Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images US lawmakers have proposed letting people sue over faked pornographic images of themselves, following the spread of AI-generated explicit photographs of Taylor Swift. The Disrupt Expli... Lawmakers propose anti-nonconsensual AI porn bill after Taylor Swift controversyThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2024 by Adi Robertson
Laura Normand / The Verge Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has responded to a controversy over sexually explicit AI-made fake images of Taylor Swift. In an interview with NBC Nightly News that will air next Tuesday, Nadella c... Satya Nadella says the explicit Taylor Swift AI fakes are ...This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2024 by Adi Robertson
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Supreme Court has denied a request to hear an antitrust dispute between Apple and Fortnite publisher Epic Games. It rejected two petitions, one from each company, this morning ... Supreme Court rejects Epic v. Apple antitrust caseThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2024 by Adi Robertson
Illustration: The Verge The Supreme Court has declined a long-running legal challenge from X Corp., formerly Twitter, over whether it can publicly reveal US government demands for user data. X Corp. v. Garland was on a l... Supreme Court rejects decade-old Twitter First Amendment caseThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2024 by Adi Robertson
The Air 2 Ultra bring back full-fledged tracking capabilities. | Image: Xreal Augmented reality company Xreal has revealed a new entry in its Air glasses lineup: the $699 Air 2 Ultra. The Air 2 Ultra glasses, which devel... Xreal’s new AR glasses are aimed at the Apple Vision ...This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 7, 2024 by Adi Robertson
Disney Earlier this week, Disney’s film Steamboat Willie entered the US public domain after nearly a century — and so did its star Mickey Mouse. It was a turning point for one of the 20th century’s most iconic and rigoro... The internet copyright machine wasn’t made for Mickey MouseThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 5, 2024 by Adi Robertson
Just be careful not to let major elements from later designs slip in. | Disney It’s finally happened: after nearly a century, Mickey Mouse has slipped off Disney’s copyright leash. The first versions of the iconic cartoo... Welcome to the public domain, Mickey MouseThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 1, 2024 by Adi Robertson
Illustration: The Verge Google announced today that it won’t pull links to Canadian news outlets after all, thanks to an agreement with the government of Canada over the contentious Online News Act or Bill C-18. Google a... Google agrees to pay publishers in Canada and drops plans ...This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2023 by Adi Robertson
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk’s threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters. Media Matters reported last week that X “h... X sues Media Matters to silence moderation criticismThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 20, 2023 by Adi Robertson
Image: The Verge Music streaming service Spotify struck a seemingly unique and highly generous deal with Google for Android-based payments, according to new testimony in the Epic v. Google trial. On the stand, Google hea... A secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app ...This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 20, 2023 by Adi Robertson