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.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
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.
Crypto scammers posing as real brands on X are easily hacking YouTubers
Fighting game YouTuber now fighting Google over “monstrous” post-hack revenue loss.
US temporarily bans drones in parts of NJ, may use “deadly force” against aircraft
Drone sightings cause worry; FBI said it hadn't "identified anything anomalous."
Amazon faces holiday strike after refusing to bargain with warehouse workers
Amazon downplaying what workers declared is “largest strike” ever in the US.
Amazon’s RTO delays exemplify why workers get so mad about mandates
Amazon lacks space to accommodate its entire workforce.
$2 per megabyte: AT&T mistakenly charged customer $6,223 for 3.1GB of data
Texas police officer switched to AT&T FirstNet and got a horrible surprise.
