Stories tagged policy & regulation.
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Although it feels like Blizzard only just unveiled World of Warcraft: Forever during BlizzCon 2026, some time has passed now and the beta is out in full force – and, unsurprisingly, folks are already catching bans for inappropriate behavior. What inappropriate behavior so early on, you might ask…
Steam store news / itch.io
Over the last few months, Forza Horizon 6 has received an outpouring of negative comments on social media and Steam about the game’s moderating system, which has been perceived as unfairly targeting players who create Itasha-style designs. To address this, Microsoft recently released an updated…
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
Let's talk acquisitions! The WarnerMount merger is close to being in the clear, after California and 11 other states settled their antitrust lawsuit against the merger. Plus: Taboola bought Dianomi. Infillion bought Foursquare. We get into what all three of these companies will look like…
Cointelegraph
KelpDAO says LayerZero endorsed its bridge setup before the attack, while CEO Bryan Pellegrino has dismissed the lawsuit as meritless.
Semafor (filter tech)
The president is still entertaining a ban that most Hill Republicans hate and that analysts warn would risk driving up gas prices.
Economic Times — Tech / Technology / Startups / ETTelecom
Polymarket sued New York Attorney General Letitia James and other state officials on Thursday evening, to block them from regulating its prediction market.
Economic Times — Tech / Technology / Startups / ETTelecom
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.
Artificial Lawyer / LawSites / Legaltech News
It’s conference season and Artificial Lawyer is on tour! AL’s founder will be lugging his legal AI guitar from London to Paris to Boston and ...
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…
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
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…
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
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.
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
‘Drowning in measurement,’ marketers mull priorities in an internet where ‘two audiences’ exist.
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
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.
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
DMexco 2026 media partner Digiday hosted two panels that outlined the challenge of AI at scale and the CMO of the future.
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
Meta's Muse is ad-free for now. Don’t expect that to last.
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
‘Drowning in measurement,’ marketers mull priorities in an internet where ‘two audiences’ exist.
The Hindu — Technology / BusinessLine — Info-tech
The EU sanction against X followed a two-year-long investigation under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA)
PyPI / crates.io / RubyGems / Go index / NuGet
Autonomous AI Agent compliance engine for EU Deforestation Regulation (EU 2023/1115)
UploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED
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.
Techmeme (feed as signal)
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…
Economic Times — Tech / Technology / Startups / ETTelecom
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…
PyPI / crates.io / RubyGems / Go index / NuGet
Official Python SDK for the IBANforge API — IBAN validation, BIC/SWIFT lookup, Swiss BC-Nummer, sanctions/SEPA/VoP compliance triage.
Semafor (filter tech)
Senior leaders have revived discussions about combining with a foreign bank after Swiss regulators voted this week to demand it raise more capital.
The Defiant / DL News / Protos / CryptoSlate
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…
Semafor (filter tech)
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.
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
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.
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
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.
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
Falling costs in genomics, sensing and AI are making it easier to connect data across soil, plants, and animals to human health, says Antony Yousefian. The post 🎥 What is agrihealth—and can it become an investable category? The First Thirty makes the case appeared first on AgFunderNews.
IGN / GameSpot / PC Gamer / Kotaku
James Williams, the defendant and an alleged moderator of r/SwitchPirates, apparently never showed up to court
PYMNTS
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)…
PYMNTS
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.
Artificial Lawyer / LawSites / Legaltech News
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.
Steam store news / itch.io
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…
Techmeme (feed as signal)
Megan Howard / Bloomberg: The Fed unveils stablecoin proposals, including requiring some issuers to fully back tokens with permissible reserve assets, such as short-term Treasury bills — The Federal Reserve unveiled proposals for stablecoin issuers on Thursday, the latest step from regulators…
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
The partnership is part of Maryland’s effort to attract $1 billion in public and private quantum spending by 2030.
EFF Deeplinks / noyb / Access Now
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavioral advertising, which is when companies personalize the ads they show you based on the data…
CoinDesk
The U.S derivatives regulator is grinding away at further guidance that welcomes tokenization and blockchain recordkeeping as regular industry elements.
Techmeme (feed as signal)
Bloomberg: The US files an application with the EU's General Court in support of X's effort to annul a 2025 €120M DSA fine, arguing the EU engaged in regulatory overreach — The US is seeking to join a legal challenge filed by Elon Musk to dismiss a €120 million ($136.5 million) …
The Defiant / DL News / Protos / CryptoSlate
Estée Lauder lawsuit alleges company exploited prohibited, duty-free gray market resellers operating as daigou in Asia, especially Hainan. The post Estée Lauder facing new stockholder suit over alleged use of gray markets appeared first on Protos.
Ars Technica
New York sues Polymarket as Trump admin tries to override state gambling laws.
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
AI answers strip out the signals people once used to judge them. Here's why your content stack now misses in both directions. The post LLMs Are Time Machines That Don’t Tell You How Far You Went appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
Best Buy is pushing artificial intelligence (AI) into areas of its operations in 2026, and its leadership team has described wider ambitions for how Best Buy will use AI to achieve near-term objectives. In March, while speaking at the UBS Global Consumer and Retail Conference, Best Buy CEO Corie…
Semafor (filter tech)
Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy’s antitrust suit against Fox got tossed last year, but he refiled and keeps punching.
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
The bipartisan bill would establish cybersecurity best practices and independent certification, following the FCC’s rollback of safeguards adopted in response to the Chinese hacking campaign.
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
Plus: The 'first new mode of action in biologicals in 20 years' The post AgriFood Signals: Confido raises $55m to help CPGs, Tesco backs Henry Dimbleby’s fund, UPF food labeling appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
The agency previously said it found $13 billion in suspected procurement-related fraud and is investigating other sources of potential fraud.
Techmeme (feed as signal)
Nicole Carpenter / Aftermath: In a default judgment, a US federal judge awards Nintendo of America $4.5M in damages in its lawsuit against a Reddit moderator who sold pirated Switch games — The court entered a default judgement in favor of Nintendo — Nintendo of America was awarded $4.5 million in…
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
A new plan emphasizes threat sharing and coordination ahead of the midterms, but does not explain how those commitments fit with proposed cuts to dedicated election security funding.
Artificial Lawyer / LawSites / Legaltech News
C.H. Beck is becoming Noxtua’s majority shareholder in a Series C secondary transaction worth more than $114 million, while CMS and Dentons exit the legal AI company.