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  1. SCOTUS agrees to review Texas law that caused Pornhub to leave the state

    Law that requires porn sites to verify user ages faces First Amendment challenge.

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  2. Biden rushes to avert labor shortage with CHIPS act funding for workers

    To dodge labor shortage, US finally aims CHIPS Act funding at training workers.

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  3. GameStop investor retracts suit accusing Roaring Kitty of pump-and-dump scheme

    Roaring Kitty was briefly accused of deceiving his meme stock army.

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  4. Supreme Court vacates rulings on Texas and Florida social media laws

    Supreme Court remands two cases, saying lower courts didn't do full analysis.

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  5. Meta defends charging fee for privacy amid showdown with EU

    EU finding that Meta’s subscription option violates DMA could impact many sites.

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  6. Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers

    Appeals court decision potentially reversing publishers' suit may come this fall.

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  7. SCOTUS kills Chevron deference, giving courts more power to block federal rules

    EPA rules and FCC net neutrality order at risk: "No consumer protection is safe."

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  8. Tesla says Model 3 that burst into flames in fatal tree crash wasn’t defective

    Lawsuit alleged defects with both Tesla's self-driving and Model 3 flammability.

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  9. Brussels explores antitrust probe into Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI

    EU executive arm drops merger review into US tech companies’ alliance.

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  10. Supreme Court issues stay on EPA’s ozone plan, despite blistering dissent

    The court can't even agree on how the EPA was proposing to structure regulations.

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  11. Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims

    Temu "surprised" by the lawsuit, plans to "vigorously defend" itself.

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  12. T-Mobile users enraged as “Un-carrier” breaks promise to never raise prices

    FCC gets 1,600 complaints; users blast "deceptive advertising aimed at seniors."

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  1. SCOTUS tears down Sacklers’ immunity, blowing up opioid settlement

    Majority of justices ruled on meaning of legal code; dissenters called it "ruinous"

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  2. SCOTUS nixes injunction that limited Biden admin contacts with social networks

    Supreme Court avoids clarifying when government can control online speech.

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  3. Tesla announces third and fourth Cybertruck recalls

    Wiper motor may stop working and cosmetic applique may detach while driving.

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  4. Verizon screwup caused 911 outage in 6 states—carrier agrees to $1M fine

    Verizon initially failed to remove a flawed update file that caused two outages.

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  5. Microsoft risks huge fine over “possibly abusive” bundling of Teams and Office

    Microsoft vows to make more changes facing EU fine over Teams bundling.

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  6. Julian Assange to plead guilty but is going home after long extradition fight

    "Julian is free!" wife wrote after Assange struck deal with US government.

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  7. Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms

    Suno and Udio could face damages of up to $150,000 per song allegedly infringed.

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  8. EU says Apple violated app developers’ rights, could be fined 10% of revenue

    EU: Apple fees and rules stop devs from steering users to other sales channels.

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  9. Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win

    Internet Archive fans beg publishers to stop emptying the open library.

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  10. Citing national security, US will ban Kaspersky anti-virus software in July

    Kaspersky blames the "present geopolitical climate and theoretical concerns."

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  11. AT&T can’t hang up on landline phone customers, California agency rules

    State dismisses AT&T application to end Carrier of Last Resort obligation.

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  12. Pornhub prepares to block five more states rather than check IDs

    The number of states blocked by Pornhub will soon nearly double.

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  1. Statewide 911 outage was caused by 911 vendor’s malfunctioning firewall

    911 vendor Comtech still investigating why firewall blocked emergency calls.

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  2. Lawsuit: Meta engineer told to resign after calling out sexist hiring practices

    Meta managers are accused of retaliation and covering up mistreatment of women.

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  3. AT&T imposes $10 price hike on most of its older unlimited plans

    Price hike paired with data boosts to make "unlimited" plans a bit less limited.

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  4. Elon Musk rushes to debut X payments as tech issues hamper creator payouts

    Report reveals how Musk plans to release X payments in US this year.

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  5. T-Mobile defends misleading “Price Lock” claim but agrees to change ads

    AT&T wins challenge against T-Mobile Price Lock that doesn't lock in any price.

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  6. Apple abruptly abandons “buy now, pay later” service amid regulatory scrutiny

    Apple Pay Later discontinued after officials require more consumer protections.

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  7. Adobe’s hidden cancellation fee is unlawful, FTC suit says

    Adobe knowingly "trapped" customers into annual subscriptions, the FTC alleged.

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  8. Surgeon general’s proposed social media warning label for kids could hurt kids

    Mental health experts warn label wouldn't solve platforms' child safety issues.

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  9. Meta halts plans to train AI on Facebook, Instagram posts in EU

    Meta was going to start training AI on Facebook and Instagram posts on June 26.

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  10. Apple punishes women for same behaviors that get men promoted, lawsuit says

    Apple could owe thousands in back pay to 12,000 female employees.

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  11. Tesla investors sue Elon Musk for diverting carmaker’s resources to xAI

    Lawsuit: Musk's xAI poached Tesla employees, Nvidia GPUs, and data.

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  12. Apple set to be first Big Tech group to face charges under EU digital law

    Brussels to announce iPhone maker is failing to open up its App Store to competition.

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