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Florida has filed lawsuits against pornographic gaming platform Nutaku and payment processor Segpay, alleging they violated the state’s age verification law. 404Media reports that Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has announced that his office is suing porn gaming platform Nutaku, its parent company Aylo, and payment processor Segpay for allegedly ignoring the state’s age verification law, HB3. The…

Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations that the company “tricked and trapped” consumers into signing up for Prime memberships and hindered their attempts to cancel the subscription. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said, “The Trump-Vance FTC is committed to fighting back when companies try to cheat ordinary Americans out of their hard-earned…

The heavy metal rock group Gwar shocked their audience with a graphic depiction of the assassinations of President Donald Trump and Tesla chief Elon Musk at their Chicago show over the weekend. The band’s performance at Chicago’s Riot Fest on Saturday raised eyebrows once the spectacles of the political mock murders hit social media. During…

AI powerhouse Nvidia has announced a $5 billion investment in Intel, marking a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating advancements in artificial intelligence and personal computing. Intel shares have surged almost 24 percent at market open in response. The Wall Street Journal reports that Nvidia, the world’s most valuable chipmaker and a central player in the ongoing AI boom, has…

Sony’s Sucker Punch Productions, the developer of popular video games including Ghost of Tsushima, has fired seniors character artist Drew Harrison after she made social media posts celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Drew Harrison took to leftist echo chamber Bluesky shortly after news broke of Kirk’s assassination, posting a message that expressed hope that “the shooter’s…

Artists are telling their fans not to listen to artificial intelligence (AI) knockoff albums of themselves that strangers are creating. “I’ll never be able to sing that perfectly in tune, but I don’t want to, I’m human,” English folk singer Emily Portman warned her followers online. “The eagle-eyed among you might have just thought that I’ve…

The Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay a $10 million fine to settle a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint over some of its “Made for Kids” YouTube videos that had collected kids’ personal data without parental consent. Disney must adhere to the 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rules moving forward after the company was…

A District Judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s Tesla must face a class action lawsuit filed by California drivers who allege that Musk misled them for eight years about the self-driving capabilities of the company’s EVs. Reuters reports that Elon Musk’s Tesla is facing a significant legal challenge as District Judge Rita Lin has certified a class action…

The Trump administration continues to explore taking an equity stake in chipmaker Intel, with the latest reports putting the potential ownership position at 10 percent. This could make the U.S. government the company’s largest shareholder. At the same time, Japanese investment powerhouse SoftBank is pumping $2 billion into the chipmaker. Bloomberg reports that the Trump administration is…

A cognitively impaired New Jersey senior met the dark side of artificial intelligence when he died while attempting to get together with an attractive AI chatbot he thought was living in New York City. Thongbue Wongbandue, 76, fell and suffered a fatal neck and head injury in a New Brunswick, NJ parking lot while scrambling…