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US drops case against Turkish bank charged with laundering billions to Iran
Federal prosecutors agreed to entirely drop money laundering and sanctions charges against Halkbank largely due to Turkey's assistance in brokering the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement.
Judge skeptical of economic espionage charges in ex-Google engineer’s AI secrets case
A San Francisco jury found Linwei Ding guilty of seven counts of theft of trade secrets and seven counts of economic espionage following a two-week trial in January.
Pennsylvania Supreme cracks down on ‘skill’ games
HARRISBURG, Penn. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed appellate rulings that had allowed so-called “skill game” devices to operate outside the reach of state gambling laws, finding that the machines qualify as “slot machines” under the state’s Gaming Act and are subject to criminal prohibitions on gambling devices. Since businesses relied on these prior decisions, the ruling is stayed for 120 days and law enforcement is barred from taking adverse action against operators during that period.
French spies drop AI giant Palantir over US overreliance fears
Paris plans to plow an additional $760 million of new public investment into developing the country's own AI.
SpaceX buys AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in race for an edge over Anthropic and OpenAI
Cursor, which started in 2022, helped spark a trend called “vibe coding” as AI coding assistants have become increasingly capable of doing the work of computer programming.
German court bans McDonald's from making climate claim
The fast food giant can't advertise that it plans to be climate neutral by 2050.
Nvidia's Huang pledges AI will boost manufacturing jobs. A test will come in Texas
The factory represents a fundamental test of whether AI will be a source of job creation instead of a technology that supplants workers.
Colorado gun shops fire off challenge to state’s 'warrantless' transaction search law
Colorado lawmakers passed HB26-1126 Requirements for Firearms Dealers this year, which asks companies to store customer information for law enforcement to inspect.
Texas judge’s ruling letting Brendan Sorsby back on the field sparks flurry of litigation
While the NCAA fights to maintain its suspension of Sorsby ahead of the 2026-2027 college football season, the Big 12 Conference is calling the Texas attorney general's bluff in a new federal lawsuit.
Commercial brokers, landlords sue CoStar over rental data monopoly
CoStar Group Inc., among several other national real estate brokerages, face an antitrust class action over its monopoly on commercial lease data.
Meta can't dodge porn producer's copyright claims over AI training
Strike 3 Holdings often sues over copyright infringement using software to suss out entities that torrent its adult films.