The Norwegian Consumer Council has filed a complaint against Meta over its plans to use the images and posts of users on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence (AI) models.
Legal & Regulatory
Supreme Court Ruling Allows Continued Sale of Bump Stocks in Guns Used in 2017 Vegas Massacre
The Supreme Court junks the Trump Administration's ban on bump stocks in 2019 used by the 2017 Las Vegas shooter, ruling that they aren't illegal machine guns.
UK Recalls Sandwiches Following E. coli Outbreak Linked to Hospitalizations
Greencore recalls thousands of Sandwiches, with 30 sandwich varieties implicated, due to E coli outbreak affecting 113 people in the UK, leaving 37 hospitalized.
Telehealth Executives Arrested After Illegally Distributing 40 Million Adderall Pills and Other Addictive Drugs
Done Global executives were arrested for orchestrating a $100 million scheme to illegally distribute over 40 million Adderall pills and other addictive drugs.
Neuroelectrics Seeks FDA Approval for Non-Invasive Headcap for Epilepsy Treatment
Neuroelectrics seeks FDA approval for its noninvasive head cap that uses mild electrical currents to treat brain diseases, potentially transforming care for epilepsy, depression, and Alzheimer’s.
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Waymo recalled 672 autonomous cars after one hit into a utility pole in Phoenix, Arizona. A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar electric vehicle sits parked at an EVgo charging station in Los Angeles, California, on May 15, 2024.
California lawmakers rejected Governor Newsom's request to allocate an additional $400 million for PG&E in the state budget, continuing a political standoff.
A federal judge in Brooklyn indicated that she will likely reject the $30 billion settlement between Visa, Mastercard, and retailers aimed at capping credit card swipe fees.
An audit revealed that the FDA took over 15 months to act on a whistleblower complaint about conditions at an Abbott Nutrition factory.
The United States (US) has returned $156 million to Malaysia, which was recovered from assets seized in investigations into a global corruption scheme involving the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) state fund.
The leaders of the Group of Seven, the world’s wealthiest nations, have agreed to create a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine in its fight to survive Russia’s onslaught, with interest earned on profits from Russia’s frozen central bank assets used as collateral.
Apple is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it systematically underpaid over 12,000 female employees in California.
President Joe Biden will reportedly suggest Christy Goldsmith Romero to replace Martin Gruenberg as the head of FDIC.
Former National Security Agency (NSA) director and retired US Army general Paul M. Nakasone has been named as the new board member of OpenAI.
