Fortnite has returned to Apple’s App Store in the United States after a nearly five-year absence, marking a significant victory for Epic Games in its protracted legal battle against Apple’s App Store policies. The return follows an April 30 ruling wher…

MIT said Friday it can no longer stand behind a widely circulated paper on AI written by a doctoral student in its economics program. The paper said that the introduction of an AI tool in a materials-science lab led to gains in new discoveries, but had…

Montana has enacted SB 282, becoming the first state to prohibit law enforcement from purchasing personal data they would otherwise need a warrant to obtain. The landmark legislation closes what privacy advocates call the “data broker loophole,” which …

The Federal Trade Commission has postponed enforcement of its consumer-friendly “click to cancel” rule from May 14 to July 14, giving businesses two additional months to comply. The regulation requires companies to make subscription cancellations as st…

The Department of Commerce officially rescinded the Biden administration’s Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule on Tuesday, just days before its May 15 implementation date. The rule would have imposed first-ever export restrictions on U.S.-made AI ch…

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Earth.com: McDermitt Caldera in Oregon is attracting attention for what could be one of the largest lithium deposits ever identified in the United States. Many view it as a potential boost for domes…

Mexico has filed a lawsuit against Google for changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” for U.S. users on Google Maps, following a Republican-led House vote on Thursday to codify the name change. President Claudia Sheinbaum argues th…

A U.S. senator introduced a bill on Friday that would direct the Commerce Department to require location verification mechanisms for export-controlled AI chips, in an effort to curb China’s access to advanced semiconductor technology. From a report: Ca…