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Microsoft Sued by Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training
A group of authors is suing Microsoft, alleging it used their books without permission to train its Megatron AI model. The complaint against Microsoft came a day after a California federal judge ruled that Anthropic made fair use under US copyright law of authors' material to train its AI systems but may still be liable for pirating their books.
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US Appeals Court Allows Trump To Keep National Guard In Los Angeles
A US appeals court on Thursday allowed Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court ruling that blocked the mobilisation.
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Trump Illegally Deployed National Guard, Must Return Control, Orders Judge
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday directing President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California.
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Menendez Brothers, Jailed For Killing Parents, Resentenced
Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have spent more than three decades behind bars for the grisly shotgun murders of their parents in the family's luxury Beverly Hills home, could soon walk free after a judge on Tuesday reduced their life sentences.
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OpenAI Can’t Dodge Elon Musk’s Fraud Claims in Restructuring Suit
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, on Thursday ruled that Elon Musk can pursue fraud claims in the complaint he filed against OpenAI last year. She also declined to dismiss an unjust enrichment claim against OpenAI and Microsoft Corp., a major investor in the startup.
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Anthropic Wins Early Round in Music Publishers' AI Copyright Case
Music publishers UMG, Concord and ABKCO sued Anthropic in 2023, alleging that it infringed their copyrights in lyrics from at least 500 songs. The publishers claimed Anthropic used the lyrics without permission to train Claude to respond to human prompts. Anthropic, for now, has convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminar...
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Google Must Face Mobile Phone Privacy Class Action, Possible Trial
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected users' personal data. Users of Android and non-Android mobile devices accused Google of invading their privacy and violating a California law against unauthorised fraudulent computer access by intercepting and saving their personal browsing histories w...
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Apple to Pay $95 Million to Settle Siri Privacy Lawsuit
Apple agreed to pay $95 million (roughly Rs. 814 crore) in cash to settle a lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users' privacy. A preliminary settlement was filed on Tuesday night in the Oakland, California federal court, and requires approval by US District Judge Jeffrey White.
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US Court Rules Meta Must Face Lawsuits Over Teen Addiction To Social Media
Facebook parent company Meta must face lawsuits by U.S. states accusing it of encouraging social media addiction among teens, a federal judge in California ruled on Tuesday.
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US' UCLA Must Protect Jewish Students' Access To Campus, Judge Rules
The University of California in Los Angeles cannot allow pro-Palestinian protesters to block Jewish students from accessing campus buildings, classes and services, a federal judge has ruled.
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Ex-Apple Employee, Who Stole Project Titan Secrets, Jailed For 4 Months: Report
Six years after US authorities charged Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer, with stealing trade secrets of the company's Project Titan, a California judge sentenced him to 120 days in jail.
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US Judge Shoots Wife Dead. He Had 47 Guns, 26,000 Rounds Of Ammo At Home
A California judge charged with drunkenly killing his wife with a gun he kept in an ankle holster allegedly texted a colleague after the shooting to say "I won't be in tomorrow. I will be in custody," a court heard Tuesday.
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Witness Tampering, Seeks to Avoid Jailtime
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday said in a letter to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan, never sought to intimidate witnesses at his scheduled October fraud trial, and there is no reason to jail him.
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Apple, Epic Games Request US Appeals Court to Reconsider Its Antitrust Ruling
Apple and Fortnite maker Epic Games on Wednesday both asked a US appeals court to reconsider its April ruling in an antitrust case that could force Apple to change payment practices in its App Store. Apple and Epic, in separate court filings, mounted challenges to a ruling by a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Ap...
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Apple, Masimo Smartwatch Trade Secrets Lawsuit Ends in Mistrial After Jurors Fail to Reach Verdict
A US judge in California on Monday declared a mistrial in Masimo's smartwatch trade secret lawsuit against Apple Inc after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the potential billion-dollar case.
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Microsoft Sued by Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training
A group of authors is suing Microsoft, alleging it used their books without permission to train its Megatron AI model. The complaint against Microsoft came a day after a California federal judge ruled that Anthropic made fair use under US copyright law of authors' material to train its AI systems but may still be liable for pirating their books.
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US Appeals Court Allows Trump To Keep National Guard In Los Angeles
A US appeals court on Thursday allowed Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court ruling that blocked the mobilisation.
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Trump Illegally Deployed National Guard, Must Return Control, Orders Judge
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday directing President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California.
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Menendez Brothers, Jailed For Killing Parents, Resentenced
Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have spent more than three decades behind bars for the grisly shotgun murders of their parents in the family's luxury Beverly Hills home, could soon walk free after a judge on Tuesday reduced their life sentences.
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OpenAI Can’t Dodge Elon Musk’s Fraud Claims in Restructuring Suit
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, on Thursday ruled that Elon Musk can pursue fraud claims in the complaint he filed against OpenAI last year. She also declined to dismiss an unjust enrichment claim against OpenAI and Microsoft Corp., a major investor in the startup.
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Anthropic Wins Early Round in Music Publishers' AI Copyright Case
Music publishers UMG, Concord and ABKCO sued Anthropic in 2023, alleging that it infringed their copyrights in lyrics from at least 500 songs. The publishers claimed Anthropic used the lyrics without permission to train Claude to respond to human prompts. Anthropic, for now, has convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminar...
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Google Must Face Mobile Phone Privacy Class Action, Possible Trial
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected users' personal data. Users of Android and non-Android mobile devices accused Google of invading their privacy and violating a California law against unauthorised fraudulent computer access by intercepting and saving their personal browsing histories w...
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Apple to Pay $95 Million to Settle Siri Privacy Lawsuit
Apple agreed to pay $95 million (roughly Rs. 814 crore) in cash to settle a lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users' privacy. A preliminary settlement was filed on Tuesday night in the Oakland, California federal court, and requires approval by US District Judge Jeffrey White.
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US Court Rules Meta Must Face Lawsuits Over Teen Addiction To Social Media
Facebook parent company Meta must face lawsuits by U.S. states accusing it of encouraging social media addiction among teens, a federal judge in California ruled on Tuesday.
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US' UCLA Must Protect Jewish Students' Access To Campus, Judge Rules
The University of California in Los Angeles cannot allow pro-Palestinian protesters to block Jewish students from accessing campus buildings, classes and services, a federal judge has ruled.
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Ex-Apple Employee, Who Stole Project Titan Secrets, Jailed For 4 Months: Report
Six years after US authorities charged Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer, with stealing trade secrets of the company's Project Titan, a California judge sentenced him to 120 days in jail.
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US Judge Shoots Wife Dead. He Had 47 Guns, 26,000 Rounds Of Ammo At Home
A California judge charged with drunkenly killing his wife with a gun he kept in an ankle holster allegedly texted a colleague after the shooting to say "I won't be in tomorrow. I will be in custody," a court heard Tuesday.
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Witness Tampering, Seeks to Avoid Jailtime
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday said in a letter to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan, never sought to intimidate witnesses at his scheduled October fraud trial, and there is no reason to jail him.
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Apple, Epic Games Request US Appeals Court to Reconsider Its Antitrust Ruling
Apple and Fortnite maker Epic Games on Wednesday both asked a US appeals court to reconsider its April ruling in an antitrust case that could force Apple to change payment practices in its App Store. Apple and Epic, in separate court filings, mounted challenges to a ruling by a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Ap...
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Apple, Masimo Smartwatch Trade Secrets Lawsuit Ends in Mistrial After Jurors Fail to Reach Verdict
A US judge in California on Monday declared a mistrial in Masimo's smartwatch trade secret lawsuit against Apple Inc after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the potential billion-dollar case.
