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Fortune Tech: “Calling all law school students…this one’s for you. The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it would not take a case involving the right to challenge expired patents. Our story begins with inventor Timothy Pryor, who owns several sensor-related patents and founded a firm called Gesture Technology Partners in 2013. In 2021, Gesture …
Matthew Sag: Judge Stein’s Order Denying OpenAI’s Motion to Dismiss in Authors Guild v. OpenAI, Inc., No. 25-md-3143 (SHS) (OTW) (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 27, 2025) “A new ruling in Authors Guild v. OpenAI has major implications for copyright law, well beyond artificial intelligence. On October 27, 2025, Judge Sidney Stein of the Southern District of New …
Jer Thorp – @jerthorp.bsky.social – It took me about three months to get here but… Here’s a feather for (nearly) every species of bird, with colors extracted from wikipedia descriptions. 10,151 species.
U.S. Office of Government Ethics – Three 278 transaction reports for Trump posted to OGE Presidential and Vice Presidential Financial Disclosure Reports Certified reports listed here are those submitted by current (and former) President and Vice President. These reports can be downloaded without completing an OGE Form 201. All other nominee and appointee reports-> Trump, …
MakeUseOf: “I pulled my camera out last week to shoot a few photos, and I instantly remembered why I don’t like using this thing: it takes AA batteries. My wireless mouse takes one AA. I have three Xbox controllers that all take AAs. Over time, constantly swapping dead batteries and watching devices chew through them …
PCWorld: “Earlier this month, security guru Troy Hunt added a staggering two billion unique email addresses and 1.3 billion unique passwords to his Have I Been Pwned and Pwned Passwords databases. Aggregated by Synthient, the data comes from multiple credential stuffing sources shared by threat actors, as well as data stolen directly from individuals through …
The Government Lawyers Database [GLOW] is a publicly accessible record of the legal professionals who are or were involved in representing or supporting the legal positions of the US Executive Branch. The database is a work-in-progress. It’s the first-ever public record of U.S. Executive Branch attorneys’ conduct. The core problem: Government lawyers have a fundamental …
CNN via MSN: “Just blocks from the Presidio of San Francisco, the national park at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, stands a gleaming white building, its façade adorned with eight striking gothic columns. But what was once the home of a Christian Scientist church, is now the holy grail of Internet history — …
Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking, November 15, 202 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 15, 202 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …
PBS: Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them. The strikes against alleged drug traffickers and deployments to U.S. cities have sparked a debate over their legality. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Frank Rosenblatt, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, which …
MakeUseOf: “The latest hype wave around LLMs has created a new trend in the browser world. Everyone suddenly wants to make an “AI browser,” and even the big names like OpenAI and Perplexity are now trying to take on the absolute giant that Google Chrome has become. Competition is always good, especially in a space …
