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16 janvier
22h13
Girl strangled by her own wheelchair as bus monitor texted, checked Instagram
Nate Anderson
years in prison is possible.
21h51
FCC chair makes one last stand against Trump’s call to punish news stations
Jon Brodkin
Chair: Complaints seek to weaponize the licensing authority of the FCC.
18h49
RedNote may wall off TikTok refugees to prevent US influence on Chinese users
Ashley Belanger
Rumors swirl that RedNote may segregate Chinese users as soon as next week.
17h34
AT&T kills home Internet service in NY over law requiring 15 or 20 plans
Jon Brodkin
AT T pulls G home Internet from New York to protest state affordability law.
14h32
With Bitcoin near 100,000, even pension funds are buying cryptocurrency
Mary McDougall, Nikou Asgari, and Alan Livsey, Financial Times
Michigan’s and Wisconsin’s state employee pension funds among top holders.
15 janvier
19h38
Texas defends requiring ID for porn to SCOTUS: We’ve done this forever
Ashley Belanger
SCOTUS likely to find Texas’ age gating of porn unconstitutional, expert says.
16h10
SEC sues Elon Musk, says he cheated Twitter investors out of 150 million
Jon Brodkin
SEC: Late disclosure helped Musk buy Twitter shares at million discount.
14 janvier
22h51
FBI forces Chinese malware to delete itself from thousands of US computers
Jon Brodkin
Self delete commands sent from commandeered server to malware on infected PCs.
20h05
Meta to cut 5% of employees deemed unfit for Zuckerberg’s AI-fueled future
Ashley Belanger
Meta plans to refill roles with top talent to pursue AI and AR ambitions.
19h18
Buyers of Razer’s bogus N95 Zephyr masks get over 1 million in refunds
Jon Brodkin
million total sent to, consumers due to Razer settlement with FTC.
17h17
Elon Musk could be China’s pick to buy TikTok, report says
Ashley Belanger
TikTok data could fuel xAI, the thinking goes.
13 janvier
20h21
Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg
Ashley Belanger
Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for M in donations to expand.
19h27
New York starts enforcing 15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill
Jon Brodkin
Fresh off court victory, NY says low income plans must be available Wednesday.
16h27
Supreme Court lets Hawaii sue oil companies over climate change effects
Ashley Belanger
SCOTUS won’t answer recurring question of extraordinary importance to Big Oil.
10 janvier
23h10
Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform
Dan Goodin
Service used undocumented APIs and other tricks to bypass safety guardrails.
20h17
Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become too charged
Ashley Belanger
Meta claims it will find other ways to hire employees from different backgrounds.
18h36
Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover 765M in bitcoin
Jon Brodkin
Hard drive that could provide access to, bitcoins is buried at the dump.
14h42
Elon Musk wants courts to force OpenAI to auction off a large ownership stake
George Hammond, Financial Times
Owner of Grok has asked judges in California and Delaware to force sale.
09 janvier
23h24
Coal likely to go away even without EPA’s power plant regulations
John Timmer
Set to be killed by Trump, the rules mostly lock in existing trends.
22h44
US selling 69K seized bitcoins could mess with Trump plans for crypto reserve
Ashley Belanger
US could get about . billion from the sale at bitcoin’s current price.