6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (249+ words) Grindr is to pay £26m to settle a lawsuit brought by 12,000 UK users who claim the dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including in some cases HIV status, with advertisers. The settlement ends a two-year legal battle after law firm…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (184+ words) Scottish Legal News And finally… elementary, my dear trademark The estate of Arthur Conan Doyle has successfully blocked a businessman’s bid to trademark “Dr Watson” for a clothing line. Joel Brown had applied to register the name for leisurewear, sportswear,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (210+ words) A US judge has identified what appears to be the first attempt by a plaintiff to hide instructions in a court filing designed to manipulate an AI system reviewing the document. Connecticut judge Walter Spader Jr said Matthew Elliott used…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (196+ words) An American man dressed as Darth Vader appeared before a city council to address the use of Flock surveillance cameras, delivering a tongue-in-cheek defence of the technology. Speaking in the Star Wars villain’s distinctive breathing voice, he told San Diego…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (242+ words) Scotland’s chief police inspector has called for facial recognition technology to be used to help tackle football-related violence and disorder. Craig Naylor, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland, told the Scottish government that drones and facial recognition could…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (465+ words) Lawyers for 29 US states have accused Meta of concealing internal research showing that Instagram was addictive to teenagers and that the company knew its products could harm children. The allegations were made on the opening day of a landmark federal…...