Apple filed a motion on Monday asking a US judge for a preliminary injunction barring two former employees, both now working for OpenAI, and OpenAI,  the company that created and maintains ChatGPT, from accessing, acquiring, using or disclosing alleged confidential information as ‌it moves ahead with its trade secrets case. Last month Apple sued OpenAI [...]

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The Fort Mojave Indian Tribe and the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, along with the Native American Land Conservancy and National Parks Conservation Association, on Tuesday filed two separate lawsuits against the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Lisa Belenky, senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, spoke out against the Trump administration and this recent [...]

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Amnesty International Malaysia on Tuesday has condemned Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s direction for authorities to take stringent measures against more than 100 Rohingya asylum seekers, who said they were forced from their homes by local residents and subsequently detained after assembling outside of the UN Refugee Agency office in the nation’s capital.  In commenting on [...]

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A US federal appeals court on Monday reversed a trial judge’s decision to dismiss lawsuits against Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol. This judgment effectively revived hundreds of cases that were filed by families who claim that their children developed autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) after the women took Tylenol during pregnancy.  The 64-page [...]

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that the UK will ban youth under 16 from using a range of social media apps, to protect them from harmful content and excessive screen time. The government expects the rules to take effect in spring 2027. They would cover user-to-user platforms such as Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, [...]

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The EU on Tuesday proposed an entry ban for Russian soldiers. The plan would bar all those who have served in the Russian military, including non-Russian citizens, since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 from receiving visas for the Schengen Area. The EU had already implemented sanctions against Russia after the annexation of Crimea in [...]

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that it will move to revoke citizenship from 17 naturalized citizens. Denaturalization cases are rare; from 1990 through 2017 there were only 305 denaturalization cases, or an average 11 per year. In that same time period, approximately 644,000 immigrants became US citizens each year. Under federal law, [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Monday that a Trump administration policy banning transgender troops from military service is illegal. In a split decision, the court concluded that the administration may stop transgender recruits from joining, but could not immediately remove transgender troops who are already actively serving. The [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit refused to grant an injunction on Tuesday to the GOP’s newly enacted gerrymandered congressional map. The ruling comes after pro-voting groups argued there was “staggering” evidence that the map violates the state ban on partisan gerrymandering. In his opinion denying the request for a preliminary injunction, Circuit [...]

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