Epic vs. Google: Google Loses — and 23andMe changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing

Issue #1344 — December 13, 2023

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Epic vs. Google: Google Loses theverge.com \| points: 1213 \| comments: 958

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23andMe changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing engadget.com \| points: 552 \| comments: 268

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YouTube doesn’t want to take down scam ads old.reddit.com \| points: 540 \| comments: 330

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Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices techdirt.com \| points: 445 \| comments: 255

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FFmpeg lands CLI multi-threading as its "most complex refactoring" in decades phoronix.com \| points: 426 \| comments: 147

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To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use nytimes.com \| points: 355 \| comments: 983

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MemoryCache: Augmenting local AI with browser data future.mozilla.org \| points: 354 \| comments: 75

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Show HN: Open-source macOS AI copilot (using vision and voice) github.com \| points: 332 \| comments: 127

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’Like we were lesser humans’: Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture aljazeera.com \| points: 311 \| comments: 492

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Today Is One of the Biggest Surveillance Votes. Will the FBI Stop Spying? tuta.com \| points: 309 \| comments: 154

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FISA "reform" bill would greatly expand the entities forced to surveil users zwillgen.com \| points: 303 \| comments: 55

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What if an SQL statement returned a database? arxiv.org \| points: 288 \| comments: 141

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The NSA advises move to memory-safe languages nsa.gov \| points: 283 \| comments: 382

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FTC wants Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI under the microscope theregister.com \| points: 242 \| comments: 53

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E3 Is Officially Dead washingtonpost.com \| points: 239 \| comments: 172

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Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight theverge.com \| points: 230 \| comments: 2

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YouTube is crippling Firefox on Asahi Linux social.treehouse.systems \| points: 219 \| comments: 85

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Deep Learning – Foundations and Concepts (Chris Bishop) bishopbook.com \| points: 217 \| comments: 33

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Forget spaceships; I just want my music jeffgeerling.com \| points: 216 \| comments: 110

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The House Intelligence Committee’s Surveillance ’Reform’ Bill Is a Farce eff.org \| points: 200 \| comments: 1

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