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Polymarket sued New York Attorney General Letitia James and other state officials on Thursday evening, to block them from regulating its prediction market.
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The incursion on one of the country's most used government agencies may prompt a tougher stance as Australia readies AI-specific laws starting in 2027, adding pressure to Australia-US relations already tested by Canberra's teen social media ban, tech policy experts said.
TNW
The US government has asked the EU’s General Court to let it join Elon Musk and X in their challenge to the €120 million fine Brussels imposed on the platform. The Justice Department announced the filing on Thursday. The application covers two cases before the court in Luxembourg. One of the cases…
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Three months on, the Information Regulator is still establishing how many insurers the MIP breach affected.
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Just last week, we reported that Samsung is facing a new patent infringement lawsuit related to audio technologies used in Galaxy devices. Now, the South Korean firm is facing another patent lawsuit. This time, it relates to connectivity technologies used in its phones, wireless earbuds, and…
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The California legislature has passed the compromise version of SB-690, leaving most of the private right of action provisions of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) in place. Thanks to massive lobbying efforts by Big Tech, other states have lost out on their own opportunities for privacy…
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How legit is "annualized revenue run rate" as a metric?; YouTube discusses new creator marketplace tools; and AI agents keep bypassing safeguards. The post Higgsfield’s $1 Billion Run Rate Comes With An Asterisk; It’s Hard To Find A Good Partner(ship) appeared first on AdExchanger.
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Instacart CEO Chris Rogers says lower online markups, loyalty perks and cheaper delivery options are crucial to driving more online grocery growth in the coming years.
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‘Drowning in measurement,’ marketers mull priorities in an internet where ‘two audiences’ exist.
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Made On YouTube announced a spate of new features for the creator platform; here are the most important ones and what they mean for creators.
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DMexco 2026 media partner Digiday hosted two panels that outlined the challenge of AI at scale and the CMO of the future.
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Meta's Muse is ad-free for now. Don’t expect that to last.
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‘Drowning in measurement,’ marketers mull priorities in an internet where ‘two audiences’ exist.
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The EU sanction against X followed a two-year-long investigation under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA)
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Autonomous AI Agent compliance engine for EU Deforestation Regulation (EU 2023/1115)
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Meta finally set a concrete timeline to ship realistic avatars, shoulders-up on Meta Ray-Ban Display and then full-body on Meta VR Glasses. We briefly tried both at Connect.
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New York Times: Massachusetts' gambling regulator says it will examine how DraftKings and other betting companies in the state are using AI, in response to a NYT investigation — In response to a New York Times report on DraftKings, the state's gaming commission said it would evaluate how each…
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The regulator has proposed lower commission limits for distributors that sell products from several insurers, with sharp cuts across health, term and motor insurance. Shares of PB Fintech fell 36% on Thursday to Rs 1,210 on the BSE, while Turtlemint stock was down 20% at Rs 109.10 to hit its daily…
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Official Python SDK for the IBANforge API — IBAN validation, BIC/SWIFT lookup, Swiss BC-Nummer, sanctions/SEPA/VoP compliance triage.
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Senior leaders have revived discussions about combining with a foreign bank after Swiss regulators voted this week to demand it raise more capital.
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New York has sued Polymarket, alleging its US prediction market is an unlicensed gambling business operating across the state. On Sept. 24, Attorney General Letitia James asked a New York state court to stop QCX LLC, which operates as Polymarket US, from offering event contracts without a state…
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham called the 40-year ban “discriminatory.”
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
Documents shared exclusively with FedScoop offer insight into the initial contract awarded six years ago that acted as a critical building block in DHS’s current surveillance apparatus. The post ICE awards contested, controversial surveillance contract to Thomson Reuters appeared first on FedScoop.
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Sam Corcos, a DOGE alum and acting director of Technology Transformation Services, said in an email obtained by FedScoop that the reassignment initiative is meant to “ensure” GSA can meet its mission and “evolving priorities.” The post Some GSA tech workers may be reassigned, given option to leave…
Cointelegraph
The Fed’s proposal would set capital requirements, a two-day redemption window and new reserve disclosures as regulators implement the GENIUS Act.
Engadget
Meta's newest smart glasses are an iterative, expensive update.
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Costco's business is increasingly living beyond the doors of its core warehouses, as digital sales and partnerships with platforms like DoorDash and Uber Eats are helping it attract newer, younger customers.
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Target-generic moderation queue: reports, verdicts, sanctions and appeals for the Stapel framework
Engadget
It's easy to win when the defendant is a no-show.
CyberScoop
Biotechnology doesn’t have its own critical infrastructure designation, so the bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to make sure it’s protected like it. The post House and Senate members propose legislation for CISA to step up cyber defenses for biotech appeared first on CyberScoop.
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James Williams, the defendant and an alleged moderator of r/SwitchPirates, apparently never showed up to court
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The European Union’s securities regulator plans to make artificial intelligence and tokenization a supervisory priority starting in 2027, signaling a broader regulatory focus on how emerging technologies are being used across financial services. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)…
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Polymarket will fight for its users, the company’s chief legal officer said Thursday (Sept. 24), after New York announced that the state filed a lawsuit against the company. New York sued the company behind Polymarket US, QCX LLC, alleging in a Thursday press release that the prediction market…
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
It takes the agency 20 months on average to process the claims, leading to “financial hardship for taxpayers” and significant interest paid by the IRS on delayed refunds. The post IRS mired in backlog of identity theft cases, report finds appeared first on FedScoop.
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The firm's founders, who previously worked at Kirkland & Ellis, said its new private equity-backed management services organization will offer equity incentives to employees, helping recruit and retain lawyers and support personnel.
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A Dutch consumer group is suing Fortnite maker Epic Games for €100m, accusing the company of misleading young gamers into spending real money in the in-game store. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/dutch-consumer-group-files-lawsuit-against-epic-for-misleading-young-players-on-fortnite-seeking-more-than…