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California says Lyft made riders and drivers leave the app to opt out of ad data sharing. The $1.8 million settlement shows opt-outs must be as easy as the app.
Read more: Lyft pays $1.8 million over hard-to-find ad opt-outs in its appThe FBI in Honolulu says scammers are copying real federal office phone numbers and even staging fake offices on video calls to look official.
Read more: Scammers posing as FBI agents are faking caller IDs in HawaiiBloomberg agreed to a $500,000 settlement over offers that began at $1.99 and later rose to $39.99, a reminder to check what a cheap trial costs later.
Read more: Bloomberg pays $500,000 over $1.99 offers that rose to $39.99Toast says it will fight an FTC lawsuit over fees and cancellations. Restaurant and shop owners who use its systems may want to review their own contracts.
Read more: Toast, a restaurant tech company, says it will fight FTC lawsuitA Russia-aligned group called Gorbag is using basic data-stealing software against Ukrainian police, courts and local governments, and its tricks work anywhere.
Read more: Russia-linked hackers use simple data-stealing software against UkraineNew York's mayor backs a one-year pause on new data centers and an AI ban for some students. Parents and business owners should watch how the rules are written.
Read more: NYC mayor backs data center pause and AI ban for some studentsCalifornia will accept up to $1.86 billion in federal broadband money but says it will keep enforcing its own internet rules, setting up a possible legal fight.
Read more: California takes federal internet money but won't drop its own rulesA Bloomberg columnist says AI leaders have weak answers on how they will pay for giant data centers, which could affect the AI tools your business relies on.
Read more: AI Giants Face a Big Question: How Will They Pay for Their Data Centers?Federal agencies and Congress are leaning on AI failure reports as a first step toward oversight, which could shape how fast problems with AI tools come to light.
Read more: Washington Looks to AI Failure Reports as First Step on OversightBillionaire investor Bill Ackman says Big Tech's huge AI spending will pay off, as a roughly $2 trillion stock sell-off tests investor patience.
Read more: Bill Ackman bets Big Tech's AI spending will pay offUS officials have reportedly held up approval for chip equipment SK Hynix needs in China, which also complicates its plans for new plants in New York.
Read more: US stalls chip equipment SK Hynix needs for its China factoriesNew York says four promoters will pay nearly $6 million over a crypto scheme that drew in 11,000 New Yorkers, but most victims are still waiting on any recovery.
Read more: New York recovers nearly $6 million from crypto scheme promotersGM will pay $220 million to settle claims it collected and sold driving data without clear consent. Here is what was taken and what changes for drivers.
Read more: GM to pay $220 million over selling drivers' data without clear consentAfter Microsoft offered buyouts to about 60,000 workers, an employment lawyer explains what to check before signing and when to get legal help.
Read more: Offered a job buyout? A lawyer's 3 steps before you signA federal judge paused part of New York's law on rent-setting software, ruling the advice is protected speech. A ban on landlord price coordination remains.
Read more: Judge blocks part of New York's rent software lawNew York's mayor says Madison Square Garden's face-scanning cameras should not be allowed, and backs city bills that would ban biometric collection in public places.
Read more: NYC mayor says Madison Square Garden's face scanning should not be allowedNew York's state bar says lawyers cannot bill clients for hours that AI tools saved, which could change what hourly legal bills look like.
Read more: New York Bar Says Lawyers Can't Bill for Time AI SavesNew York City says employers are still legally responsible when AI tools play a part in hiring or managing workers, so blaming the software will not protect a business.
Read more: NYC Says Employers Are Liable When AI Helps Make Hiring DecisionsForbes reports New York has passed a law on AI and emotions that could stop chatbots from telling users 'I love you.' Here is what is known so far.
Read more: New York law could bar AI from saying 'I love you'Snap settled two teens' claims over Snapchat during jury selection, so no jury will weigh whether the app's design harmed young users.
Read more: Snap settles two teens' claims over Snapchat before a jury hears themPolice in six countries arrested seven people and seized over 100 servers tied to a company that allegedly supplied fake investment sites to scam call centers.
Read more: European police raid company that built fake trading sites for scammersResearchers say AI tools found many unrecorded loopholes in German law. If that works cheaply, businesses and families could see new kinds of rule-gaming.
Read more: Researchers use AI to find hidden loopholes in German lawData center builders are turning to retired jet engines to get power in as little as two years, instead of waiting years for the grid. Here is why it matters.
Read more: Data centers are buying old jet engines to get power fasterA New York health IT company says an intruder took patient files, exposing birth dates, insurance details and medical histories for 49,467 people.
Read more: Hackers got into a New York health IT firm's files for nearly three months
