I mean, that’s what we all were thinking, right? When you carve out a niche selling to outlaws, there’s a good chance your product will be used illegally, no matter who’s buying it. That’s how it all plays out for NSO Group and its infamous Pegasus zero-click phone exploit — one capable of fully compromising […]
It can always get dumber. And when we’re talking about the 5th Circuit, you have to assume it will always get dumber. And that’s what has happened now with the 5th Circuit issuing a stay on an injunction that had blocked an obviously unconstitutional law. But we’ll get to those details in a moment. Just […]
It’s hard to keep your devices clean. And if you have any AirPods, you’ll know how difficult it can be to clean the nooks and crannies of the device—especially when they’re so tiny! Now it’s a whole lot easier with the Multi-Use AirPods Cleaning Pen. It helps you clean hard-to-reach areas or any other corners. […]
Former president Donald Trump has been engaged in plenty of questionable litigation. And not just during and following his mercifully short-lived stint as the supposed leader of the free world. But this still remains one of the weirdest lawsuits Trump has filed. This lawsuit — which he has already lost — claims the Democratic Party […]
With the Biden FCC now having a full slate of commissioners and a full voting majority, the net neutrality debate has already started to heat back up. That means a renewed effort by broadband giants to try and downplay the need for net neutrality rules, usually via lazy op-eds run in lazy publications like The […]
So, the fact that Microsoft would be taking the next game in the Elder Scrolls series, the 6th game, to Xbox and PC exclusively isn’t the world’s biggest surprise. Xbox chief Phil Spencer made waves back in 2021 (before all the drama surrounding Microsoft’s future acquisition of Activision Blizzard) noting that he saw advantages to […]
As has been noted here before, it’s often the worst people that generate the best case law. People staring down the barrel of several years in prison are extremely motivated to find any reason to have the evidence against them dismissed. People not faced with the same reality rarely find a reason to trouble the […]
We’ve got a slightly unusual (at first glace) crosspost episode for you this week! Recently, Mike joined Dave Cooper, CEO and Founder of brand protection agency IPSecure, on the company’s Owning The Buy Box podcast. As you probably know, we’re pretty skeptical of brand protection companies here at Techdirt, but Dave has a history of […]
So, remember when Elon first announced his plans to buy Twitter, and he claimed that it was “the de facto town square” and his top priority was to eliminate spam and scam bots? “A top priority I would have is eliminating the spam and scam bots and the bot armies that are on Twitter. They […]
Last week Techdirt wrote about an important development in the long-running saga of the UK’s Online Safety Act, which has just become law. The UK government said at that time it would not use controversial powers in the new law to break end-to-end encryption until it was “technically feasible” to do so while preserving users’ […]
Linux is the most fundamental technology required by all real developers. It is required in almost all fields of Software engineering. DevOps, Cloud, Full Stack, and App developers must have a working knowledge of Linux. With five comprehensive modules and over 40 Linux technologies covered, the 2023 Complete Linux Training Bundle offers a detailed program […]
Some good news! Federal Judge Beth Labson Freeman has recognized what some of us have been screaming about for over a year now: California’s Age Appropriate Design Code (AB 2273) is an unconstitutional mess that infringes on the 1st Amendment. We can add this to the pile of terrible moral panic “protect the children!” laws […]
We’ve noted a few times now how the 2021 infrastructure bill includes more than $42.5 billion to shore up broadband access. And while a huge chunk of that money will absolutely be going to giant telecom monopolies with a long history of subsidy fraud, a lot of the funding is genuinely going to help fund […]
The world of the cosmetics industry is no stranger to trademark disputes. Without really diving in, I can think of several reasons why this would be. It is a saturated market in which both very large and much smaller companies play. It’s an industry which produces products that basically beg for descriptive product names and […]
Wayne County, Michigan cops and prosecutors love seizing property. According to law enforcement, seizing cash and cars from people (while often not charging them with crimes) is the best way to break up criminal organizations and disrupt the illegal drug market. What’s left unexplained is how Wayne County’s forfeiture program does anything more than make […]
For many, many years we’ve detailed how big pharma companies, who only care about the monopoly rents they can receive on medicine while under patent, have concocted all sorts of scams and schemes to avoid having to compete with generic versions, even after their patents have expired (or been invalidated). But one of their older […]
You hate to see it. But you know it’s always there. And it’s not even hidden below the surface. It’s right there on top: the disdain expressed by law enforcement officers for the people they’re supposed to be serving. If you believe the people you swore to serve and protect are worth less than the […]
I don’t think I’ve ever had a story sent in to me more than Bill Willingham’s Substack/press release announcing that he was putting the Fables comic book property into the public domain, as part of a dispute he’s having with DC Comics. As of now, 15 September 2023, the comic book property called Fables, including […]
Designed for the world of hybrid work, Windows 11 can help you work more simply and seamlessly from anywhere. Windows 11 Pro also includes a number of productivity-focused features, such as the ability to snap multiple windows together and create custom layouts, improved voice typing, and a new, more powerful search experience. Personal and professional […]
Who among us has not considered shoving a camera into our underwear… but for the greater good… on the public’s dime? No need to raise your hands. We already know where they are. The only thing better than lots of surveillance is even more surveillance. That’s the unofficial tagline of the Intelligence Community, as headed […]
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