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Policy / Civilization & Discontents

  1. Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your data

    The agency opposes an amendment that prevents it from using data brokers.

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  2. Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best

    Will Reddit get quality replacements? "Not a snowball's chance in hell."

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  3. Most of the 100 million people who signed up for Threads stopped using it

    "We're seeing more people coming back daily than I'd expected," Zuckerberg said.

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  4. Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated.

    There's strong ideological segregation, but proposed interventions didn't change attitudes.

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  5. Tesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken

    Inundated with complaints, Tesla created "Diversion Team" to cancel appointments.

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  6. Microsoft Teams + Office bundle leads to official EU antitrust probe

    It's Microsoft's first formal EU antitrust investigation in over a decade.

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  7. Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since 2007

    Twitter took Gene X Hwang's username and only offered him "some merch."

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  8. FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore

    Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

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  9. Musk plans Supreme Court appeal after losing bid to terminate SEC settlement

    Supreme Court is Musk's last option as judges uphold limits on his Tesla tweets.

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  10. Jury orders Google to pay $339M for patent-infringing Chromecast 

    Google plans to appeal.

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  11. Musk rushes out new Twitter logo—it’s just an X that someone tweeted at him

    X logo looks like a Unicode symbol and the lower-case x from a Monotype font.

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  12. Ready for your eye scan? Worldcoin launches—but not quite worldwide

    "The US does not make or break a project like this," says OpenAI chief.

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  1. OpenAI, Google will watermark AI-generated content to hinder deepfakes, misinfo

    Seven companies promised Biden they would take concrete steps to enhance AI safety.

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  2. Fed’s new instant payment system could be trouble for PayPal, Venmo

    The Fed's goal is to connect 9,000 financial institutions nationwide.

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  3. No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators

    Disenchanted mods Ars spoke with want change, not more communication.

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  4. Musk subpoenas Elizabeth Warren days after she called for Tesla investigation

    Warren urged SEC to examine Musk's actions while running Twitter and Tesla.

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  5. Microsoft to stop locking vital security logs behind $57-per-user monthly plan

    US agency urged Microsoft to expand access to logs that can identify cyberattacks.

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  6. TSMC delays US chip fab opening, says US talent is insufficient [Updated]

    Arizona chip factory won't be operational until 2025, TSMC said.

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  7. Meta tells news publishers to talk to the hand

    Growing rift with publishers has Meta downgrading news on Threads, Facebook.

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  8. FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting

    Merger rules currently stacked in favor of monopolists, critics say.

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  9. AT&T says lead cables in Lake Tahoe “pose no danger” and should stay in place

    AT&T may have nearly 200,000 miles of lead-covered phone cables across US.

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  10. Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon

    Meta promised to make Threads compatible with W3C open standard for social media.

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  11. Musk, Tesla board to return $735M after being sued for overpaying themselves

    Shareholder lawsuit said Tesla board pay "grossly exceeds" corporate norms.

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  12. Norway has had it with Meta, threatens $100K fines for data violations

    "It is so clear that this is illegal," Norwegian regulator said.

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  1. Typo leaks millions of US military emails to Mali web operator

    Spelling error misdirected sensitive Pentagon messages to company running Mali’s TLD.

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  2. AT&T stock fell to 29-year low on Friday and sank another 6.7% today

    AT&T, Verizon, Frontier, and Lumen all get hammered after lead-cable reports.

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  3. Musk admits advertisers haven’t returned to Twitter, ad revenue down 50%

    Twitter has negative cash flow despite Musk predicting profits last quarter.

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  4. AT&T and Verizon’s ancient lead cables have US lawmakers demanding action

    "Corporate irresponsibility": Telcos accused of failing to act on health risks.

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  5. Threads usage drops as Meta blocks VPN access in EU [Updated]

    Move comes as Meta tries to avoid violating privacy laws.

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  6. X Corp. asks court to terminate Twitter’s privacy settlement with FTC

    X Corp. motion claims FTC is "tainted by bias," says Musk shouldn't be deposed.

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  7. Chasing defamatory hallucinations, FTC opens investigation into OpenAI

    FTC sends 20-page info request over fears of "false, misleading, or disparaging" generations.

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  8. Ohio bans doctor after botched surgeries on TikTok threaten patients’ lives

    Her TikTok persona was more important than patients' lives, medical board ruled.

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  9. Musk’s X Corp. sues data scrapers for “severely taxing” Twitter’s servers

    X Corp. lawsuit says unidentified scrapers forced Twitter to impose rate limits.

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  10. FTC appeal in Microsoft/Activision case shows US regulator isn’t giving up yet

    But stopping the deal from moving forward still looks like an uphill battle.

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  11. Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google could be fined billions

    One tax preparer said the scandal likely impacts every user of its services.

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  12. Silk Road’s second-in-command gets 20 years in prison

    Roger Thomas Clark, aka Variety Jones, helped build the world’s first dark-web drug market.

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