Long Reads/

1mo ago

State Department human rights grants eyed for right-wing causes

Trump appointees have pushed aid toward European conservative groups and white South African advocates, ProPublica repor...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

DOE clean energy grants canceled based on political criteria, filing says

A DOE court filing says 284 clean energy grants were terminated using state-level political criteria, despite earlier wa...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

ExamsDigest lifetime access deal covers CompTIA, AWS and Microsoft prep

Techdirt Deals is listing lifetime access to ExamsDigest, with claimed exam simulators and practice questions for major...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

WorkOS MCP server lets AI agents manage dashboard tasks

WorkOS says its hosted MCP server gives AI agents permissioned access to manage organizations, SSO, users, logs and more...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Google SerpAPI DMCA suit over search scraping is dismissed

A federal court rejected Google’s DMCA theory against SerpAPI for scraping search results, while allowing a narrower ame...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Apple App Store ads draw old Steve Jobs sticker comparison

Daring Fireball argues Apple’s in-app ads clash with the no-sticker hardware philosophy Steve Jobs described in 2007.

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Sam Tunick GrapheneOS case turns a duress PIN into a federal charge

Federal prosecutors charged Cop City protester Sam Tunick after a GrapheneOS duress code wiped his phone during a CBP ai...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Digital Equity Act ruling keeps grants alive, strips race provisions

A D.C. District Court ruling lets the broadband equity grant program continue while removing race-based pieces as uncons...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

EU punish Google strategy targets anti-circumvention law

Cory Doctorow argues the EU can answer Google and Trump by repealing Article 6 of its Copyright Directive.

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Google DMA fine hits €890 million over Search and Play rules

The European Commission fined Google €890 million, saying Search favored Google services and Play restricted developers...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Techdirt comments week spotlights ICE recordings, TikTok and screen time

Techdirt’s weekly reader picks centered on police accountability, screen-time panic, TikTok legal logic and DOJ reporter...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

bIRC Mac IRC client arrives with native UI and IRCv3 support

bIRC is available on the Mac App Store with IRCv3, bouncer support, DCC transfers and a JavaScript automation API.

By Theo Lindgren