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Licenses Versus Lawsuits: Why Suno’s Parallel Legal Strategies May Pose a ‘Conundrum’
Suno, the AI music-generation company, is pursuing two seemingly contradictory legal strategies at once: fighting Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music in court over claims it illegally trained its model on unlicensed music, while simultaneously striking licensing deals with other major players, notably Warner Music Group (WMG) and BMG. Legal experts say this creates…
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Review: Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (Switch 2) – Shopkeeping Dungeon Crawler Returns With Big Changes, But The Same Addictive Loop
Nintendo Life’s review covers Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault on Switch 2, the sequel to 2018’s shopkeeper-dungeon-crawler hybrid Moonlighter. Developer Digital Sun has overhauled the visual style and reworked combat and exploration mechanics, but the review finds the sequel preserves the addictive day/night loop that made the original popular, blending shopkeeping with dungeon raiding into…
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Garmin Cirqa review: A fine but utterly inessential smart band
Engadget’s review of the Garmin Cirqa finds it a competent but ultimately unnecessary screenless fitness band, launched to compete with the likes of Whoop as that company’s valuation soared to around $10 billion. The reviewer argues the screenless wearable trend is driven more by status signalling among fitness enthusiasts than by genuine practicality, and while…
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be ‘less evil’
New York Governor Kathy Hochul discussed a wide range of technology policy issues in an interview on The Verge’s Decoder podcast, touching on artificial intelligence regulation, data centre construction, gun control and online surveillance. The conversation comes during an election year in which tech policy has taken on outsized importance, with Hochul having taken firm…
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EU designates ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox very large services
The European Commission has designated OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox as “very large” online services under the EU’s Digital Services Act, placing them under the bloc’s strictest online safety obligations. ChatGPT was classified as a “Very Large Online Search Engine” while Reddit and Roblox were designated “Very Large Online Platforms”, after each surpassed 45 million…
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The upside of a laptop having two charging ports (and why some don’t)
An Engadget writer makes the case that a second USB-C charging port on laptops is a genuinely useful feature rather than a minor spec detail, since it allows a device to be charged while a monitor or other peripheral occupies the other port. The piece argues that manufacturers often omit the second port to save…
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ChatGPT to face tougher regulation in the EU
The European Commission has designated ChatGPT as a “Very Large Online Search Engine” under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), meaning OpenAI must now take greater responsibility for mitigating risks tied to the chatbot’s effects on minors, users’ mental health, and the spread of illegal content. Reddit and Roblox have simultaneously been classified as “Very…
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Clancy’s lawyer attacks media as murder trial jury deliberates
Kevin Reddington, the defence lawyer for Lindsay Clancy, launched an angry public attack on media figures including Sean Hannity and Nancy Grace outside Plymouth County Superior Court on Monday, accusing them of unfair coverage as the jury entered its third day of deliberations in her murder trial. Clancy, 36, a former labour and delivery nurse,…
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FIRST ON FOX: Texas becomes testing ground for new defense against attacks on America’s water systems
The Trump administration is launching “Project Watershed 250” on Monday, a six-month pilot in Texas that pairs federal, state and private-sector cybersecurity resources to protect water utilities from cyberattacks, with plans to expand the model nationwide if successful. The initiative reflects growing concern over the vulnerability of American water infrastructure, particularly at smaller utilities that…