FBI forces Chinese malware to delete itself from thousands of US computers
Self-delete commands sent from commandeered server to malware on infected PCs.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Meta to cut 5% of employees deemed unfit for Zuckerberg’s AI-fueled future
Meta plans to refill roles with top talent to pursue AI and AR ambitions.
Buyers of Razer’s bogus “N95” Zephyr masks get over $1 million in refunds
$1 million total sent to 6,764 consumers due to Razer settlement with FTC.
Elon Musk could be China’s pick to buy TikTok, report says
TikTok data could fuel xAI, the thinking goes.
Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg
Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.
New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill
Fresh off court victory, NY says low-income plans must be available Wednesday.
Supreme Court lets Hawaii sue oil companies over climate change effects
SCOTUS won't answer "recurring question of extraordinary importance" to Big Oil.
Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform
Service used undocumented APIs and other tricks to bypass safety guardrails.
Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become “too charged”
Meta claims it will find other ways to hire employees from different backgrounds.
Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin
Hard drive that could provide access to 8,000 bitcoins is buried at the dump.
Elon Musk wants courts to force OpenAI to auction off a large ownership stake
Owner of Grok has asked judges in California and Delaware to force sale.
US selling 69K seized bitcoins could mess with Trump plans for crypto reserve
US could get about $6.4 billion from the sale at bitcoin's current price.
Google loses in court, faces trial for collecting data on users who opted out
Judge: Reasonable juror may find Google profited from misappropriation of data.
X CEO signals ad boycott is over. External data paints a different picture.
Data shows election didn’t spike X users or end ad boycott.
After embarrassing blunder, AT&T promises bill credits for future outages
If you lost service but only 9 cell towers went down, you won't get a bill credit.
