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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., will hear arguments this week in a case that could help define the rules of the road for legal AI companies that rely on licensed caselaw data. The case, Fastcase...

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from PCMag: A lawsuit claims that WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption is a sham, and is demanding damages, but the app's parent company, Meta, calls the claims "false and absurd." The lawsuit was filed in a San Francisco US district court on Friday and c…

What happens off-camera doesn’t stay off-camera.

Here is the challenge before you: Name a famous person who is 28 years old. Go ahead. No cheating, no looking it up. Off the dome. Pure, uncut 28-year-old naming. I bet you can’t do it.  Zendaya? 29. Gracie Abrams? 26. Paul Mescal? 29. Hannah Einbinder? 30. You’re lower than dirt. You couldn’t name a…

A California jury has found that Meta illegally collected user health data from the Flo period-tracking app, violating the state’s wiretap law.

Charlie Hopkins was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the 1950s, where he spent three "lonely" years.

Bruce Springsteen on Thursday announced a June release date for Tracks II: The Lost Albums, a sequel to a well-received 1998 box set which will see dozens of previously unreleased songs between 1983 and 2018 see the light of the day.

Perplexity takes aim at Google’s AI Overviews mistake about putting glue on pizza in this ad spot for its “answer engine.“

From an Internet Archive Blog Post by Caralee Adams: These “End of Term” (EOT) Web Archive projects have been completed for term transitions in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020, with 2024 well underway. The effort preserves a record of the U.S. government as it changes over time for historical and research purposes. With two-thirds of the process complete, the […]

The results are in, and the highly anticipated Pantone colour of the year — seen by many as capturing the current cultural zeitgeist and setting the tone for the year ahead — is brown. Mocha Mousse, to be specific.

GenCast, from the company’s DeepMind division, outperformed the world’s best predictions of deadly storms as well as everyday weather.

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur made good on his promise to eat a $6.2 million banana art installation he bought last week.

Lawyer Monthly Katy Perry is currently facing a legal battle with an up-and-coming singer who alleges that the well-known pop star plagiarized her work, according to recent reports. Court documents reviewed by Lawyer Monthly reveal that a songwriter named Michele Ronk filed a federal lawsuit against Katy (whose real name is Katheryn…

Apple’s smaller tablet gets upgraded for AI.

First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 15th anniversary of th...

“I am not AI,” Mark Matlock, a Reform UK candidate, said.

Ordering mistakes frustrated customers during nearly three years of tests. But competitors like White Castle and Wendy’s say their A.I. ordering systems have been highly accurate.

Take a look at some of the first web sites that were created in Flash in the second half of the 1990s.

Explore the images. Meet the icons. Uncover the stories. In collaboration with Conde Nast Archive

There's been a lot of buzz about the third season of the Netflix series Bridgerton as Penelope gets promoted from wallflower to female lead. That move has been applauded for its body positivity, not just in terms of representation of larger body types, but for showing Penelope as romanticized, desirable and sexy.

Intermezzo, the fourth novel from the international bestselling writer Sally Rooney, will be published by Faber on 24 September 2024.

What with new album an' all it's just Taylor, Taylor Taylor at the moment! A professor at Queen's University is launching a Taylor Swift-themed law course this September to make entertainment law more relatable and relevant for students.  A self-described Swiftie, Mohamed Khimji is also a professor of business law at the…

Are you a bad enough dude to fight at the Waffle House?

The fitness platform is partnering with a smart collar company to share the athletic pursuits of your favorite four-legged mountain athlete

Multiple 49ers players said they were not aware of the NFL's postseason overtime rules.