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The long legal reckoning over social media and childhood is about to have its biggest day in court. Meta goes on trial this week against a coalition of 29 US states that accuse it of deliberately engineering Facebook and Instagram to addict children, in what amounts to the most consequential test yet of a sprawling […]
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has settled fraud charges against private-fund adviser Adit Ventures Management LLC, its CEO Eric Munson, and three affiliated general partners, in a case that reads like a cautionary tale about the frenzy for pre-IPO shares in marquee names. The regulator alleges that between April 2019 and December 2024 the […]
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His Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service has banned Meta smart glasses from court buildings across England and Wales, a move that pulls one of Silicon Valley’s buzziest gadgets into a very old argument about who gets to record what. HMCTS, which runs the criminal, civil and family courts, will now confiscate the glasses on entry […]
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US appeals court has cleared thousands of lawsuits accusing the biggest social media companies of harming young people to move towards trial, in a ruling that chips away at the legal shield the tech industry has relied on for decades. On 10 August 2026, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected […]
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China has trained its regulators on one of America’s biggest security companies. Authorities have launched a cybersecurity review into Palo Alto Networks, a move that deepens an already tense standoff. The review is a powerful instrument. In China, this kind of examination can restrict a company’s ability to sell into critical sectors while it is […]
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OpenAI is not interested in a quiet settlement with Apple. The company has asked a federal judge to dismiss Apple’s trade-secrets lawsuit outright, in a filing that turns the accusation back on its accuser. The case has been building for weeks. Apple sued OpenAI for stealing trade secrets, alleging that former employees carried confidential material with […]
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X has been ordered to silence one of the most closely watched accounts in Turkish politics. A court has told the platform to restrict access, within Turkey, to the presidential-campaign account of jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. The company is not going quietly. X said it was complying with the order as required by Turkish […]
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Taiwan is again accusing China of trying to buy the talent it cannot build. The island’s Investigation Bureau said it is probing 17 Chinese companies suspected of illegally recruiting local high-tech engineers. The sweep was substantial. Between mid-July and early August, investigators searched 64 locations and questioned 114 people, in one of the larger actions […]
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An AI agent can shop on Amazon whether Amazon likes it or not. A US appeals court has overturned an injunction that barred Perplexity’s shopping agent from the retailer, handing an early win to the software that browses and buys on people’s behalf. The Ninth Circuit ruled that Amazon’s core legal claim did not hold. […]
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The legal fight between Apple and OpenAI turned public and personal this week. OpenAI published a blog post titled “Apple is getting this wrong,” airing private messages and emails to rebut Apple’s trade-secrets lawsuit. On the same day, Apple escalated in court. Two former partners are now trading blows in the open. Apple sued in […]
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