Stockfish Sues ChessBase
Slashdot reader Hmmmmmm shares a blog post from Stockfish announcing a lawsuit against ChessBase: The Stockfish project strongly believes in free and open-source software and data. Collaboration is what made this engine the strongest chess engine in.....»»
Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI, Meta for being “industrial-strength plagiarists”
AI models allegedly trained on books copied from popular pirate e-book sites. Enlarge / Comedian and author Sarah Silverman. (credit: Jason Kempin / Staff | Getty Images North America) On Friday, the Joseph Saveri Law F.....»»
Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta alleging copyright infringement
Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors are suing Meta and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, alleging the companies' AI language models were trained on copyrighted materials from their books without their knowledge or consent......»»
Musk sues law firm because he’s mad that Twitter paid $90 million bill
Musk tries to claw back $90M from firm that forced him to complete Twitter deal. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Duncan Hull / Getty) Elon Musk's X Corp. this week sued a law firm that Twitter hired last year after Musk.....»»
Australian firm sues Twitter for $665,000 for not paying bills
An Australian project management firm has filed a lawsuit against Twitter in a US court seeking cumulative payments of about A$1 million ($665,000) over alleged non-payment of bills for work done in four countries, court filings showed......»»
Medical waste company sues health system over hidden human torso
The suit also alleges deceit, staged photos, and hidden hazardous waste. Enlarge / Bags to hold clinical samples labeled with Sanford Health. (credit: Getty | Tom Pennington) A medical waste disposal company operating in.....»»
Michigan group sues to stop Ford battery plant
A group opposed to a Ford electric vehicle battery plant in Marshall, Mich., is suing the city in hopes of stopping the construction......»»
College sues for damages, saying cleaner turned off lab freezer and destroyed research
More than 20 years of cell cultures and other specimens stored at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were destroyed when a cleaner switched off power to a lab freezer, according to a lawsuit filed by the school......»»
Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving bird, "harbinger" of climate change
As climate change warms Washington's mountain ranges, environmentalists are suing the federal government to protect one snow-loving bird of the Cascades......»»
Lordstown Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, sues Foxconn, seeks buyer
Lordstown filed for bankruptcy with plans to seek a buyer. It does not have an initial offer in hand, known in bankruptcy parlance as a stalking-horse bidder, which sets a minimum price other suitors can top in an auction......»»
US county sues oil companies for $51 bn over "Heat Dome" disaster
A county in the northwestern state of Oregon on Thursday filed a lawsuit against major fossil fuel companies seeking more than $51 billion over the 2021 "Heat Dome," one of the United States' deadliest weather-related disasters......»»
FTC sues Amazon, alleging users are being tricked into signing up for Prime
The Federal Trade Commission has sued Amazon for tricking customers into signing up for Prime, only to make it exceedingly difficult to cancel those subscriptions when no longer wanted.The suit, filed on Wednesday, says that Amazon had enrolled milli.....»»
The largest newspaper publisher in the US sues Google, alleging online ad monopoly
Gannett, the largest newspaper publisher in the United States, is suing Google, alleging the tech giant holds a monopoly over the digital ad market......»»
Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan for $1 billion, over finances and reputation
The lawsuit includes Ghosn's plan to bring Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi Motors under a grand alliance with Fiat Chrysler, which he says fueled concerns within Nissan......»»
Realtek sues MediaTek for patent bounty arrangement
Realtek Semiconductor has filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of California against MediaTek, Future Link Systems, and Future Link's parent company, IPValue Management, alleging that patent assertion entities (PAE) Future Link and IPValu.....»»
US sues Coinbase as crypto crackdown widens
The Securities and Exchange Commission says the company has not followed financial rules......»»
SEC sues Coinbase, continues major crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges
Coinbase promises to continue operating, as Congress mulls new crypto rules. Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) Just one day after suing Binance, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has now s.....»»
SEC sues Binance, says it evaded US law with “extensive web of deception”
Binance slammed by SEC chair for "calculated evasion of the law." Enlarge / Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao speaks virtually during the Web3 Blockchain Festival in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (credit: G.....»»
Airbnb sues New York City over its short-term rental restrictions
Airbnb on Thursday sued New York City over its restrictions on short-term housing rentals, in a legal dispute that pits the company's concerns about its ability to operate in a key market against the city's efforts to address an affordable housing cr.....»»
Ford sues Blue Cross Blue Shield in antitrust case over ‘astronomical" profit
Ford sued Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in U.S. court on Wednesday, accusing it of a price-fixing conspiracy that caused the automaker to pay inflated costs for health insurance products for its employees......»»
TikTok sues Montana in bid to overturn statewide app ban
TikTok has sued Montana in a bid to overturn the state's plan to ban the app from January 1 over national security concerns linked to its Chinese owner......»»