1mo ago
Australia's eSafety regulator puts VPN bypasses in its age-check sights
The online safety watchdog says adult sites must take reasonable steps to stop VPN workarounds, extending age-check enfo...
By Mara Chen-Doyle/section
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1mo ago
FCC chair moves to scrap national TV station ownership cap
Brendan Carr says the FCC will try to replace the 39 percent TV ownership limit with merger-by-merger review, drawing a...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
Paper pitches an agent-connected design canvas built on HTML and CSS
Paper says its desktop app links designers, codebases and AI agents through a shared canvas that can read and write real...
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
Techdirt gives Thad two wins in weekly reader comment roundup
The site’s latest reader awards highlighted comments on Trump legal fights, election claims, J.K. Rowling and Amnesty In...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
Torvalds says Linux will not adopt an anti-AI stance
In a linux-media mailing list debate, Linus Torvalds said AI tools can help kernel maintainers and should be judged on t...
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
9to5Mac finds disguised gambling apps ranking in Brazil’s App Store
More than 60 App Store apps allegedly showed harmless games abroad but betting platforms to users connecting from Brazil...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
Apple’s OpenAI fight revives old Cupertino hiring wars
Tony Fadell says Apple’s lawsuit fits a long pattern of hardball responses when rivals recruit its people.
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
OpenAI and Work Louder list a $230 Codex control pad
The Codex Micro is a small programmable keypad for ChatGPT Codex, with RGB agent-status keys, a joystick, a dial and a s...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
Techdirt’s July archive points to old fights over copyright and platforms
Leigh Beadon’s latest Techdirt history roundup revisits disputes over piracy law, DMCA claims, platform liability and IS...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
Wyden seeks Hatch Act inquiry into Kennedy calls in Iowa House races
Sen. Ron Wyden says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have crossed a legal line by urging Libertarian candidates in Iowa to quit...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
Google drops bid to change Android injunction before July 22 store shift
Google says it and Epic will stop fighting over proposed changes to Judge Donato’s order as US Play listings head to thi...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
Apple Books and Amazon face fresh AI book knockoff complaints
Joanna Stern and Kashmir Hill report AI-made titles exploiting their names and books across Apple Books and Amazon, from...
By Mara Chen-Doyle