“I’m getting dizzy”: Man films Waymo self-driving car driving around in circles
Waymo software fix addressed "looping events" after car kept circling parking lot.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Do Kwon, the crypto bro behind $40B Luna/Terra collapse, finally extradited to US
Kwon pled "not guilty" before a federal judge.
Anthropic gives court authority to intervene if chatbot spits out song lyrics
A small win for music publishers in the fight over Claude outputs.
Appeals court blocks FCC’s efforts to bring back net neutrality rules
A three-judge panel ruled the FCC exceeded its authority reviving net neutrality.
Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M
Apple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices.
It’s January, which means another batch of copyrighted work is now public domain
More Mickey Mouse versions, early talkies, and classic novels all go public.
Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub
Supreme Court ruling could end Pornhub blackout across US South.
Power company hid illegal crypto mine that may have caused outages
Russia's crackdown on illegal mines outs power provider as unexpected accomplice.
Trump told SCOTUS he plans to make a deal to save TikTok
TikTok ban could be delayed, if “consummate dealmaker” Trump gets his way.
Tech worker movements grow as threats of RTO, AI loom
Advocates say tech workers movements got too big to ignore in 2024.
YouTuber won DMCA fight with fake Nintendo lawyer by detecting spoofed email
Gamer urges YouTube to change DMCA takedown process to end copyright abuse.
OpenAI defends for-profit shift as critical to sustain humanitarian mission
Elon Musk may be the last obstacle to stop OpenAI’s for-profit shift.
FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling
Redmond's packing of Office with security, cloud computing services under scrutiny.
China’s plan to dominate legacy chips globally sparks US probe
Half of US companies don't know the origins of chips they buy, official said.
Man who claims he invented bitcoin faces prison after filing $1.1 trillion suit
UK judge issues 1-year suspended prison sentence as Wright hides in Asia.
