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Legal and financial updates in the tech sector highlight regulatory challenges, privacy concerns, and business performance. Court rejects Trump's EPA pollution lawsuit claim, while research questions smart TV tracking efficacy. Meta reports significant income loss due to child safety settlement, and PHP vulnerabilities cause widespread internet disruptions.
Coverage timeline — 20 articles
The Verge
Two bugs found with AI are behind major issues today for 4chan, DeviantArt, Wikipedia, and the blog where the bar around the corner posts pictures of people's dogs. The "critical vulnerabilities" were discovered in the PHP programming language, which underpins much of the internet, including any sit
2026-10-21 20:36 UTC
The Verge
Meta had to shell out $9.89 billion to pay for a chunk of the child safety settlement it reached with US attorneys general. That's according to the company's third-quarter earnings report released on Wednesday, which says Meta's income from operations would have been $22.89 billion without the settl
2026-10-21 20:46 UTC
CNBC
BlackBerry CEO John Giamatteo joins CNBC's Arjun Kharpal on The Tech Download podcast.
2026-08-28 11:00 UTC
MarketWatch
Reports of a takeover offer have propped up PayPal’s stock in recent months, but now the company may have to execute a turnaround on its own.
2026-08-28 11:10 UTC
MarketWatch
It looks like Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are acting in a coordinated way to reduce long-term bond yields, according to Citrini Research.
2026-08-28 11:18 UTC
Ars Technica
"America won the first Space Race, and we can do it again."
2026-07-31 10:30 UTC
Ars Technica
"Dogfighting in space doesn’t quite have the drama of an aerial dogfight."
2026-07-30 17:35 UTC
Ars Technica
Gemini Robotics 2 includes three models, but only one is publicly available right now.
2026-07-30 17:58 UTC
Ars Technica
The last two versions of Chrome have included more patches than the previous 23 combined.
2026-07-30 19:26 UTC
Ars Technica
DoesItPlay tracks the many "physical" games that don't work without the Internet.
2026-07-30 20:12 UTC
Ars Technica
Satellites show burn scars and fires at AWS data centers and Saudi oil refinery.
2026-07-30 20:45 UTC
Ars Technica
"Chilling message to all broadcasters: carry speech we don’t like at your peril."
2026-07-30 20:48 UTC
Ars Technica
Exploits can give persistent server access that survives credential rotation and disk re-imaging.
2026-07-30 20:57 UTC
Ars Technica
The iPhone and Mac sold well, but memory costs threaten further price increases.
2026-07-30 22:05 UTC
Ars Technica
Satellite failure cause is unexplained after second "fragment creation event."
2026-03-31 21:28 UTC
Ars Technica
The FDA is reportedly planning to allow production of 14 previously banned peptides.
2026-03-31 21:51 UTC
ESPN
LIV Golf is moving forward with its plan to take a new business model to potential investors, despite a report that the league is laying groundwork for potential bankruptcy in the U.S.
2026-05-20 16:55 UTC
MarketWatch
A looming strike by Samsung workers could further tighten memory supply and boost prices, analysts said.
2026-05-20 15:48 UTC
Ars Technica
OS operators throwing out that data is "unlikely," research author tells Ars.
2026-10-21 18:00 UTC
Ars Technica
Trump’s EPA can't unilaterally dismiss SpaceXAI pollution lawsuit, court rules.
2026-10-21 18:20 UTC