A group of visual artists can continue to pursue some claims that Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt and Runway AI's artificial intelligence-based image generation systems infringe their copyrights, a California federal judge ruled on Monday.

The long read: This summer, one of my lectures was protested by far-right students. Their rhetoric brought to mind some of the darkest moments of 20th-century history – and overlapped with mainstream Israeli views to a shocking degree

Boeing is once again under fire for its quality control practices, which a new report finds may delay a NASA lunar landing.

San Francisco resident Randol White says he heard the noises for the first time about two weeks ago -- he was woken up around 4 a.m. to the Waymos honking at each other.

As a venture capitalist, JD Vance repeatedly touted his guiding principles for investing in a company: A business should not only turn a profit, it should also help American communities.

Musk’s stagnating platform has been hemorrhaging users and advertisers for years. Trump’s sudden return could give it a much-needed boost.

Texas law allows doctors to terminate ectopic pregnancies, but both women say they were denied care until it was too late.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy for the first time directly confirms military operation inside Russia’s Kursk region

The Pentagon confirmed late Sunday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had ordered the dispatch of the USS Georgia guided missile submarine to the region.

Earth’s warming could trigger sweeping changes in the natural world that would be hard, if not impossible, to reverse.

Replying to Sorbo’s comments about Harris the following day, Lawless jokingly claimed to come “in his defence” that she had seen Sorbo defend “a black man against white people” before…

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance sought to brush off his Democratic rivals’ attempts to brand him as “weird,” claiming that Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, “aren’t comfortable in their own skin.” He added “I know YOU are but what am I?”

The RCMP’s controversial C-IRG unit hired a third-party intelligence company to spy on the online activities of Fairy Creek activists, newly available documents show. The contents of the intelligence report, authored partway through the protest movement, has been blocked from publication by a ban imposed by the B.C. Supreme Court since June 2022. But an invoice obtained through a federal Access to Information request, filed in May 2023, allows Canada’s National Observer to reveal its existence for the first time. The officer in charge of the RCMP’s Community-Industry Response Group, John Brewer, signed off on paying Human-i Intelligence Services Ltd. $9,975 for the report, according to the invoice. The invoice refers to the document as an “online intelligence report” on Fairy Creek. The Fairy Creek blockade has fizzled after two years of heavy policing and more than 1,000 arrests, but it presented a major challenge to the RCMP. The force was successfully sued by a coalition of media sources (disclosure: I was among the plaintiffs) after illegally denying media access to the area of the arrests. The RCMP came under heavy scrutiny for its use of force — including pepper spraying a crowd and then misleading the public about its justification for doing so — and was rebuked by a B.C. Supreme Court judge for its officers wearing Thin Blue Line patches, against the RCMP’s own rules. One officer quit the task force in protest, and hundreds of convictions were thrown out because of police actions.

When asked to produce the flight records, Mr. Trump responded mockingly, repeating the request in a sing-song voice. As of early Friday evening, he had not provided them.

Lawmakers have questioned the provision of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia in recent years, citing issues including the toll on civilians of its campaign in Yemen and a range of human-rights concerns.

Apple is tweaking its App Store rules in the EU after regulators charged the company with breaking the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in June. At first glance, the updated rules appear to give developers more freedom when linking to outside purchases — but a restrictive new fee structure will force developers to pay Apple a commission for sales made across any platform, not just iOS, for as long as they include outside links. Starting this fall, all developers in the EU will be able to include links that lead to purchases outside their apps. The updated rules will let developers tell their users about offers on the web, on another app store, or otherwise “at a destination of their choice.” It allows developers to include as many links as they want and gives users an option to disable in-app scare screens. But using the feature comes with fees so steep that it’s hard to imagine any developer using it. Once a developer adds external links, Apple places a new “store services fee” on the sale of digital goods and services that occur within one year of the date the user installs the app — on any platform, even if the user never actually clicks the external link. This could potentially include purchases made on an alternative app store or a developer’s website from any type of device, such as a Windows computer. And if the user reinstalls or updates the app, the clock restarts. The fee is 20 percent for apps only offered through the App Store; apps that add support for third-party app stores pay 10 percent, though they’ll face other associated fees. On top of that, Apple is implementing a 5 percent “initial acquisition fee” on digital goods and services purchased “on any platform” within one year of when a user first installs the app. Altogether, that means Apple can take up to a 25 percent commission on purchases made within one year of installation, including off-platform subscriptions and autorenewals. Developers in Apple’s small business program and those who charge for “qualifying” autorenew subscriptions of more than a year’s time will face lower fees. The fees also don’t apply to subscriptions or autorenewals purchased before the app is downloaded.

"Sweeps won’t help the majority of these people. And they certainly won’t end homelessness. All they do is spread misery and brutality." “Inhumane” was the word used by one small-business owner, Adam Mesnick, who has been a vocal advocate of sweeps, describing one scene captured on video by the San Francisco Standard. The clip shows a man having his tent pulled from his hands while a police officer tells him that the mayor and governor said homeless encampments are “no more.” The man, visibly in distress, seems to be trying to retrieve belongings that had been thrown like trash into the back of a Department of Public Works truck. Another story, in the San Francisco Chronicle, depicts a man placed in handcuffs while his belongings, including tent, blankets and clothing, are tossed in the back of a truck.

The environmental injustice of a $4.6 billion carbon capture project in Louisiana.

The right-wing majority on the state election board passed a new rule this week that could embolden counties not to certify elections if Democrats win.

Since her performance in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, drag artist Nicky Doll has been hounded by trolls. Now she’s hitting back by suing the man she believes to be their ringleader: Laurence Fox.