/technology?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Technology Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:43:39 +0000 /technology/articles/2421298?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2421298 President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a controversial executive order establishing a "minimally burdensome national standard" for regulating artificial intelligence, deeming the order necessary for the United States to remain a leader in AI amid "excessive" state regulation. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:46:04 +0000 /technology/articles/2421161?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2421161 The Ninth Circuit mostly affirmed an injunction blocking Apple Inc. from charging developers "prohibitive" commissions on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems on Thursday, handing Epic Games Inc. a partial win in their hotly contested compliance fight while agreeing with Apple that the injunction's commissions ban and certain restrictions are punitive and overbroad. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:42:35 +0000 /technology/articles/2421110?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2421110 A package of 18 bills that propose using methods such age verification mandates, government-run studies and educational campaigns to enhance online safeguards for children passed through a House subcommittee Thursday, despite concerns from Democrats that the measures wouldn't be enough to counter recent moves to reduce the roles of states and the Federal Trade Commission in this space.  Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:31:44 +0000 /technology/articles/2421279?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2421279 The Ninth Circuit on Thursday rejected Las Vegas hotel guests' request for the full appeals court to reconsider a panel's August ruling that threw out their proposed class action accusing the casino-hotel operators of using software to illegally inflate room rates. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:49:24 +0000 /technology/articles/2421120?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2421120 A wrongful death suit accusing OpenAI's artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT of causing the murder-suicide of a mother and son was filed Thursday in California state court, with additional allegations that equity stakeholder Microsoft approved an unsafe, updated version of the chatbot. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:06:50 +0000 /technology/articles/2421198?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2421198 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed into law landmark legislation requiring disclosure of the use of any artificial intelligence-generated "synthetic" performers in advertisements and also requiring the consent of heirs or executors to use the name, image or likeness of a person who has died. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:39:28 +0000 /technology/articles/2420900?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2420900 A stockholder in a proposed class action against enterprise software maker Smartsheet Inc. accused the company and its former CEO of underselling the company's performance in the lead-up to its $8.4 billion acquisition this year by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners, allowing the sale to move forward at an unfairly low share price. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:37:09 +0000 /technology/articles/2420963?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2420963 Cities are protesting a legal effort underway at the Federal Communications Commission to potentially override local decision-making when it comes to the use of publicly owned rights of way for high-speed internet deployment projects. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:21:29 +0000 /technology/articles/2420119?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2420119 Leaders at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have significantly altered the Patent Trial and Appeal Board playing field since March, making changes to institution reviews that have led to unprecedented levels of petition denials. A steady stream of companies has challenged those changes through mandamus petitions to the Federal Circuit, and here Law360 tracks where those petitions stand. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:06:19 +0000 /technology/articles/2420532?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2420532 The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found that Samsung was able to prove the invalidity of one claim in an Empire Technology Development LLC cellphone signal patent tied to a $12.5 million verdict against the South Korean electronics giant. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:34:58 +0000 /technology/articles/2421215?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2421215 Navigation technology developer NextNav said Thursday it would conduct a test run in San Jose, California, of its proposed network to backstop the Global Positioning System. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:28:32 +0000 /technology/articles/2421201?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2421201 A Washington federal judge on Thursday appointed Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and DiCello Levitt LLP as interim co-lead counsel over consolidated claims that Zillow paid kickbacks to brokers for referrals to its own mortgage services, among other anticompetitive conduct using company agents. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:21:21 +0000 /technology/articles/2421114?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2421114 More than 40 attorneys general have pushed Big Tech companies like Meta and Microsoft to adopt safety measures on AI chatbots, writing a letter that pointed to recent news of children and vulnerable people whose chatbot conversations ended in violence. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:56:46 +0000 /technology/articles/2420986?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2420986 A Delaware vice chancellor indicated Thursday that he was leaning toward awarding 10% to 15% of the benefit secured by attorneys who battled for cancellation of $37.5 million in Bolt Financial Group stock used by company controller Ryan Breslow to secure a later defaulted-upon personal loan. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:54:10 +0000 /technology/articles/2420981?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2420981 The Walt Disney Co. has cut a $1 billion investment deal with OpenAI to become OpenAI's first major content licensing partner on its generative AI video-platform Sora, the companies announced Thursday, a day after Disney sent Google a cease-and-desist letter accusing Google's AI tools of "massive infringement." Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:38:19 +0000 /technology/articles/2420994?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2420994 Fintech lender Enova International said Thursday it plans to buy digital bank Grasshopper in a $369 million deal guided by Covington & Burling LLP, Squire Patton Boggs LLP and Hogan Lovells LLP. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:17:54 +0000 /technology/articles/2418491?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2418491 As the law continued to take shape in the growing area of crypto-assets, this year saw a jump in crypto class action litigation, including noteworthy decisions on motions to compel arbitration and class certification, according to Justin Donoho at Duane Morris. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:45:40 +0000 /technology/articles/2420159?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2420159 Due to the experimental and volatile nature of quantum computing technology — at least initially — lawyers and legal practitioners should consider a few risks when drafting or negotiating a quantum-as-a-service agreement, including if the underlying hardware design is faulty or not appropriate for maintenance, say attorneys at Covington. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:43:19 +0000 /technology/articles/2420695?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2420695 Organizations that anticipate facing a second request or merger clearance review in 2026 should collect artificial intelligence artifacts as part of discovery, and distinguish between human-generated and machine-generated materials, says Sean McDermott at FTI Consulting. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:42:41 +0000 /technology/articles/2420997?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /technology/articles/2420997 The Federal Circuit on Thursday refused to revive a pair of computer font patents challenged by Duolingo Inc. and CoStar Realty Information Inc., backing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board findings that the patents were invalid.