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April 9, 2026
Trump-appointed judges refuse to block Trump blacklisting of Anthropic AI tech
Appeals court denies Anthropic's emergency motion for a stay.
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April 8, 2026
LinkedIn scanning users' browser extensions sparks controversy and two lawsuits
LinkedIn says claims fabricated by extension maker suspended for scraping data.
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April 7, 2026
SCOTUS overturns 5th Circuit ruling that told ISP to kick pirates off Internet
Supreme Court's precedent-setting Cox ruling helps Grande beat music piracy claims.
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April 6, 2026
Sports bets on prediction markets ruled to be "swaps," exempt from state laws
Court rules US preempts states from applying gambling laws to prediction markets.
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April 3, 2026
Elon Musk insists banks working on SpaceX IPO must buy Grok subscriptions
Some banks "agreed to spend tens of millions on the chatbot," NYT reports.
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April 2, 2026
SpaceX tries to convince FCC that Amazon put satellites into wrong altitude
Amazon denies violation, says SpaceX caused conflict by lowering Starlink satellites.
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April 1, 2026
Trump defunding of NPR and PBS blocked by judge, but damage is already done
Judge invalidates Trump executive order, but Congress also cut off all funding.
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March 31, 2026
Starlink satellite breaks apart into "tens of objects"; SpaceX confirms "anomaly"
Satellite failure cause is unexplained after second "fragment creation event."
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March 31, 2026
OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says
OkCupid and Match settle with Trump FTC, don't have to pay any financial penalty.
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March 30, 2026
Judge halts Nexstar/Tegna merger after FCC let firms exceed TV ownership limit
"Defendants must immediately cease" actions to integrate and consolidate the firms.
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March 26, 2026
Spotify seeks $300M from Anna's Archive, which ignores all court proceedings
Even with court orders, music firms struggle to eliminate notorious shadow library.
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March 25, 2026
Supreme Court rejects Sony's attempt to kick music pirates off the Internet
Sony's 1984 Betamax win helps Cox beat Sony in important online piracy case.
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March 24, 2026
FCC imposes sweeping ban on foreign-made routers, affecting all new models
Trump admin to decide which router makers get exemptions from FCC import ban.
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March 23, 2026
Intuit beats FTC in court, ending restrictions on "free" TurboTax ads
Biden-era punishment tossed; Intuit now has more friendly regulators under Trump.
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March 20, 2026
Trump FCC lets Nexstar buy Tegna and blow way past 39% TV ownership cap
Brendan Carr lets Trump-favorite Nexstar exceed national station ownership limit.
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March 19, 2026
FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms
Tom Cotton supports FBI data purchasing, compares it to searching people's trash.
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March 18, 2026
Cloudflare appeals Piracy Shield fine, hopes to kill Italy's site-blocking law
Firm says requiring site blocks within 30 minutes breaks core Internet architecture.
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March 17, 2026
Apple can delist apps "with or without cause," judge says in loss for Musi app
Judge tosses Musi case against Apple, sanctions lawyers for "mak[ing] up facts."
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March 16, 2026
Trump and his FCC chair demand more positive news coverage of Iran war
Carr makes evidence-free claim of "hoaxes and news distortions." Trump is thrilled.
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March 13, 2026
Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company
GFiber and Astound to merge with Alphabet selling majority stake to Stonepeak.
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March 13, 2026
Another AT&T FirstNet user gets shocking $6,200 bill, at $2 per megabyte
Bizarre FirstNet charge nearly identical to one that hit different user in 2024.
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March 12, 2026
Live Nation director boasted of gouging ticket buyers, "robbing them blind"
Unsealed messages add wrinkle to trial after US agreed to settle with Live Nation.
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March 11, 2026
"Use a gun" or "beat the crap out of him": AI chatbot urged violence, study finds
Character.AI deemed "uniquely unsafe" among 10 chatbots tested by CCDH.
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March 10, 2026
Anthropic sues US over blacklisting; White House calls firm "radical left, woke"
Anthropic says it was blacklisted for opposing autonomous weapons, mass surveillance.
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March 9, 2026
US blindsides states with surprise settlement in Live Nation/Ticketmaster trial
States seek mistrial, saying "sudden disappearance" of US will influence jury.
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March 4, 2026
Lawsuit: Google Gemini sent man on violent missions, set suicide "countdown"
Gemini allegedly called man its "husband," said they could be together in death.
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March 3, 2026
FCC chair calls Paramount/WBD merger "a lot cleaner" than defunct Netflix deal
FCC to review foreign debt, but Carr indicates it will be a formality.
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March 2, 2026
Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US
FCC rejects protests because Charter and Cox don't compete directly in most places.
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March 2, 2026
Trump FCC's equal-time crackdown doesn't apply equally—or at all—to talk radio
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's unequal enforcement of the equal-time rule.
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February 27, 2026
Whoops: US military laser strike takes down CBP drone near Mexican border
Trump admin "incompetence continues to cause chaos in our skies," Duckworth says.
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