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  1. API pricing protests caused Reddit to crash for 3 hours

    Thousands of subreddits going dark broke Reddit's website, mobile app.

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  2. Google’s ad tech dominance spurs more antitrust charges, report says

    Google's ad revenue amounted to nearly $225 billion in 2022.

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  3. FTC files to block Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition [Updated]

    The injunction could disrupt the deal as its mid-July deadline approaches.

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  4. Musk stiffing Google could unleash yet more abuse on Twitter, report says

    Musk's top priorities seem to be cutting costs and removing spam bots from DMs.

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  5. Ex-Samsung executive alleged to have stolen tech to recreate chip plant in China

    Six others also indicted as Korea toughens response to leakage of secrets.

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  6. Acer reportedly sent Russia $70M in PC gear after saying it paused business there

    Reuters says Acer used Swiss subsidiary to send Russia "at least" 744 shipments.

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  7. Musk on path to turn Twitter into the next MySpace or Yahoo, co-founder suggests

    Ev Williams: Generally, "the new thing does not come from the old thing."

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  8. Judge denies Amazon’s, Apple’s motions to dismiss class action price-fixing suit

    Which markets are hurt by companies' agreement is "reserved for a jury."

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  9. OpenAI faces defamation suit after ChatGPT completely fabricated another lawsuit

    ChatGPT continues causing trouble by making up lawsuits.

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  10. Smart TV industry rocked by alleged patent conspiracy from chipmaker [Updated]

    Lawsuit: Patent trolls created “harmful illusion” of unstable TV-chip market.

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  11. Google un-bans Downloader app, but developer still mad about “broken” DMCA

    Downloader app for TVs "was offline for 20 days, all because the DMCA is broken."

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  12. DeSantis ad uses fake AI images of Trump hugging and kissing Fauci, experts say

    Trump/Fauci Images have strange hair, garbled text, and unnatural body parts.

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  1. Damning probes find Instagram is key link connecting pedophile rings

    Lawmakers, researchers demand Meta do more to stop Instagram pedophile rings.

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  2. Robocalls claiming voters would get “mandatory vaccines” result in $5M fine

    Black people targeted with conspiracy theory about voting and mandatory vaccines.

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  3. Pornhub attacks states for passing “unsafe” age-verification laws

    Pornhub wants to punt privacy concerns of age verification to Big Tech.

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  4. Internet users love fiber service—too bad you probably can’t get it

    Fiber beats cable and everything else in ACSI customer satisfaction scores.

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  5. SEC sues Coinbase, continues major crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges

    Coinbase promises to continue operating, as Congress mulls new crypto rules.

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  6. Inside 4chan’s top-secret moderation machine

    Internal documents show how chaotic moderation allowed racism and violence to take over.

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  7. SEC sues Binance, says it evaded US law with “extensive web of deception”

    Binance slammed by SEC chair for "calculated evasion of the law."

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  8. Twitter US ad sales plunged 59%, and internal forecasts are grim, NYT reports

    NYT: Twitter "has regularly fallen short of its US weekly sales projections."

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  9. YouTube now allows videos that falsely claim Trump won 2020 election

    YouTube says ban spurred by Trump's election lies may "curtail political speech."

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  10. Twitter safety chief resigns after Musk criticizes decision to restrict film

    Ella Irwin is second trust and safety chief to quit since Musk bought Twitter.

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  11. No groundwater, no new homes, as Arizona severely restricts new housing

    Cities, developers will have to turn to costly sources to build new homes.

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  12. Pentagon buying Starlink dishes for Ukraine after funding dispute with SpaceX

    DoD confirms deal months after Musk said he'd "keep funding Ukraine for free."

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  1. FTC: Amazon/Ring workers illegally spied on users of home security cameras

    Amazon agrees to Ring and Alexa settlements but didn't admit violating any laws.

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  2. Federal judge: No AI in my courtroom unless a human verifies its accuracy

    Judge wary of AI "hallucinations," says it isn't acceptable for legal briefing.

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  3. Twitter value keeps falling under Musk, now worth a third of what he paid

    $15 billion valuation after Fidelity lowers value of its Twitter stake again.

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  4. Cyberweapon manufacturers plot to stay on the right side of US

    Contrasting fates of Israeli spyware-makers Paragon and NSO tell the tale.

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  5. It’s prison day for Elizabeth Holmes; 11-year sentence has begun in Texas

    Elizabeth Holmes arrived at the minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas.

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  6. Lawyer cited 6 fake cases made up by ChatGPT; judge calls it “unprecedented”

    Judge weighs punishment for lawyer who didn't bother to verify ChatGPT output.

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  7. Biden admin wants Europe to reject forced payments from Big Tech to ISPs

    US: Mandatory fees would give ISPs a new bottleneck and raise costs for users.

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  8. Minn. Gov. vetoes pay raise for drivers after Uber, Lyft threaten price hikes

    Governor had no conversations with drivers before vetoing bill, senator says.

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  9. TikTok—banned or not, it’s probably here to stay, an Ars Frontiers 2023 recap

    Experts discussed the legal impossibility of a nationwide TikTok ban.

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  10. Supreme Court limits the EPA’s authority under the Clean Water Act

    Court limits regulations to wetlands that directly connect to bodies of water.

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  11. OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs

    Worldcoin investor insists "Orb" iris scanner is not a "dystopian nightmare."

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  12. DeSantis/Musk event didn’t break the Internet, but it did break Twitter

    Half of DeSantis’ audience ditched his glitchy Twitter Spaces campaign launch.

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