Thursday, January 26, 2023

A look at Google's evolving legal strategy to combat the DOJ's antitrust claims; sources say Google believed an ad unit spinoff could help end multiple cases (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Google's evolving legal strategy to combat the DOJ's antitrust claims; sources say Google believed an ad unit spinoff could help end multiple cases  —  The latest U.S. lawsuit against Google compounds the legal issues the company faces worldwide while broadening the scope …



Hands-on with DoNotPay, a service claiming to be the first robot lawyer: slow, drafted a terrible defamation demand letter, missed legal issues, and more (Kathryn Tewson/Techdirt)

Kathryn Tewson / Techdirt:
Hands-on with DoNotPay, a service claiming to be the first robot lawyer: slow, drafted a terrible defamation demand letter, missed legal issues, and more  —  Note: This post is an adaptation of what started initially as a Twitter thread.  —  I've been going pretty hard on DoNotPay …



New York AG Letitia James asks Madison Square Garden Entertainment for information on the alleged use of facial recognition to deny access to ticket holders (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
New York AG Letitia James asks Madison Square Garden Entertainment for information on the alleged use of facial recognition to deny access to ticket holders  —  Probe related to company's alleged use of the technology to bar certain ticket holders from its venues



A brief history of VR/AR/MR devices and why hardware challenges have limited mainstream adoption, which could likely slow the metaverse's emergence and growth (Matthew Ball/MatthewBall.vc)

Matthew Ball / MatthewBall.vc:
A brief history of VR/AR/MR devices and why hardware challenges have limited mainstream adoption, which could likely slow the metaverse's emergence and growth  —  Modern efforts to build extended reality (XR) devices—i.e., dedicated virtual reality (VR), dedicated augmented reality (AR) …



Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide (New York Times)

New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...