On Tuesday, January 29th, 2025, thirty-five thousand feet above the Mojave Desert, Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier. Boom is an aviation startup seeking to revive supersonic commercial air travel. January’s flight, in Boom’s XB-1 demonstrator — a one-third scale aircraft of Boom’s ultimate commercial airliner the “Overture” — is proof Boom has the technical knowhow …
Last month, Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) collectively announced that Venu Sports, their live sports streaming joint-venture, would not proceed, less than a year after the planned platform was originally announced. Venu, while highly anticipated, was also embattled in litigation. Live streaming platform FuboTV sued the three media giants in February 2024 alleging …
On January 7th, 2025, Meta, the owners of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, announced that they would end their third-party fact-checking program. Instead, they will replace it with a community-based program called Community Notes, similar to the one already used by X (formerly Twitter). While Meta has justified this change as a way to get …
On January 23, 2025, President Trump signed a sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence, marking a dramatic shift in U.S. artificial intelligence policy. Upon returning to office, one of his first major actions was the order to repeal President Biden’s landmark 2023 AI directive. Biden’s order had aimed to confront systemic bias in AI, requiring …
As technology continues to develop at a rapid rate, autonomous driving has taken the automobile industry by storm. However, many argue that this new addition has caused more chaos than it has improvements. Mendoza v. Tesla, Inc. is just one of the recent lawsuits being filed against Tesla, Inc., the most notable company that has …
For their first date, Jared and Grace had planned to get dinner then go see a movie—a teenage rite of passage. A uniquely 21st-century twist, however, got things off to an awkward start. When Jared went to pick Grace up from her house, he was greeted not by his date, but rather startled by a …
Nationwide, plaintiffs continue to file lawsuits against companies that collect user information through their websites, arguing that these practices violate old state wiretap laws. These plaintiffs urge courts to apply traditional privacy protections to the digital landscape, with the recent Massachusetts Supreme Court decision adding its voice to the debate. While the Court held for …
A new flavor of antitrust suit in the video games industry has arisen against digital storefronts after Epic Games waged war against Apple and Google earlier this year. More recently, a class action lawsuit has been made against Valve and their digital storefront Steam alleging anti-competitive practices and federal antitrust violations surrounding their most favored …
Should an employer disclose when AI is being used to make decisions about you? The US Department of Labor seems to think they should. Last week, the Department of Labor issued new guidance concerning how employers, and developers of AI, use AI programs. The most significant recommendations within the new guidance revolve around “significant employment …
Election technology should be fair game for everyone, no matter where they live. When the technology used in one county makes voting smooth and secure, yet the system next door is error-prone or outdated, voters aren’t being treated equally. This goes against the core promise of the Equal Protection Clause: the idea that every citizen’s …