Rivian sues US government for a full refund of Trump tariffs
Rivian filed suit against the US government seeking a full refund of tariffs the Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional, joining a wave of companies pursuing similar claims.
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476 storiesAI guardrails meant to stop hackers now block researchers
AI labs' strict guardrails against malicious hacking are increasingly frustrating the legitimate offensive-security researchers who probe systems for flaws before criminals do.
Tesla's door handles push US regulators toward new rules
US safety regulators have opened a rule-making process on emergency door releases after a series of incidents, including fatal ones, involving Tesla's flush electronic door handles.
Treasury threatens sanctions over Moonshot's alleged AI distillation
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said sanctions remain possible after a White House official accused Chinese AI company Moonshot of improperly distilling Anthropic's Fable model.
Social media addiction lawsuit against Meta is dropped
A Florida teenager dropped his social media addiction lawsuit against Meta without receiving any payment, a day after Snap reached a tentative settlement in the same case.
US threatens sanctions on Chinese AI models over IP theft
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. will examine open-source Chinese AI models for intellectual-property theft and could sanction the companies behind them if theft is established.
Snap settles child-safety lawsuit, leaving Meta the last holdout
Snap has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging social media harms children, following similar deals by TikTok and YouTube and leaving Meta as the only remaining defendant.
UK scraps digital ID card scheme, redirects savings to energy bills
Incoming UK prime minister Andy Burnham has confirmed his government is scrapping a controversial digital ID card scheme, redirecting the savings toward a tax cut aimed at lowering household electricity bills.
Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement wins final approval
A federal judge gave final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of a class action copyright lawsuit brought by authors and publishers, Reuters reported.
Trump's third CAISI director resigns after three months
Chris Fall has resigned as director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), the third person to lead the agency since March.
Judge pauses $110B Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
A U.S. judge issued a 14-day pause on Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery after a coalition of 12 state attorneys general sued to block the deal.
Flock Safety's CEO to discuss surveillance debate at TC Disrupt
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley will discuss AI, surveillance, and public safety on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco this October.
Apple's trade secrets suit puts a cloud over OpenAI's hardware bet
Apple has filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging a pattern of misconduct to obtain confidential information from Apple employees, and analysts say the case could delay OpenAI's hardware plans.
Uber and Waymo split over Washington D.C.'s robotaxi bill
Uber and Waymo have taken opposing public positions on a proposed Washington, D.C. bill that would let autonomous vehicles operate in the city, with Uber lobbying against a measure Waymo supports.
DOJ clears federal employees to download TikTok again
The Department of Justice says a 2022 law banning TikTok from federal employees' work devices no longer applies after a deal restructured the app's US ownership.
San Francisco orders Apple and Google to purge 'nudify' apps
San Francisco has ordered Apple and Google to purge dozens of "nudify" apps from their stores, warning of possible civil penalties.
FBI arrests man accused of hiding malware in Steam games
The FBI arrested a 21-year-old Florida man accused of uploading malware-laden video games to Steam that allegedly infected around 8,000 victims and drained at least $220,000 in cryptocurrency.
Patreon moves from asking AI bots not to scrape to blocking them
Patreon is working with Cloudflare to actively block AI bots that scrape creators' content for AI training, moving beyond its earlier robots.txt requests after weekly scraping attempts by individual crawlers dropped from thousands to zero in testing.
San Francisco mayor asks state to tighten self-driving car rules
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie asked California regulators for tougher autonomous-vehicle rules, nearly two weeks after Waymo robotaxis ran out of power and blocked streets in July 4 traffic.
U.K. jails two teenage hackers behind Scattered Spider attacks
Two U.K. teenagers were sentenced to five years and six months in prison for a London transit hack costing around £29 million; police say it severely disrupted Scattered Spider.