Montana’s best defense of TikTok ban is deeply flawed, experts say
Plus: US-TikTok deal could give feds "near-unfettered" access to US user data.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
T-Mobile unveils $100 phone plan, topping AT&T and Verizon’s highest prices
T-Mobile isn't trying to beat AT&T and Verizon on price anymore.
China keeps buying hobbled Nvidia cards to train its AI models
Nvidia’s weakened processors are still more powerful than the alternatives.
US judge: Art created solely by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted
"US copyright law protects only works of human creation," judge writes.
SanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD say
Ars cited in two SanDisk SSD failure lawsuits filed yesterday.
X suspends pro-Nazi account after two brands halt advertising
X will soon allow brands to block ads from appearing next to specific profiles.
Wi-Fi sniffers strapped to drones—Mike Lindell’s odd plan to stop election fraud
Lindell wants to fly drones near polling places to monitor voting machines.
Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment
Lawsuit: Sotheby's $24M sale to FTX gave Bored Ape NFTs "an air of legitimacy."
Report: Potential NYT lawsuit could force OpenAI to wipe ChatGPT and start over
OpenAI could be fined up to $150,000 for each piece of infringing content.
Amazon pinches sellers: Use our costly logistics services or pay extra fee [Updated]
Change comes as booksellers urge FTC to launch another Amazon antitrust inquiry.
X apparently added 5-second delay for links to sites Musk doesn’t like
X, formerly Twitter, "confirmed the delay was removed but did not elaborate."
$220 billion is helping build US cleantech infrastructure. Here are the projects.
Financial Times identified 110 large-scale manufacturing announcements.
China blocks Intel’s $5.4B merger with Tower Semiconductor
Deal ends with Intel paying a $353 million termination fee to Tower.
ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule
Broadband industry fights requirement to "list all recurring monthly fees."
Internet Archive’s legal woes mount as record labels sue for $400M
The Internet Archive also reached a confidential settlement with book publishers.
