Long Reads/

1mo ago

CDC nominee sidesteps questions on resisting Kennedy vaccine pressure

Erica Schwartz backed vaccine science at her confirmation hearing, but declined to say whether she would defy Robert F....

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

EU widens battery replacement exemptions for wearables and toys

The European Commission added six product categories to exceptions from consumer-removable battery rules, including wear...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Apple accuses OpenAI and io of stealing hardware trade secrets

Apple’s complaint names OpenAI, io Products and two former Apple employees, while saying its ChatGPT integration deal is...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Quiche Browser makes AI-free search results the default

Quiche Industries says its browser now routes searches to no-AI result pages for Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing and Brave unle...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

FCC officials accepted Paramount gala tickets amid merger reviews

ProPublica found FCC commissioners took Kennedy Center tickets from Paramount and CBS as the agency weighed deals requir...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

San Francisco police audit flags 299 improper Flock camera searches

SFPD said a regional intelligence center queried its Flock plate-reader network for federal and out-of-state agencies ov...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Trump subpoenas law firms over deals they made to avoid his orders

The Justice Department is seeking communications with Boris Epshteyn as the ABA presses its lawsuit over Trump’s campaig...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Pluralistic attacks billionaire immunity as a market failure

Pluralistic links Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and pro-market theory to a fight over whether wealth should exempt its holders...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Apple lawyer’s email mix-up complicates OpenAI trade secrets dispute

NBC News reported that February emails undercut Apple’s claim that OpenAI gave no response to its trade secrets concerns...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Louie Mantia backs Apple’s squircle push, with caveats

The icon designer says Apple’s Mac icon mask helps weaker apps fit in, though it also limits the best work on the platfo...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Eleventh Circuit keeps Florida classroom speech law on ice

The appeals court said Florida cannot use salary payments to control what public university professors say in class.

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

WGA sues Paramount over Warner Brothers merger and writer job risks

The guild says the $111 billion deal would leave writers with fewer buyers for their work, weaker pay leverage and fewer...

By Theo Lindgren