Tech Giants Face Legal Challenges

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the legal travails of Big Tech, follow Adi Robertson. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started The year was 1998, and reigning

After back-to-back losses in trials grappling with its impact on teens' mental health, Meta just settled what was supposed to be its next legal battle with Kentucky's Breathitt County School District. Google's YouTube, Snap, and TikTok all recently settled similar claims brought by the school distri

iOS 27 escaped the developer world today with the launch of the first public beta. I've been testing the new operating system since early June, looking for quirks and seeing if it can live up to the hype Apple promised in the keynote. This year's iOS upgrades are what one might call a Snow Leopard [

Siri has been on the Apple Watch since day one, though I'm usually hard-pressed to find people who actually make good use of it. It's kind of just… been there - mostly as a way to set timers when my hands are full. But after playing around with the watchOS 27 developer beta, I get […]

Apple has just released public betas for iOS 27 and other major OS updates that are set to publicly launch this fall. The big new feature this year is Siri AI, the delayed AI-powered revamp to Siri. It actually works - which is big praise! - though it keeps things brief. Other betas available now [&

Internet platforms have long been able to rely on special protections to avoid liability for what takes place on their sites. But that may be changing.

AG: Deal will bring "higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and TV."

Meta's two courtroom defeats centered on different cases but both involved allegations that the company knew about its products' harms.

Zillow asked for a preliminary injunction as real estate industry fight heats up.

Google told a federal court this week that its YouTube terms of service grant AI models, like its music generator Lyria, broad rights to train their platforms using licensed work as it seeks to dismiss a lawsuit alleging such use was illegal. In a 41-page legal filing Monday, attorneys with the law

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Bourdain’s renegade sushi chef hits screens later this year when Get Jiro bows on Adult Swim. Series creator Alessandro Tanaka dropped by Deadline’s SXSW London Live Studio to tell us what to expect, including Titus Welliver (Bosch), Alison Pill (Scott Pilgrim) and Justin Kirk (We

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor has announced that his first full-length comedy special, Like, Share, and Comment, will release on his YouTube page, Bachelors Pad TV, on June 18. Filmed at the San Jose Improv in December 2024, the special showcases King Bach’s uniq