dispute may shape parallel proceedings
April 9th, 2026 — Source

The First Person Has Been Convicted Under a New US Anti-Deepfake Law
Backers of the 2025 Take It Down Act said the conviction of an Ohio man for producing sexually explicit images and video is proof that the law "has teeth."
April 9th, 2026 — Source

YouTubers sue Amazon for allegedly scraping their videos to train Nova Reel
In short: Three YouTube content creators, specifically the company behind H3H3 Productions, a solo golf presenter, and a golf channel, have filed a proposed class action lawsuit in Seattle alleging that Amazon bypassed YouTube's technical protections using virtual machines and rotating IP addresses to scrape their videos without consent, feeding the footage into training datasets for Nova Reel, its generative video AI model available through Amazon Bedrock. The suit invokes the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and is the latest in a series of similar cases the same group has filed against Nvidia, Meta, ByteDance, Snap, OpenAI, and Apple.
April 9th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — April 6th, 2026

Apple moves to take its App Store fight back to the Supreme Court
Apple is preparing to take its App Store fight with Epic Games back to the Supreme Court. In a new filing, the iPhone maker said it plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review another aspect of this long-running case over App Store fees.
April 6th, 2026 — Source

Apple Sued by Three YouTube Channels
Three established YouTube channels have sued Apple, alleging that the company violated the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by unlawfully accessing and scraping millions of copyrighted videos from YouTube to train its AI models.
April 6th, 2026 — Source

Software — Office — April 6th, 2026

Expert maps out more than 80 different Microsoft Copilot products, but there may be more than 100 — 'What happens when you name everything Copilot,' an AI consultant mapped out the myriad products
An artificial intelligence aficionado has unearthed and charted 80 Copilot products that Microsoft has developed and marketed.
April 6th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — April 3rd, 2026

X is using a Supreme Court ruling to try to kill a $250 million music copyright lawsuit
Musk's company says the ruling wipes out the lawsuit's key surviving claim
April 3rd, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — April 2nd, 2026

A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?
Why nuclear options like age limits and repealing Section 230 won't make social media safer.
April 2nd, 2026 — Source or Watch Video

Software — Legal — April 1st, 2026

Australia says Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube are not complying with its child social media ban. Court action may follow.
Three months after Australia became the first country in the world to ban children under 16 from holding social media accounts, its online safety regulator says the platforms are not doing enough to make the ban work. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant released her first compliance report on Tuesday, alleging that Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube have failed to take the "reasonable steps" the law requires to keep young Australians off their services.
April 1st, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — March 31st, 2026

OkCupid settles claims it shared user photos with a facial recognition company
It promised not to misrepresent its policies in the future and didn't admit wrongdoing.
March 31st, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — March 24th, 2026

Jury reaches verdict in social media addiction trial, finds Meta liable for harm to children
Jurors say the company misled users and violated state law, with penalties totaling $375 million
March 24th, 2026 — Source

Meta's reckoning over kids safety is in the hands of two juries
Unfavorable verdicts could cost it billions.
March 24th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — March 22nd, 2026

GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information
Doesn't care if its devices can't be sold in regions that require ID verification.
March 22nd, 2026 — Source

This Lawsuit Against Big Tech Could Change Social Media's Landscape Forever
A 20-year-old woman recently spoke in front of a Los Angeles courtroom about her addiction to social media. She said she started using YouTube at six years old and had an Instagram account by nine. The woman, known only as K.G.M., claims that the way social media platforms' algorithms, autoplays, and other features work led her to become addicted, depressed, and develop body dysmorphia.
March 22nd, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — March 21st, 2026

Broadcom's VMware shake-up triggers EU antitrust complaint by cloud providers
CISPE accuses Broadcom of dismantling VMware's partner program, slashing competition, and forcing smaller European firms out of the market
March 21st, 2026 — Source

Jury signals tech titans on hook for social media addiction
A question by jurors in a landmark social media addiction trial on Friday signaled Meta or YouTube may have to pay for letting a girl get hooked onto their platforms.
March 21st, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — March 18th, 2026

Microsoft is threatening to sue OpenAI over its $50 billion Amazon deal
Microsoft is reportedly considering a lawsuit against Amazon and OpenAI, arguing that their recent $50 billion cloud deal violates its exclusive Azure agreements.
March 18th, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — March 12th, 2026

Grammarly removes AI feature which used real authors' identities, faces class action lawsuit
The AI-powered tool used the names of writers such as Stephen King and bell hooks.
March 12, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — March 5th, 2026

Musk testifies tweet that led to $44 billion lawsuit "may not have been my wisest"
Elon Musk has acknowledged that the tweet at the center of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit over his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter "may not have been my wisest" as the world's richest man defends himself from allegations of market manipulation in court.
March 5, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — March 4th, 2026

A Long-Running AI Copyright Question Gets an Answer as Supreme Court Stays Mum
The man behind the AI-generated image in question reflects on what he calls a "philosophical milestone."
March 4, 2026 — Source

Lawsuit: Google Gemini sent man on violent missions, set suicide "countdown"
Gemini allegedly called man its "husband," said they could be together in death.
March 4, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — March 3rd, 2026

AI-Generated Art Can't Get Copyright Protection, Supreme Court Confirms
The US Supreme Court refused to hear Stephen Thaler's appeal regarding copyright for AI-generated art, specifically his work "A Recent Entrance to Paradise." The decision backs up other rulings from the US Copyright Office and lower courts: human authorship is a requirement for protection.
March 3, 2026 — Source

EFF to Supreme Court: Shut Down Unconstitutional Geofence Searches
Digital Dragnets Violate Fourth Amendment, Brief Argues
March 3, 2026 — Source

Florida woman jailed over massive Microsoft "Genuine" Windows & Office activation key fraud
Florida woman jailed over massive Microsoft "Genuine" Windows & Office activation key fraud
March 3, 2026 — Source

Stolen Microsoft Office and Windows keys land a Florida woman with 22 months in prison and a $50,000 fine — after she ironically stored them in Excel spreadsheets
Heidi Richards was recently busted in a Microsoft license scam, trafficking stolen Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity (COA) labels.
March 3, 2026 — Source

Supreme Court denies case seeking copyrights for AI-generated art
The U.S. Copyright Office's interpretation of the law stands. For now.
March 3, 2026 — Source

Zuckerberg borrows Big Tobacco playbook in landmark social media addiction trial—psychologists aren't buying it
While internal emails reveal Meta executives once described themselves as "pushers," Mark Zuckerberg faces a jury to argue that 16-hour-a-day scrolling habits are a sign of "value," not addiction.
March 3, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — March 2nd, 2026

A new California law requires age checks in Windows, macOS, and every other operating system — even Linux. Good luck with that.
California's Digital Age Assurance Act requires age checks in every operating system.
March 2, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — February 17th, 2026

Microsoft Teams hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly collecting voice data — violating Illinois biometric privacy laws
Microsoft could face penalties if found to have violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) with voice transcription.
February 17, 2026 — Source

Software — Office — February 17th, 2026

OneNote Integration Guide 2026: Loop, Teams, Outlook, Word & PowerPoint for Faster Follow-Up Work
OneNote Integration Guide 2026: Loop, Teams, Outlook, Word & PowerPoint for Faster Follow-Up Work
February 17, 2026 — Source

Software — Windows Os — February 17th, 2026

Windows 11's most commonly requested feature is coming soon!
As early as summer 2026, Microsoft will finally be allowing users to do something they've been asking for nearly 5 years.
February 17, 2026 — Source

Windows.old versus Rollback: What Happens If You Delete It
If you've updated Windows and suddenly your system drive looks like it lost a fight, there's a good chance the culprit is sitting in plain sight: Windows.old. This folder shows up after an in-place upgrade and can easily occupy tens of gigabytes, which is enough to turn a comfortable SSD into a cramped one overnight. The important bit is that Windows.old isn't random junk—it exists for a reason, and deleting it has a clear consequence. Windows.old is created automatically during the upgrade process and stores parts of the previous Windows installation.
February 17, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — February 13th, 2026

The EU Launches Antitrust Probe Into Google Ads Business Practices
The European Commission has opened a new antitrust probe into Google's online ads business. The commission is examining potential market dominance and pricing practices in the EU. The investigation adds to growing global regulatory pressure on Google's advertising operations.
February 13, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — February 11th, 2026

VMware scores early win in Siemens software licensing dispute
Judge agrees with Virtzilla's argument that the case should be heard in the US, not Germany
February 11, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — February 6th, 2026

Lawyer sets new standard for abuse of AI; judge tosses case
Behold the most overwrought AI legal filings you will ever gaze upon.
February 6, 2026 — Source

Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all
Last month, I wrote about Mercor's new benchmark measuring AI agents' capabilities on professional tasks like law and corporate analysis. At the time, the scores were pretty dismal, with every major lab scoring under 25%, so we concluded lawyers were safe from AI displacement, at least for now.
February 6, 2026 — Source

Romanian rail workers accused of bribery turned to ChatGPT for legal tips
Corruption probe takes detour as staff facing trial reportedly asked AI if seat-blocking scams caused financial damage
February 6, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — February 4th, 2026

An 'AI afterlife' is now a real option—but what becomes of your legal status?
Would you create an interactive "digital twin" of yourself that can communicate with loved ones after your death?
February 4, 2026 — Source

DOJ Pushes for Harsher Penalties in Google Search Monopoly Case
The DOJ has filed a cross-appeal against the court's search monopoly ruling, arguing that the penalties imposed on Google were too lenient, while Google itself is appealing in hopes of reducing or eliminating punishment altogether. With several US states joining the DOJ and disagreements over remedies like forcing a Chrome divestiture, the case is far from over and the final outcome could still change.
February 4, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — January 30th, 2026

Google Is Accused of Burying $700M Settlement Emails — They're Landing in Spam Folders
Some eligible users for Google's $700 million Play Store antitrust settlement report that official payout notices are landing in Gmail spam folders, potentially causing people to miss the claim entirely. While this may be a filtering error rather than intent, the issue has raised suspicions given the lawsuit's focus on Google's alleged monopoly practices—and payouts for individuals are expected to be under $10 anyway.
January 30, 2026 — Source

Meta can read your WhatsApp messages, lawsuit alleges
Meta denies the allegations.
January 30, 2026 — Source

Music publishers accuse Anthropic of pirating 20,000 songs in $3 billion lawsuit
Publishers call the alleged infringement "flagrant piracy"
January 30, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — January 19th, 2026

Elon Musk accused of making up math to squeeze $134B from OpenAI, Microsoft
Musk's math reduced ChatGPT inventors' contributions to "zero," OpenAI argued.
January 19, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — January 8th, 2026

Elon Musk gets his day in court over OpenAI's for-profit restructure and "ill-gotten gains" — here's what's at stake
A federal judge recently indicated that Musk's lawsuit over OpenAI's for-profit conversion will head to trial in March.
January 8, 2026 — Source

Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI heads to jury trial after judge rejects dismissal
Musk alleges OpenAI broke its founding promises
January 8, 2026 — Source

Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI will face a jury in March
Musk sued OpenAI and its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in 2024, alleging they betrayed their original contractual agreements by pursuing profits instead of the nonprofit's founding mission to develop AI that benefits humanity.
January 8, 2026 — Source

Elon Musk's lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion can go to trial, U.S. judge says
Billionaire visionary Elon Musk persuaded a judge on Wednesday to allow a jury trial on his allegations that ChatGPT maker OpenAI violated its founding mission in its high-profile restructuring to a for-profit entity.
January 8, 2026 — Source

Google and Character.AI Settle Suits Over Child Harm, Including Suicide, Linked to AI Chatbots
Families argued that artificial intelligence chatbots from the companies caused harm to minors.
January 8, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — January 6th, 2026

Google Faces Gmail Lawsuit Over Hidden AI Training Settings
Users must manually disable the settings in multiple hidden locations to opt out—a process so complex that even security experts initially got it wrong.
January 6, 2026 — Source

Software — Legal — December 19th, 2025

Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results 'at an astonishing scale'
SerpApi says it can deliver Google search results for use by AI tools, but Google claims it's illegally evading bot-blockers to steal copyrighted content.
December 19, 2025 — Source

U.S. appeals court considers reviving Apple App Store class action lawsuit
A U.S. appeals court announced on Thursday that it will review a lower court's decision to decertify a massive class-action lawsuit against Apple, potentially allowing millions of iPhone users to collectively sue the company for allegedly monopolizing the app distribution market and overcharging consumers.
December 19, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — December 12th, 2025

Adult site's fetish of 2026 is a 180 from last year
Chastity has been dethroned.
December 12, 2025 — Source

Google's $700M Settlement Explained: Who's Eligible and How Much You'll Get
If you've bought apps or made in-app purchases on your Android phone over the past seven years, you've got money coming. Google agreed to a $700 million payout settlement in a lawsuit claiming they ran the Play Store like a monopoly, and about 102 million people are eligible, and tens of millions will get automatic payouts.
December 12, 2025 — Source

Here we go again: Microsoft in UK court over cloud licensing
Competition Appeal Tribunal to decide if multibillion-pound overcharging case can go to trial
December 12, 2025 — Source

New filings reveal what Elon Musk's lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI is really about
xAI's lawsuit accusing Apple and OpenAI of anticompetitive practices has less to do with Grok's App Store visibility, and more to do with a fixation Musk has had since he first acquired Twitter
December 12, 2025 — Source

Reddit argues it isn't like other social platforms in case against Australia's social media ban
In a move worthy of a post on the Not Like The Other Girls subreddit, Reddit, one of the world's largest social platforms, is arguing that it isn't like other, actual social media sites, as the company seeks to overturn Australia's law banning children under 16 years of age from social media.
December 12, 2025 — Source

Reddit Sues Australia Over Teen Social Media Ban as Other Nations Consider Similar Laws
The company says the law violates teens' political speech rights as other countries consider similar restrictions.
December 12, 2025 — Source or Source or Source

Software — Legal — December 11th, 2025

Operation Bluebird Challenges X in New Bid to Reclaim Twitter's Trademark
A new US-based startup, Operation Bluebird, has filed a petition before the US authority seeking ownership of "Twitter" and "Tweet" trademarks. They aim to revive the legacy social media platform.
December 11, 2025 — Source

Tim Cook's lobbying hangs over a key kids online safety vote
App stores keep getting caught in the crosshairs of the kids online safety debate.
December 11, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — December 5th, 2025

Judge forces OpenAI to produce 20 million chat logs in copyright lawsuit — CEO Sam Altman's "fair use" defense relies on this
OpenAI has been ordered to provide millions of ChatGPT chat logs in its copyright battle with the New York Times.
December 5, 2025 — Source

Use Google Play? You might get a cash payout from this $700 million settlement soon
If you made a Google Play purchase between 2016 and 2023, and your account was located in the US, you're a part of the settlement. Here's what to expect.
December 5, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — November 30th, 2025

Google has dropped its antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the EU
Just last year, Google lodged an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the EU. Now, a week into the probe by investigators, Google has had a change of heart and has withdrawn the complaint.
November 30, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — November 22nd, 2025

US demands Google ad breakup in court closing arguments
The US government asked a federal judge on Friday to order the breakup of Google's digital advertising business, arguing that the tech giant's pledges to change its practices cannot be trusted.
November 21, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — November 21st, 2025

Judge wants to fix Google's ad tech monopoly before it's too late
The judge was wary of how a breakup could work while Google likely appeals.
November 21, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — November 14th, 2025

Microsoft to appeal ruling in favor of reselling perpetual Windows licenses — UK Competition Court says fineprint holds no ground as judges throw out company's 'creative work' argument
Microsoft Office products are not copyright protected.
November 14, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — November 9th, 2025

Lawyers Are Using AI to Slop-ify Their Legal Briefs, and It's Getting Bad
There's a growing movement within the legal community to track the AI fumbles of their peers.
November 9, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — October 24th, 2025

Automattic files counterclaims against WP Engine in WordPress lawsuit, alleging trademark misuse
Automattic filed counterclaims against WP Engine in an ongoing lawsuit, alleging trademark misuse and deceptive practices following a $250 million Silver Lake investment.
October 24, 2025 — Source

EU Accuses Meta and TikTok of Breaching Digital Rules
The allegations are part of the European Union's broader campaign to enforce the Digital Services Act.
October 24, 2025 — Source

EU Warns TikTok & Meta Could Face Heavy Fines for Transparency Breach
The EU has alleged that Meta and TikTok have breached the strict transparency laws under the Digital Services Act. Both companies are taken into legal custody. If the commission can prove its allegations, the firms might face a hefty penalty.
October 24, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — October 20th, 2025

Adobe might've just solved one of generative AI's biggest legal risks
The company's new AI Foundry aims to help businesses build bespoke AI models with their own IP.
October 20, 2025 — Source

Tribunal wonders if Microsoft has found a legal hero after pivot to copyright gambit
ValueLicensing dispute probes whether Office counts as a creative work
October 20, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — October 10th, 2025

Google's Back in Court — And This Time, It's Fighting for Gemini
Google and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) returned to court this week to discuss remedies following Judge Amit Mehta's ruling that Google illegally monopolized the search market. The hearing focused on finalizing the details of Mehta's order, with Google's legal team aiming to protect its Gemini AI app from new restrictions.
October 10, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — October 8th, 2025

AT&T data breach settlement claim deadline nears. How to file yours.
AT&T customers affected by data breaches in 2024 have until December 18 to claim a portion of a $177 million settlement. Affected users should have received a notice with a Class Member ID.
October 8, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — September 22nd, 2025

Google fights breakup of ad tech business in US court
Google faced a fresh federal court test on Monday as US government lawyers asked a judge to order the breakup of the search engine giant's ad technology business.
September 22, 2025 — Source

US v. Google redux: all the news from the ad tech trial
On April 17th, 2025, Judge Brinkema ruled that Google did act illegally to acquire and maintain monopoly power in online advertising. Now, DOJ and Google lawyers are returning to the courtroom to argue over whether this should lead to a Google breakup by forcing the company to sell its AdX exchange.
September 22, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — September 19th, 2025

Charities warn Ofcom too soft on Online Safety Act violators
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/ofcom_osa_enforcement/#:~:text=Another%20blow%20for%20the%20legislation%20as%20Parliament%20continues%20to%20hear%20stakeholder%20views
September 19, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — September 16th, 2025

Nvidia says complies with law after China antitrust finding
US chip giant Nvidia said Tuesday it follows all laws after a Chinese investigation found it had breached antitrust rules, the latest development in a fierce tech battle between Beijing and Washington.
September 16, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — September 9th, 2025

Judge puts Anthropic's $1.5 billion book piracy settlement on hold
A federal judge has raised concerns about the terms of the settlement, which would give authors around $3,000 for each book Anthropic is accused of stealing.
September 9, 2025 — Source

Microsoft key resale fight heads to court in the UK — case potentially puts cheap Windows keys at risk
Tribunal weighs whether parts of Windows and Office fall outside Europe's resale rules.
September 9, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — September 4th, 2025

After a Complicated Legal Past, AI Set Her Free
Rasa Legal uses generative AI and other automation software to accelerate the expungement process.
September 4, 2025 — Source

Jury tells Google to pay $425 mn over app privacy
A US federal jury on Wednesday ordered Google to pay about $425 million for gathering information from smartphone app use even when people opted for privacy settings, the company confirmed.
September 4, 2025 — Source or Source

Record French fines for Google and Shein over cookies
France's data protection authority on Wednesday issued record fines against search giant Google and fast-fashion platform Shein for failing to respect the law on internet cookies.
September 4, 2025 — Source

Software — Legal — September 1st, 2025

LegalPwn: Tricking LLMs by burying badness in lawyerly fine print
Trust and believe -- AI models trained to see 'legal' doc as super legit
September 1, 2025 — Source