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12  october     18h21
Anthropic’s Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police
Jon Brodkin    I may have information regarding this case, Claude AI told Philly police.
09  october     18h24
Starlink spectrum deal boosts Musk plan to beat AT T, T-Mobile, and Verizon
Jon Brodkin    Nationwide 800 MHz spectrum to help Starlink provide mobile coverage indoors.
    13h14
Microsoft barred from sponsoring foreign workers for US residency
Joe Miller, Financial Times    The US says Microsoft abused immigration rules; the company disputes the claim.
08  october     20h53
Judge weighs if Trump can charge 100K for early access to Truth Social posts
Ashley Belanger    Judge questioned if Trump delaying access to Truth Social posts by a second harms the press.
    20h39
Trump Mobile hack and apparent lack of FCC authorization raise security alarms
Jon Brodkin    After hack and data breach, senator asks why Trump Mobile lacks some FCC filings.
    19h42
Driver wins 76 after ALPR led to bogus traffic stop, drug searches
Cyrus Farivar    Mass surveillance gets stupider.
    14h04
Internal files add to evidence of an ExxonMobil climate deception campaign
Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News    Court filings reveal new details about Exxon’s decades of internal climate deliberations.
    11h00
A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets now she’s a Kalshi lobbyist
Jon Brodkin    Sen. Blanche Lincoln wrote law that let US ban sports-event contracts. She lobbies for the other side now.
07  october     19h53
TP-Link problems in US grow amid FCC router ban and four state lawsuits
Jon Brodkin    TP-Link can’t sell latest routers in US, still needs exemption from FCC ban.
    17h57
Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift
Ashley Belanger    Man gets 18 months for AI scheme stealing 8M in music streaming royalties.
    15h19
Trade group crunches numbers on Trump’s impossible push for 100% US-made tech
Ashley Belanger    Trump’s aggressive reshoring push could cost tech firms 230 billion, CTA estimates.
06  october     17h33
Paramount completes 111B Warner merger, creating Skydance behemoth
Jon Brodkin    Paramount now owns Warner Bros. as last-ditch effort to stop 111B merger fails.
    13h29
Big Oil asks Supreme Court to kill climate lawsuits before trial
Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News    Oil companies say federal law should block state climate deception claims.
05  october     20h47
Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap
Jon Brodkin    Cable industry to sue, says FCC can’t repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.
    20h31
Texas city demands 2M for public records on Flock usage
Ashley Belanger    Prices of public records tracking cops’ use of Flock go up as backlash swells.
02  october     20h30
Amazon’s 1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Ashley Belanger    Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
    19h09
Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for 272.5M
Cyrus Farivar    Critics say workers are still owed far more.
    18h39
US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling 300M in Nvidia chips into China
Ashley Belanger    Nvidia’s chip-smuggling problem won’t go away as arrests continue.
01  october     20h11
Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
Ryan Whitwam    The court acknowledges AI search comes with consequences, but it’s not an antitrust issue.
    16h49
Florida cops say they don’t know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras
Ashley Belanger    Floridians alarmed by 14 mysterious Flock cameras; 11 have no clear owner.
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