Court filings show Apple and the Department of Justice have each subpoenaed a wide range of third-party companies as part of pretrial discovery in the DOJ's antitrust case against Apple. Apple's subpoenas target firms like Epic Games, Samsung, Meta, Oura, Garmin, PayPal and Match Group, while the DOJ and plaintiff states have subpoenaed Roblox, Snap, Epic and the Connectivity Standards Alliance. Recent letters to the court reveal disputes, including Epic objecting to Apple's request for documents from its prior litigation with the company.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-11-06
Snap has reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging its Snapchat platform contributed to social media addiction, resolving the case shortly before it was set to go to trial. Terms of the settlement have not been disclosed.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-11-03
The New York Times filed suit against Brave on Monday in federal court in Manhattan, alleging the browser company scraped its copyrighted articles and distributed them to AI firms including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI and Cohere. A separate but similar lawsuit was filed the same day by the Daily News, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel. The complaints also cite a Brave feature that bypasses paywalls and its practice of blocking publishers' ads while inserting its own.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-02
Snap has settled a lawsuit filed by two teenagers who alleged its platform was designed to be addictive and contributed to their depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. The case was set to be Snap's first trial in a wider wave of litigation over social media's effects on young users, with CEO Evan Spiegel expected to testify. The same plaintiffs had already settled similar claims against Meta, TikTok, and YouTube.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-02
The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against Brave, maker of the Brave web browser, alleging the company's AI tools scrape its content and bypass paywalls without authorization. The suit reportedly centers on how Brave's AI features access and summarize Times articles.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-11-02
A federal judge denied SpaceX's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the NAACP over gas turbines powering xAI's Colossus 2 data center in Southaven, Mississippi. The court rejected xAI's claim that the 27 turbines qualify as exempt 'mobile sources,' ruling they remain subject to Clean Air Act permitting requirements. The NAACP, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, alleges the turbines were installed without proper permits and emit harmful pollutants.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-02
A federal judge, Debra M. Brown, rejected xAI's motion to dismiss a lawsuit from the NAACP accusing the company of operating unpermitted methane gas turbines at its Memphis data center campus in violation of the Clean Air Act. xAI had argued the turbines were exempt because they were mobile, but Brown ruled the power plant supplying the data center is stationary and thus subject to permitting rules. The NAACP filed suit in April, and xAI has since added more turbines at a nearby site in Southaven, Mississippi.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-01
A federal judge ruled that the NAACP's lawsuit against xAI can proceed, denying the company's motion to dismiss claims it operated gas turbines at its Memphis-area Colossus data center without required air permits. Judge Debra M. Brown rejected xAI's arguments that the turbines qualify as exempt mobile sources and that the plaintiffs lack standing, also upholding the constitutionality of citizen suits under the Clean Air Act.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-31
A federal judge in Mississippi denied SpaceXAI's motion to dismiss a lawsuit from the NAACP alleging the company operated 27 gas turbines in Southaven without an air permit between August and December 2025. The suit, filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, says the turbines powering SpaceXAI's Colossus data centers near Memphis emitted pollutants that endanger nearby residents' health.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-31
Meta reached an undisclosed settlement with an 18-year-old Mississippi plaintiff, K.D.B., just as jury selection began in Los Angeles, following earlier settlements with TikTok and YouTube in the same case. Her lawsuit alleged social media use led to compulsive scrolling, poor school performance, and self-harm. Snap now remains the sole defendant, with CEO Evan Spiegel expected to testify if the case proceeds to trial.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-30
The Wikimedia Foundation has submitted an amicus brief in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, proposing a middle ground between the two sides. The brief argues fair use should apply to certain AI training scenarios and retrieval-augmented generation, but not when an LLM reproduces articles verbatim without attribution.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-30
Real estate agents working for Elon Musk's SpaceXSI have been approaching residents of the Colonial Hills neighborhood in Southaven, Mississippi, offering to purchase their homes at market value on condition they do not join a noise-pollution class-action suit against the company's nearby data centers. A realtor said the plan covers 418 homes, with 18 owners already agreeing to sell, and that the purchased properties would house SpaceXSI staff. Residents have complained of constant loud noise from gas turbines at the Colossus sites, which continue operating without required air-pollution permits.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-30
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