The US is prepared to fight the injunction. In a letter, the US Justice Department argued that the court has already “definitively rejected petitioners’ constitutional claims” and no further briefing should be needed before rejecting the injunction. If the court denies the injunction, TikTok plans to immediately ask SCOTUS for an injunction next. That’s part […]
December 9, 2024 | bytedance, Policy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, tiktok, TikTok ban | No comments
On the evening of November 19, art adviser Adam Biesk was finishing work at his California home when he overheard a conversation between his wife and son, who had just come downstairs. The son, a kid in his early teens, was saying he had made a ton of money on a cryptocurrency that he himself […]
December 7, 2024 | cryptocurrency, memecoins, Policy, syndication | No comments
“What the Act targets is the PRC’s ability to manipulate that content covertly,” the ruling said. “Understood in that way, the Government’s justification is wholly consonant with the First Amendment.” TikTok likely to appeal to Supreme Court TikTok is unsurprisingly frustrated by the ruling. In a statement provided to Ars, TikTok spokesperson Michael Hughes confirmed […]
December 6, 2024 | bytedance, china, national security, Policy, tiktok, TikTok ban | No comments
For Booking.com, it’s essential that users can book travel for other users by adding their email addresses to a booking because that’s how people frequently book trips together. And if it happens that the email address added to a booking is also linked to an existing Booking.com user, the trip is automatically added to that […]
December 6, 2024 | Booking.com, online privacy, personally identifying information, Policy, privacy | No comments
The compliance monitor is supposed to ensure that “Boeing implements a program designed to prevent and detect violations of US fraud laws,” O’Connor wrote. Failing to retain a monitor would violate Boeing’s probation, but O’Connor said that Boeing wouldn’t actually have to comply with the monitor’s recommendations. “[T]he plea agreement prohibits imposing as a condition […]
December 5, 2024 | 737 max, Boeing, boeing plea deal, Policy | No comments
AT&T planned to hit that milestone by 2025 but achieved it this year, she said. But as Johnson stressed, AT&T wants to get rid of copper in the remaining 500,000 square miles. “This is really good progress… however, without the full discontinuance of services across an entire wire center geography, we’re unable to stop the […]
December 5, 2024 | AT&T, at&t fiber, Policy | No comments
The ongoing rally has begun to make some of the earliest purchases using crypto appear a little ill-advised—like when Laszlo Hanyecz spent 10,000 bitcoins on two pizzas in 2010, then worth $40 but now worth $1 billion, the Times noted. But for those who have held tight to bitcoins while enduring crypto winters, bitcoin’s rise […]
December 5, 2024 | bitcoin, cryptocurrency, Donald Trump, Policy, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission | No comments
An unnamed FBI official was quoted in the same report as saying that phone users “would benefit from considering using a cellphone that automatically receives timely operating system updates, responsibly managed encryption, and phishing-resistant” multifactor authentication for email accounts, social media, and collaboration tools. The FBI official reportedly said the hackers obtained metadata showing the […]
December 4, 2024 | Chinese hackers, Policy, salt typhoon, Security | No comments
In a statement to Ars, Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said that claims that Amazon’s “business practices are somehow discriminatory or deceptive” are “categorically false.” Nantel said that Amazon started using third-party services to deliver to these areas to “put the safety of delivery drivers first.” “In the ZIP codes in question, there have been specific […]
December 4, 2024 | Amazon, Amazon Prime, Policy, unfair business practices | No comments
Plan unlikely to survive Trump administration CFPB Director Rohit Chopra touted the proposed rule, saying it targets brokers who sell “our most sensitive personal data without our knowledge or consent” and “profit by enabling scamming, stalking, and spying.” But whether the proposal ever becomes a rule is doubtful because of the impending leadership change in […]
December 3, 2024 | consumer financial protection bureau, data brokers, Policy | No comments