2025-01-02

US Court of Appeals rules against effort to restore net neutrality

Net neutrality may have hit its final roadblock. In a new decision filed today, the Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals has ruled that the FCC does not have the "statutory authority" to implem [...]

2025-05-15

UK Parliament opts not to hold AI companies accountable over copyright material

Ministers in the UK House of Commons have blocked an amendment to a data bill that would require AI companies to disclose their use of copyrighted materials, according to The Guardian. This transparen [...]

2025-07-01

El Chapo drug cartel reportedly tracked and killed informants by hacking an FBI phone

The Mexican Sinaloa cartel hired a hacker to track and surveil the FBI, then used that information to intimidate and even kill witnesses against drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, accord [...]

2025-04-11

Biometrics vs. passcodes: What lawyers recommend if you're worried about warrantless phone searches

Do passcodes really protect you more from warrantless phone searches than biometrics? It's complicated. [...]

2025-04-22

Biometrics vs. passcodes: What lawyers say if you're worried about warrantless phone searches

Do passcodes really protect you more from warrantless phone searches than biometrics? It's complicated. [...]

2025-05-08

Apple files emergency hold to challenge App Store payment injunction

Apple has filed an emergency motion, asking a federal appeals court to put a pause on orders that would significantly change how the App Store works. Those changes, the company argued in its motion, w [...]

2025-05-17

Epic wants the court to compel Apple to approve Fortnite's return to the US App Store

Epic has filed a "second motion to enforce injunction," asking the US District Court for the Northern District of California to force Apple to do a timely review of its Fortnite app and to a [...]

2025-05-16

'Fortnite' is offline on iOS around the world

After winning a court case pretty decisively against Apple, developer Epic submitted Fortnite to the US App Store and suggested it would soon be back on iOS. However, according to the Fortnite team, A [...]

2025-05-01

Court orders Apple to stop collecting fees for purchases made outside the App Store

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has ruled that Apple violated her own ruling back in 2021 on the lawsuit Epic Games filed against Apple a year before. Now, it's ordering (PDF) Apple to stop collecti [...]