UK CMA pursues changes in Google Search. Will it be enough? connect.cma.gov.uk/google-sear...

New article co-authored with Regina Becker: "EU GDPR and secondary use of health and genetic data for research support purposes": academic.oup.com/idpl/article... #data #health #GDPR #research #genetics

Just received a notice from Apple saying that it has found X to be in breach of the App Store rules due to its nudification functions.

The crypto bill is falling apart in Congress

This is a really interesting thread on the ability of LLMs to assess facts in order to identify and answer legal issues. The overall result is in line with my own trials - good at issue spotting, not so good at actually advising on the issues.

Bluesky is teasing new features and improvements ranging from the Discover feed to video support.

A spark of action from the European Commission on social media recommender algorithms at long last ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Today, @ec.europa.eu opened a process under the #DMA to regulate how #Google handles #interoperability within #Android. The FSFE has been working intensively over the last two years to improve DMA interoperability against gatekeepers like #Apple and Google. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

"“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial"

An app developer is suing Apple for Sherlocking it with Continuity Camera

Can you steal game gold pieces? The Court of Appeal says yes It's been a while since we had a proper digital property and virtual gold story here at Llama Towers, I have to admit that it's been mostly AI for the last few years. But a recent decision in the Court of Appeal (Criminal division) in…

High Court to grill London cops over live facial recognition creep

Microsoft illegally installed cookies on schoolkid's tech, data protection ruling finds

Succession: Linux kernel community gets continuity plan for post-Linus era

France to replace US videoconferencing wares with unfortunately named sovereign alternative

France to mandate use of French video-conferencing app Visio for civil service work by 2027, blocking the use of Teams and Zoom.

The attack was aimed at disrupting communications between renewable installations and the power distribution operators, but failed for reasons not explained.

“That’s very creative, Edie, but unfortunately it has no existing fan base”

Many members of the international games industry are skipping the 2026 Game Developers Conference because of the growing ICE presence and other concerns.

"As evidence, the lawsuit cites unnamed "courageous whistleblowers" who allege that WhatsApp and Meta employees can request to view a user's messages through a simple process, thus bypassing the app's end-to-end encryption."

Man Forced To Come Up With 45 Seconds Of Facial Expressions While Waitress Lists Off Specials https://theonion.com/man-forced-to-come-up-with-45-seconds-of-facial-express-1819577896/

Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds

“Technology has made us into zombies, and yet here is a robot showing us the truth,” said 43-year-old Clémence Lefèvre echoing the sentiment of the entire French populace

For those making sense of the new TikTok deal, recommend @anupamchander.bsky.social from earlier this month on @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/how-to-make-...

So many of us warned of this situation www.justsecurity.org/16503/securi...

"That means in order to get Tesla’s lane-keeping Autosteer feature, which was previously free when purchasing a new Tesla vehicle, customers will now have to fork over $99-a-month to subscribe to FSD."

Europe's GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up

Nvidia Allegedly Sought 'High-Speed Access' To Pirated Book Library for AI Training https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/22/1343205/nvidia-allegedly-sought-high-speed-access-to-pirated-book-library-for-ai-training?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

The FBI executed a search warrant at the journalist's home and seized her work and personal devices last week as part of an investigation into alleged leaks by a Pentagon contractor.

While the phrase “agentic commerce” may sound like aspirational marketing jargon, the tools are already here, and people are apparently using them, much to eBay's chagrin.

"California District Judge James Donato expressed concerns that the agreement — which he indicated would involve Epic “helping Google market Android” and Google newly “using Epic’s core technology” — could have led Epic to soften its demands for changes to the overall Android ecosystem."

Social Security Administration admits it underreported DOGE dirty dealings

The web’s best guide to spotting AI writing has become a manual for hiding it.

Genius Outsmarts Bank By Using Credit Card To Pay Off Other Credit Card https://theonion.com/genius-outsmarts-bank-by-using-credit-card-to-pay-off-other-credit-card/

Turing Institute Chief Scientist takes acting CEO role amid defense push

House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16

One year in, Big Tech has out-maneuvered MAGA populists

Écologie - Une étude encourage à ne pas laisser couler l’eau pendant sa douche https://www.legorafi.fr/2026/01/21/ecologie-une-etude-encourage-a-ne-pas-laisser-couler-leau-pendant-sa-douche/

"Britain's decision to rip and replace Huawei kit was also cited as a factor in why UK mobile networks are ranked among the worst in Europe for quality of service, as this diverted cash from being spent on expanding and improving the country's 5G networks."

Just what no one always wanted

Check out #Legal4Tech, a podcast by a lovely group of Law & Tech enthusiasts. Here I talk about the "AI of Things" and some key legal issues for consumers youtu.be/mVzk4kXnGQw?...

Irish PM: Apple and Google should remove X from app stores but the government will continue to use it. Joined up thinking, right there.

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The German state of Schleswig-Holstein changed from Microsoft to open source solutions at a cost of 9 million. It will save 15 million in fees per year. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

‘Washington Post’ Publishes Editorial Defending FBI Raid On Its Reporter https://theonion.com/washington-post-publishes-editorial-defending-fbi-raid-on-its-reporter/