Apple wants permission to buy memory from a blacklisted Chinese supplier
… Legally, Apple isn’t barred from buying chips from CXMT, but doing business with a company tied to the Chinese military would carry serious reputational risks. …
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Proton’s CTO says there’s no such thing as a good backdoor
… We built a sustainable business. We reinvest the profits from that business back into the business. And this insulates us from some of the pressure, which I’m sure OpenAI felt given that they were lighting enormous stacks of money on fire all the time, right? …
Sam Altman didn’t need another lawsuit
… But last Friday, the company was hit with one of the highest-profile legal actions yet — from Apple. …
LexisNexis CEO: The AI law era is here
… So, we have a large law business, a small law business, a corporate legal business, a federal government business, a state and local government business, a Canadian business, and a UK business. …
How the World Cup became a US streaming success story
… The stateside success of the World Cup is the direct result of a series of unlikely business decisions, legal challenges, and regulatory pressures — a kind of perfect storm for the beautiful game. …
Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy
… Over the past couple of years, Musk’s legal theories for punishing OpenAI have run the gamut from breach of contract to unfair business practices to false advertising. …
BitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial story
… The money helped the company to staff up, but it also put pressure on Cohen and his teammates to somehow turn an app that was beloved by pirates into a legitimate business. …
How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
… In fact, it was so unsuccessful that when unnamed White House officials recently attempted to pressure certain red states into dropping pending AI legislation, claiming that they were going against Trump’s agenda, four GOP state lawmakers spoke on the record to The Wall Street Journal instead. …
‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
… Legal threats are easy to make and costly to defend against. …
Companies weaponize TOS against you
… They are businesses and are in the business of providing arbitration. …